Authored By: Kenneth F. Neuman and Stephen McKenney Michigan law has long distinguished between actions that may be properly brought by a shareholder on a direct, rather than derivative, basis. The established dividing line has traditionally focused on whether an action is brought “to enforce corporate rights or to redress or prevent injury to...
Authored By: Matthew Smith and Jennifer Grieco The advent of medical and recreational marihuana licensure in Michigan has proven to be a boon for litigation throughout the state. Many municipalities that have chosen to enact ordinances permitting medical and recreational licenses have been met with litigation arising from the selection of winners and losers in the licensing...
Authored By: David Mollicone and Jennifer Cupples Effective September 1, 2022, the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct expanded with the addition of MRPC 1.19. The new rule, entitled “Lawyer-Client Representation Agreements: Arbitration Provisions,” requires that a client either be independently represented in entering into an agreement for...
Altior Law founding attorney and CPA Kenneth Neuman has been selected by the Oakland County Bar Association’s Nominating Committee as a candidate for its 2022 Board of Directors. Ken has been a member of the OCBA for nearly 30 years, and is a member of the Business Court and Counsel Committee. Altior Law has been a long-time sponsor of OCBA events and supporter of OCBA’s...
Altior Law attorney Steve McKenney recently obtained a favorable appellate ruling for his clients in a property line dispute: Slater v Cueny, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Michigan Court of Appeals dated Feb. 10, 2022 (Docket No. 355914). In that opinion, the Court of Appeals upheld the trial court’s order establishing a new property line between the parties based on the...
Altior Law attorney Jennifer Grieco recently served as a panelist concerning best practices on non-administered arbitrations hosted by the State Bar of Michigan’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Section. Jennifer was selected to present alongside a panel of other notable advocates and arbitrators including, Martin Weisman, Larry Saylor, Samuel McCargo, and moderator Michael Leib. ...
Altior Law attorney Jennifer Cupples was recently honored as the March 2022 Member of the Month by the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan-Oakland Region, known as WBA-Oakland. Jennifer has been the president of the Incorporated Society of Irish American Lawyers since July 2017, the longest-serving president since the society’s organization in 1978. She currently serves as a...
Altior Law attorney David Mollicone recently secured an across-the-board win in his defense of a construction dispute in the Oakland County Circuit Court. The case, Gold, et al v MG Building Company, Inc., et al, Case No. 21-188621-CZ, involved claims of negligence and breach of the implied warranty of habitability arising from the construction of a Bloomfield Hills home. The home...
Authored By: Jennifer Cupples and Jennifer Grieco Block billing is a common time-keeping practice in which attorneys use a single billing entry for total daily time spent on multiple tasks. In various unpublished opinions, the Michigan Court of Appeals has previously rejected arguments that the use of block billing is per se vague or improper – so long as the entries within the blocks are...
Authored By: Stephen McKenney and Kenneth Neuman Many Michigan litigators have been met with this roadblock: “Not until the court decides by motion.” Discovery is ongoing, and your opposing counsel believes their pending motion for summary disposition – in which the court is permitted to consider evidence outside the pleadings – will dispose of the case. But where...