Business Law Update: Recent Court Case On Sour Business Relationships and Arbitration Clauses

Good afternoon, all! The sun was beautiful this morning rising over downtown Grand Rapids.   Today I read a recent unpublished Court of Appeals decision that originated out of Kalamazoo County, Michigan – The case: Elluru v Great Lakes Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgery PC   A summary of the Facts: Plaintiff Elluru and defendantContinue reading “Business Law Update: Recent Court Case On Sour Business Relationships and Arbitration Clauses”

U.S. Supreme Court’s Latest Ruling – Businesses and Arbitration Clauses

As the USA Today article put it: “Score one for business over consumers at the Supreme Court this term” “The justices ruled 6-3 Monday that California customers cannot band together against satellite TV provider DIRECTV because a federal law favoring dispute resolution by individual arbitration trumps a state law that once protected such class actions.” Also see Yahoo.comContinue reading “U.S. Supreme Court’s Latest Ruling – Businesses and Arbitration Clauses”

Recent Court Decision Provides an Important Lesson for Businesses

I just read an interesting opinion from the Court of Appeals. The case involved  a dispute between a property management company and an out of state construction company. You can check out the case here New River Construction LLC v National Field Network Why this case was interesting to me… This case illustrates a classic example ofContinue reading “Recent Court Decision Provides an Important Lesson for Businesses”