Legal Articles

We have drafted Articles on the legal topics listed below to provide general information for your information and use.  We hope you find these Articles interesting and informative.  To view our Articles, please click on one or more of the Practice Areas specified below:

General Corporate and Business

• Business Names and Trademarks
• Comparing Sub S Corporations and LLCS
• Combining the Benefits of the S Corporation and the LLC
• Storming the Castle: Owners’ Exposure to Company Debts and Liabilities
• Securing the Castle: Legal Tools Which Protect Business Owners
• Employees Business Purchases

Civil Litigation

• Whither to Arbitrate
• Choosing the Proper Court
• Michigan Business Courts

Real Estate

• Remote Witnessing and Signing of Documents
• The Amended Marketable Title Act: Opportunities for Mischief?
• Commercial Real Estate Broker’s Lien
  
• Filling Out the Seller’s Disclosure Statement
  
• The Back-Up Purchase Agreement
  
• Marital Home Can Be Sold to Pay One Spouse’s IRS Debt
• Duty to Disclose Coronavirus Part 1
• Community Associations Running Amok
• Selling With Mold in Your House
• Duty to Disclose Coronavirus Part 2
• Short Term Rentals

Contracts

• Interpreting the Contract Against the Drafter
  
• Is Your Contract Ambiguous

Insurance Defense

Employment Law

• What is an Employee Record?
• Cat’s Paw Employer Liability
• Covenants Not to Compete
  • Covenants Not to Compete in Michigan
  • Is My Covenant Not to Compete Too Long? The Legal Standard in Michigan
    • What are the Boundaries of my Kingdom? Geographical Limits for Restrictive Covenants in Michigan
  • Covenants Not to Compete in Michigan: Permitted Scope of Restricted Activities
  • Competitive Interests Which May Be Protected in Restrictive Covenants, Michigan Edition
• Confidentiality / Non-Disclosure Agreements
  • Can You Keep Your Confidentiality Agreement?
  • Term Limits: Can you get what you want from your Non-Disclosure Agreement? No, but you can get what you need

Intellectual Property

• Top 5 Reasons to Register Your Trademark
• Fight Trademark Bullying

Estate Planning

• Remote Witnessing and Signing of Documents
• Reasons to Sign Up An Estate Plan
• The 2013 Estate Tax: Where We Landed
• Estate Planning Checklist
• Michigan Durable Power of Attorney Statute
• Estate Plan Check-Up
• The Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust
• Five Tips for Estate Planning
• Funding Your Revocable Living Trust

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