As a property owner in Michigan, you may have questions about your responsibilities related to the public sidewalk that runs in front of your home or business. If someone is injured on that sidewalk, are you liable? The answer…
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/ Personal Injury, Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Residential
President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law on July 4, 2025. The OBBBA will have broad and important consequences for many US taxpayers, including tax exempt organizations and educational institutions…
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/ Education Law, Nonprofit Law, Taxation
Equity incentive plans are a powerful tool for encouraging and rewarding a company’s employees and leadership, who may include prospective investors, through different kinds of equity interests and structures. Different…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law, Taxation
It is no surprise that generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) is changing the way companies all over the world operate. Some are embracing it with open arms and finding consistent opportunities to integrate AI into the…
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/ Business Organizations, Environmental Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
Beware of a new scam targeting Michigan businesses and individuals. The scam uses fake mailings containing “Annual Statement Past Due” notices.
These notices arrive in plain white envelopes, bear no return address, and…
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/ Consumer Protection, Criminal Law
The United States Copyright Office (the “Office”) released the latest part in its Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence on January 29, 2025. Part 1, titled “Digital Replicas” was published on July 31, 2024 and…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
With summer right around the corner, teenagers will soon be out of school—and out looking for a place to work. If you’re planning on hiring teenagers during the summer months and beyond, be sure you’re familiar with the recent…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Michiganders 65 and older represent one of the state’s fastest growing age groups. Free fitness memberships for residents 60 and over to its 12 recreation centers is just one way Detroit is working to improve the quality of life…
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/ Health, Transportation, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
The landscape of retirement plan eligibility is shifting, and plan sponsors need to prepare for key compliance changes affecting long-term part-time (“LTPT”) employees. These new rules, mandated by the SECURE Act of 2019 and…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
When the Supreme Court made its landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015, same-sex couples across the country gained the right to marry. But with recent shifts in the legal landscape, such as the overturning of Roe v…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is continuing its firm stance in regulating companies making unsubstantiated or exaggerated claims about their products or services employing artificial intelligence (AI)…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Law Practice Products & Services, Science, Computers, & Technology
As the February 21, 2025 deadline looms for changes to Michigan’s minimum wage and earned sick time laws, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has suggested an extension as Senate Democrats and House Republicans have been unable to reach a…
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/ Elections & Politics, Labor & Employment Law
On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump revoked former President Joe Biden’s executive order related to the utilization of artificial intelligence (“AI”). The now-revoked executive order was originally issued on October 30,…
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/ Administrative Law, Elections & Politics, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles are playing in Super Bowl LIX this Sunday, February 9. If the Chiefs win, this will be their third consecutive Super Bowl win, and, according to the Kansas City Star via…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property
Dear Jonathan: Based on my research, I feel like I’m pretty well versed in what I am supposed to do when it comes to creating an estate plan for myself. Everything I have read says that I should have a will, powers of attorney…
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/ Family Law, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
