Monthly Archives: April 2014

Back in February I posted an update on real estate legislation in Michigan, including Senate Bill  788, a proposed bill that would provide that an owner of an interest in real property would generally owe no legal duty to a trespasser. You can see that proposed Bill Here   The Senate Judiciary Committee is MeetingContinue reading “Michigan Senate Bill: Owner of Real Property Owes No Duty to Trespasser”

A few of my blog posts have discussed the pitfalls of relying on universal legal forms like those provided through Legal Zoom.   the ABA Journal has posted what seems to be a legal victory for Legal Zoom – the South Carolina Supreme Court has declared that Legal Zoom’s document service is not the “unauthorizedContinue reading “Universal Legal Forms: A Win for Legal Zoom?”

I previously wrote a blog post about how businesses should be careful to read their contracts, particularly those tiny printed “Terms and Conditions”. You can read that blog post here   An update in General Mill’s policies, prompted by Court rulings, was posted through the ABAJournal provided another illustration of this point. See that articleContinue reading “Business law – Tricky Terms and Conditions (part 2) – General Mills Product Eliminates Right To Sue in Their Legal Terms.”

Real estate law is complicated.   I am just going to throw that out there.   Particularly when dealing with a mortgagor (borrower’s) rights associated with the redemption period at a foreclosure sale.   I. Purchasers at Foreclosure Sales – what do they own? In general, if a third party is the bidder at a foreclosureContinue reading “Real Estate Professionals: New Michigan Law Can Extinguish Redemption Rights”