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This is huge news. Starting May 1st, you will not be sent back to the parking lot by the court security deputy because you have your cell phone on you as you try to enter a state court in Michigan. This may have merely been an inconvenience for you, to walk back to your car …
There are two big changes for Michigan companies in 2020 that you may not yet have on your radar screen… The first is the impact of REAL ID. And the second is the overhaul of Michigan’s civil court litigation rules. Notice I didn’t mention the legalization of the recreational of marijuana, nor did I single out the …
Just as pleading that the dog ate your homework, you won’t get far with a judge by pleading that you never received an important legal notice because it must have gone to the spam folder. In Emerald Coast Utilities v. Bear Marcus Pointe, the utility ended up having to pay BMP’s legal fees not because …
The law has a curious concept called “standing”. Meaning, you stand for yourself. You can’t stand for someone else. This comes to play in a lawsuit when you try to sue to enforce your right, but then it turns out that it’s not really your right that your trying to protect but rather someone else’s …