Detroit Business Law – Resources for Metro-Detroit Businesses
Resources for Metro-Detroit Businesses
The Michigan Court of Appeals in Dearborn Heights Montesorri Center, Inc. v City of Livonia, No. 341920 (February 2019) held that providing an educational environment does not, by itself, constitute …
Michigan Court of Appeals Holds Educational Institutions Are Not Per Se Charitable Organizations Read MoreIn Dearborn West Village Condominium Association v Mohamed Makki, No. 340166 (January 2019), the Michigan Court of Appeals held that a condominium association could enforce its bylaws even though it …
Michigan Court of Appeals held that anti-waiver clause provided condominium association with authority to enforce bylaws, despite previous failure to do so Read MoreIn a published Michigan Court of Appeals Opinion, Vanalstine v Land O’Lakes Purina Feeds, No. 340150 (December 2018), the Court held that an implied warranty, once disclaimed, cannot be revived …
Michigan Court of Appeals Holds That Implied Warranties Cannot be Revived Once They Are Disclaimed Read MoreThe Federal Arbitration Act mandates arbitration of actions where a valid arbitration provision is entered between the parties. The Federal Arbitration Act is limited by some exceptions, however. For example, …
The Supreme Court Holds Trial Courts Should Decide Whether Federal Arbitration Act Exclusions Apply Before Ordering Arbitration Read MorePersonal Jurisdiction, or in personam jurisdiction, refers to the power of a court to hear and determine a lawsuit involving a defendant by virtue of the defendant’s having some contact …
Foreign Company’s U.S. Sales Subject it to U.S. Jurisdiction Read MoreThe United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit held in Innovation Ventures, LLC v Custom Nutrition Laboratories, LLC, Nos. 17-1734/1771/1911 (6th Cir. 2018), that a consent judgment signed …
Consent Judgments Do Not Necessarily Preclude Appeals Read MoreIn City of Detroit v City of Detroit Bd of Zoning Appeals et al., Docket No. 339018 (October 2018), a published Michigan Court of Appeals Opinion, the Court of Appeals …
Michigan Court of Appeals Holds That Board of Zoning Appeals May Grant Hardship Variance Even Where Landowner Knew of Hardship When It Purchased Property Read MoreThe Michigan Court of Appeals recently reiterated in the unpublished opinion, Carol B Alberti v Sunbay Real Estate et. al., LC No. 1-00905-CH (October 30, 2018), that the main goal …
Michigan Court of Appeals Reiterates that Words are to be Construed According to Their Plain and Ordinary Meaning Unless Defined by Contract or Used in Technical Sense Read MoreThe United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled on September 28th that the state’s ban on wine shipments from out-of-state retailers directly to consumers is unconstitutional …
U.S. District Court Rules Michigan’s Ban on Direct Sales of Wine to Consumers by Non-Michigan Businesses is Unconstitutional Read MoreThe United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently held that the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act do not render individual arbitration agreements …
Sixth Circuit holds the NLRA and FLSA do not render individual arbitration agreements unenforceable Read More