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Small business owners can breathe a sigh of relief this week as the U.S. Department of Treasury announced that it would be suspending enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) for U.S. based companies. The news followed after the Treasury D…

The obligation for the majority of small businesses to file their Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reports has been reinstated. On February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department…

Let's set the record straight about discovery in district court. The rules are very, very simple. First, discovery is not permitted in civil infraction actions. See MCR 2.302(A)(3). Second, discovery is not required in district court misdemeanor act…

On December 18, 2009, Govenor Granholm signed Michigan's new indoor smoking ban into law. The law is known as the Dr. Ron Davis Law. Michigan became the 38th state to adopt limitations on smoking in public places.

Everyone knows that the Michigan Legislature recently imposed a ban on "texting while driving," and many people know it took effect on July 1, 2010. However, few seem to know the actual details in the new law.

When preparing your appearance or any other case caption involving a civil infraction, the proper "plaintiff" is the municipality, not "the people" of that municipality. In other words, the proper caption is "City of Sterling Heights v Tella Gra…

Picking a good person to serve as personal representative is vital to the efficient running of your estate. When you are thinking about your estate plan, it is easy to focus on the big issues, like deciding who will get your assets, and neglect the s…