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Business Law Update: Consequences for Misclassifying Employees as Independent Contractors

Happy New Year! We celebrated the New Year up north with lots of snow. It was a beautiful way to start the New Year. Businesses: There are Consequences to Misclassifying Workers Businesses: misclassifying your workers as independent contractors v.s employees (“IC” vs “EE”) could cost you serious money. Apparently a local landscaping company found this outContinue reading “Business Law Update: Consequences for Misclassifying Employees as Independent Contractors”

Michigan Business Law Update: Trends to Limit Non-Competes against Lower-Wage Employees.

Last Friday was the tree lighting in downtown Grand Rapids. The Christmas season is officially here! A question that comes up often in my business practice: “when are non-competes enforceable?” I am thankful for Judge Yates with the Kent County Business Court who issues a lot of opinions on this area. In fact, he issuedContinue reading “Michigan Business Law Update: Trends to Limit Non-Competes against Lower-Wage Employees.”

New Rent Control Law is Trending in Places like California & Oregon, but is it a Proper Response to an Affordable Housing Crisis?

Last month California announced that in order to combat a staggering growth in homelessness it will implement rent control laws effective January 1, 2020. According to Market Watch: The law limits rent increases to 5% each year plus inflation until Jan. 1, 2030. It bans landlords from evicting people for no reason, meaning they couldContinue reading “New Rent Control Law is Trending in Places like California & Oregon, but is it a Proper Response to an Affordable Housing Crisis?”

Real Estate Law Update: Published Court Case: the Scope of a Construction Lien and consequential damages.

I took this photo today – flags at half mast in downtown Grand Rapids. I will #NeverForget where I was – at the cafeteria in McDonel Hall @michiganstateu watching the horror on the T.V. Thank you all who gave their lives and prayers to all who lost loved ones 18 years ago today. Yesterday aContinue reading “Real Estate Law Update: Published Court Case: the Scope of a Construction Lien and consequential damages.”

Business Law Update: Business Owners: Bill Would Restrict Non-Competition Agreements with Employees.

I hope you all had a great Labor Day Weekend. I spent the long holiday weekend with my family in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. On September 4, 2019, Senate Bill 0483 was introduced in the Michigan Senate. If passed it would limit the enforceability of a non-competition agreement signed between an employer and an employee. In myContinue reading “Business Law Update: Business Owners: Bill Would Restrict Non-Competition Agreements with Employees.”

Michigan Legal Update for Real Estate Investors: What Happens to a Surplus after Foreclosure Sale?

Summer is going fast. I read a Court of Appeals decision that prompted me to write on the topic concerning real estate investors. The market to purchase distressed real estate has become extremely competitive since 2008-09. Having multiple real estate investors bidding on properties can cause some serious problems. Some lenders/investors have tried some creativeContinue reading “Michigan Legal Update for Real Estate Investors: What Happens to a Surplus after Foreclosure Sale?”

Michigan Business Law Update on Bill that would allow LLCs to evict tenants without Attorneys. Despite Opposition, Bill Moves Forward.

Happy Friday! It is summer – my favorite time of year. There really is no better place to be during summer than Michigan. I hope you are all enjoying it. For those keeping track of House Bill 4509 proposed on April 25, 2019 that would allow some LLCs to evict tenants in limited circumstances withoutContinue reading “Michigan Business Law Update on Bill that would allow LLCs to evict tenants without Attorneys. Despite Opposition, Bill Moves Forward.”