For employers, having your employees sue you is never good. Employment litigation can be expensive and very time-consuming. If you are being sued for harassment or failure to provide reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), you and...

Month: November 2015
Law enforcement swears an oath to uphold the Constitution
It's important that law enforcement follows the law. While that seems to be an unremarkable statement, it is surprising how often that is not the case. And not just with trivial, minor matters, but often with significant issues that implicate thousands of cases....
Good news and bad news on Michigan divorces
Divorce in Michigan has changed in the last hundred or so years. Over the years, the rate has increased and decreased. What most people don't recognize is that the divorce rate has been falling for the last few decades. Equally surprising is the fact that it was...
Will a ballot initiative for LGBT employment rights come in 2016?
Michigan legislators have been under pressure by LGBT rights advocates for several years regarding equal rights in the workplace. While it has been legal for same sex couples to marry in Michigan since June, when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage for every...
Guidelines to prevent misperceptions
When creating a new business, you and your partners may have a narrow focus. All of your efforts center on building the business, and because of that focus, there may be few disagreements. If that effort is successful, you can congratulate yourselves for a job...
Second degree murder and drunk driving
Statutory law can be difficult for non-lawyers to navigate. One feature that is often found is that one section of the laws will not define a topic directly, but instead, will define it by something else. For instance, in Michigan, the statutory definition of a...
Details matter when it comes to finances in your divorce
Many of the elements of a divorce are changeable. Because the process involves the lives of people and their children, the family law courts recognize that what works well for a couple with two children under the age of 10 may no longer work so well when they are in...