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What is a Buy Sell Agreement?

  • August 5, 2019
  • by Zana Tomich

Buy Sell Agreements are also called shareholder agreements, shareholder restriction agreements, and are sometimes simply provisions of an operating agreement of an LLC. A buy sell agreement is akin to a pre-nuptial agreement between business owners.  What it does is set out the parameters of […]

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Federal Government Reminds Employers—Big and Small—of Their Employment Law Duties Under FMLA, FSLA, and PUMP Act

  • March 20, 2023
  • by Zana Tomich

Recent actions by the federal government serve as important reminders to businesses—large and small, alike—of their various responsibilities under federal employment laws. On February 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Field Assistance Bulletin (Bulletin) addressing questions related to compliance with the […]

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WILL THE SUPREME COURT KILL THE CFPB?

  • March 16, 2023
  • by John Stoddard

As part of the administration’s push to curb excessive fees, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing drastic reductions to fees charged to consumers by credit card companies.  If approved, the unintended consequences of higher interest rates, lower credit lines, and fewer new cards being […]

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IS A BANK’S COLLAPSE A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME?

  • March 11, 2023
  • by John Stoddard

Almost a year ago, I wrote about businesses and their creditors preparing for a possible recession.  If we judged the economy solely by the cryptocurrency industry, we would have said it tanked long ago.  But we don’t, and here we are, still tiptoeing around the […]

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A STATE AWASH IN WEED . . . AND AN INDUSTRY AWASH IN DEBT

  • March 10, 2023
  • by John Stoddard

Michigan voters approved medical marijuana in 2008 and its recreational use in 2018.  The Great Lakes State is purportedly the third largest market for cannabis in the country, after California and Colorado. There are at least three major problems facing the industry, including too much […]

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Employers Beware: U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Highly Compensated Employees May be Eligible for Overtime Pay

  • March 9, 2023
  • by Zana Tomich

In a ruling that caught many employers by surprise, the U.S. Supreme Court recently held that an employee who earned more than $200,000 per year was nonetheless entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Court’s ruling in Helix Energy Solutions […]

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The Burden is on Employers When it Comes to Binding Employees to Employment Agreements in Michigan

  • March 1, 2023
  • by Zana Tomich

When a big company hires a new CEO or other top executives, lawyers get involved and an often long and complicated employment contract gets hammered out. For the average small to medium-sized business owner, that’s not how hiring works. Most employees go through a similar […]

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How to Deal with a Member Who Wants Out of an LLC in Michigan?

  • February 8, 2023
  • by Zana Tomich

When two or more people go into business together, there’s always a risk that one or more owners will want out. And when that happens, it’s not only because the owners get into an irreconcilable dispute. If the business goes on long enough, life circumstances, […]

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Direct Pay for Tax Exempt Entities making Renewable Energy Investment

  • January 24, 2023
  • by Zana Tomich

The Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) was signed into law on August 16, 2022. Despite the legislation’s name, it’s primarily a green energy bill that allocates $369 billion to fighting climate change by incentivizing a clean energy economy.One of the most significant aspects of the IRA […]

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WE HAVE CHANGED OUR TERMS – Why you should read the fine print

  • January 10, 2023
  • by John Stoddard

“We have changed our terms.”  How often do you get this pop-up or email? It seems like companies, services, and platforms are constantly changing their terms. Now—answer honestly. How often do you read those changed terms or the fine print of any contract, whether in original […]

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Three Key Documents You Need When Buying or Selling a Business in Michigan

  • January 3, 2023
  • by Zana Tomich

While today’s financial headlines are highlighting the slowdown in the type of large company mergers and acquisitions that were so prevalent during the booming economy and low interest rate environment in 2021, there is still plenty of transaction activity among small and medium sized businesses. […]

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