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Legal Marijuana and Family Law
By John Schrot, Jr.
Be careful if and when you light up, or otherwise consume, marijuana, as you may get burned. In spite of shifting legal and cultural norms, using recreational or medical marijuana can work to your disadvantage in divorce and/or child custody/parenting time cases.
FMLA Case Law Update for Employers
By David M. Foy, Esq. No Good Deed Goes Unpunished After Leave Given to Ineligible Employee In 2018, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals considered whether summary judgment was warranted where an employee was terminated after she was unable to return to work on a...
How can Employers Avoid Abuse of FMLA Intermittent Leave by its Employees
By Sandro D. DiMercurio, Esq. As an employer, do you find that your employees are conveniently taking intermittent leave on Fridays or Mondays or both, in an effort to extend their weekend? Do you ever feel that your employees are taking advantage of their...
Does your Rental Property Qualify for a 199A Deduction?
The IRS, in its new proposed Section 199A regulations, defines when a rental property qualifies for the 20 percent tax deduction under new tax code Section 199A. One part of the good news on this clarification is that it does not require that we learn any new...
Primer on Crowdfunding 2018
By Randolph M. Wright With entrepreneurs facing difficulties raising enough funding for their startups, crowdfunding has become increasingly popular. Crowdfunding involves using social networking and a strong product campaign to gather support from the general public...
Unmarried Cohabitation Relationships
By John Schrot, Jr.
A client recently advised me that her daughter became engaged and the couple plan to marry in the near future. As the intended couple have only known each other briefly, she further related her belief that the couple should in the interim cohabitate to better understand one another; and, she asked me about the complications thereof. I suggested, in part, their use of a cohabitation agreement.
An Overview of the Comprehensive Amendments to Detroit’s Property Rental Ordinance
On October 31, 2017, the City of Detroit (the “City”) passed amendments to Chapter 9 of the 1984 Detroit City Code, which governs the maintenance of rental properties in the City (the “Rental Ordinance”). By these amendments (the “Amendments”), the City hopes to...
A La Carte Legal Services – Limited Scope Representation
Many low and medium income individuals and small business owners involved in a legal dispute are left with the choice of suffering without access to justice or attempting to represent themselves. As the number of self-represented litigants in Michigan continues to...
Tax Reform Is Here!
In somewhat of a surprising development, Congress passed and President Trump has signed the first significant overhaul of the tax code since 1986. Prior to that, there was a lot of tinkering around the edges, including some fairly substantial tax cuts under the most...
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