Business disputes do not all belong in the same forum. Some are ordinary civil cases. Some are contract cases that happen to involve companies but do not meet the requirements for business-court assignment. Others fall squarely within Michigan’s specialized business...
Artificial intelligence has moved quickly from a back-office experiment to a daily workplace management tool. Employers can now use software to record computer activity, measure idle time, analyze keystrokes, review customer communications, score applicants, rank...
Artificial intelligence has made it possible to create convincing audio, images, and video of people saying and doing things they never said or did. What once required a studio, a skilled editor, and substantial source material can now be produced with widely...
Business owners often hear the phrase “non-compete agreement” and immediately think of the familiar employment situation: an employee leaves a company, joins a competitor, and the former employer tries to restrict what that employee may do next. That is the setting...
Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant technology issue for courts, lawyers, public agencies, universities, health systems, insurers, employers, legal aid providers, and other Michigan institutions that interact with the civil justice system. It is already...
Artificial intelligence is no longer a remote technology issue for lawyers, judges, or business clients. It is now part of the daily operating environment for companies that draft contracts, manage employees, negotiate transactions, respond to litigation, protect...
A February 10, 2026 opinion from the Kent County Business Court offers a timely and effective entry point into this subject because it captures two themes that now dominate Michigan temporary restraining order practice in restrictive-covenant litigation. First, trial...
For many Michigan employers, the better question is no longer whether noncompetes are controversial. It is whether the state is on the verge of replacing a reasonableness-based system with a near-total prohibition for ordinary work relationships. That is why House...
Remote work has a way of making employment rules feel less local than they really are. A company may be headquartered in Chicago, a manager may sit in Dallas, payroll may run out of another state, and yet the employee doing the work may be logging in every day from a...
For small businesses in Washtenaw County, Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act is no longer a theoretical compliance issue. The practical question is how to structure earned sick time in a way that fits a small employer’s operations while also reducing the risk of payroll...
