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Judges named to serve on Michigan’s new Business Courts

The Michigan Supreme Court has appointed the following 18 judges to serve on Michigan’s new business courts: 3rd Circuit Court (Wayne) — Judge Jeanne Stempien 22nd Circuit Court (Washtenaw) — Judge Archie Brown 31st Circuit Court (St. Clair) … Read More
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"No Award" outside possible range of awards for shareholder oppression

In an unpublished opinion dated September 27, 2012 in Ginnard v Advanced Design and Prototype Technologies, Inc., the Michigan Court of Appeals reversed the Oakland Circuit Court’s opinion and order denying plaintiff Mark Ginnard’s request for sh… Read More
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Business Courts Bill moves on to the House

On Thursday, September 20, 2012 the Michigan Senate passed its version of HB-5128, which will establish business courts throughout the state. Now that the bill has passed the Senate, it is on to the House for a concurrence vote. According to Section… Read More
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Business Guide to Selling Securities

The State of Michigan has a few excellent resource guides available on its Web site, including a Business Guide to Selling Securities. The guide gives a general overview of the Michigan Uniform Securities Act and provides a summary of the registratio… Read More
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Forbearance Agreements

A forbearance agreement is a contract between a borrower and a lender where the lender agrees to not exercise certain rights that it has under an existing agreement in exchange for actions on the part of the borrower. An example would be a bank’… Read More
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Undoing an Automatic Dissolution: Renewal of Corporate Existence in Michigan

The Business Corporation Act, P.A. 284 of 1972 allows a domestic corporation that was automatically dissolved to renew its corporate existence by filing the reports and paying the required fees (including late fees and penalties) for the years they w… Read More
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