February 2010

• Choice of Entity and your Business: How to Choose the Right Entity
• Contracts and your Business: How to Avoid Litigation over Contract
• Doing Business in a Down Economy: What to do when the Client Doesn’t Pay
• The Fruits of your Labor: Recognizing and Preserving Business Intellectual Property
• Hiring and Firing (Without Meeting a Lawyer on the Way)
• Business Succession and your Company: What will Happen to your Company if Something Happens to You?

January 2010

• New law governs the scope and reimbursement of chiropractic care in personal injury lawsuits against businesses
• What you need to know about... setting aside a default
• Commercial Law Update
• Breaking news:  Announcing Garan Lucow Miller's Indiana Office

September 2009

• “Likelihood of confusion” is key to a trademark infringement case.
• What you need to know about premises liability and the reasonable person standard
• Commercial Law Update
• Breaking news:  Jury denies recovery on trademark infringement case; Federal unemployment agency audits and fines trucking companies when independent owner/operators found to be employees of trucking companies

July 2009

• The Michigan Court of Appeals finds that spoilation of evidence is not a separate cause of action
• What you need to know about the language of releases
• Commercial Law Update
• Breaking news: Court of Appeals affirms dismissal of spoilation claim; Trial Court dismisses claim
  against third party based on language of release

June 2009

• The Effect of the Federal Transportation Act on Commercial Vehicle Leasing Liability
• What you Need to Know About Limitation of Liability and Remedy
• Commercial Law Update
• Breaking News: Court Dismisses Claim of Defamation When Insurer Rejects Claim for Fraud

May 2009

• New Decision on Concurrent Covered/Excluded Perils
• What You Need to Know About Litigating a Water Loss Claim
• Commercial Law Update
• Breaking News on a Jewelers Block Claim and on an Electrical Fire Claim

April 2009

• Small Business Payroll Taxes
• Column: What To Do To Avoid Lawsuits For False Imprisonment
• Commercial Law Update
• Breaking News: Arbitration Agreement Upheld
• Upcoming Seminar: Law And Order Protecting Your Business And Yourself

August 2008
Michigan Uniform Commercial Code's Statute of Limitations for Economic Claims

May 2008
In this issue, some of the deficiencies of the Arbitration process for dispute resolution are examined

September 2007
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding liability under the Fair Credit Reporting Act is examined

February 2007
Limited Warranties under the Michigan UCC and how to properly limit or modify remedies.

November 2006
GM Prevails on its Trademark and Trade Dress Infringement Lawsuit Involving Toy Vehicles Closely Resembling Humvees and Hummers.

July 2006
Do insurers ever need to concern themselves with the UCC?

January 2006
Ten step recipe for trouble-free travel into Canada and back to the U.S.

February 2005
Trademarks and Fair Use

January 2005
Insurance coverage for copyright and trademark infrigement

October 2004
Electronic Files in Litigation

August 2004
Internet Cybersquatting

July 2004
Trademark dilution claims under the Federal Lanham Act.

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