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Funerals and Tax Forms: Estate Planning Issues for Surviving Spouses

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Going through the grief process is not the only difficult work that has to be done after the death of a spouse. Indeed, following this significant loss, handling the estate becomes a new high priority [...]

Michigan Business Courts: A New Approach to Litigation

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Business litigation is changing in Michigan. Public Act 333 officially requires Michigan circuit courts that have three or more judges to establish specialized business court dockets. Those courts with less than three circuit judges may [...]

Don’t Let Your Drafting be Drafty

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In my experience most attorneys fancy themselves as capable, even good, writers. Sadly, in my experience, many of them are wrong (or, at least, they don’t have or don’t spend the time necessary for their [...]

Real Property Tax Appeals: What You Need to Know

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Municipalities are sending out notices of real property tax assessments for 2015. For residential properties, there are very tight time frames for appeals to your local Board of Review (usually set forth in the notice [...]

Does Law School Need to Change?

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Are there changes afoot in law school education? Most assuredly. Law school enrollment is down dramatically. Administrators of law schools and firms that recruit a large number of the newly minted graduates, as well as [...]

Is Relief on the Way for the FAA’s Outdated Drone Rules?

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The word "drone" usually conjures up images of large unmanned planes hammering terrorists in their redoubts in Afghanistan. However, most drones are much smaller (and more benign) than that; in fact many are lighter than [...]