Firm Blog
The Gallagher Law Firm with offices in Lansing, Mt. Pleasant, Grand Rapids, and Detroit provides a variety of legal services across Michigan for corporate and individual clients. Our AV-rated, highly experienced attorneys offer responsive and efficient representation. Learn why our clients consider the Gallagher Law Firm to be a trusted, insightful and experienced partner for their legal needs.
Considerations for Landowners in Surface Use Agreements
May 4th, 2011
Natural gas companies lease land for surface use in order to build access roads, compressor stations, water impoundments, pipeline activity, gas storage infrastructure, or other infrastructure needs on the landowner’s property. It can be tempti…
Read More
Read More
Categories: Oil and Gas
Forbearance Agreements
December 30th, 2010
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
Read More
Categories: Business Law
Undoing an Automatic Dissolution: Renewal of Corporate Existence in Michigan
September 10th, 2010
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
Read More
Categories: Business Law
10 Tips to Avoid Foreclosure
August 24th, 2010
If you fail to make your home mortgage payments, your lender may initiate foreclosure proceedings. Foreclosure is the legal means that your lender can use to repossess your home. If your property is worth less than the total amount you owe on your mo…
Read More
Read More
Categories: Real Estate Law
Land Contracts
August 23rd, 2010
The use of land contracts is increasing as traditional financing is not available to most purchasers based on increased lending requirements and decreased appraised values. Use of a land contract may be the only way to close a sale in this slow real…
Read More
Read More
Categories: Real Estate Law
Reaffirmation Agreements after Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
August 18th, 2010
Filing a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy should be used as a last resort in the event an individual has no other avenue to become solvent again. Under a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, all of an individual’s debt is discharged (with some exceptions such as taxes, s…
Read More
Read More
Categories: Bankruptcy
Introduction to MERS
August 10th, 2010
What is MERS? MERS is a name frequently heard in court in connection with mortgage issues. Much litigation revolves around mortgages and often it is unclear to litigants how MERS operates. Often the issue is whether MERS should be a party to the liti…
Read More
Read More
Categories: Real Estate Law
New clause restrictions for insurance policies
August 5th, 2010
The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) has issued rules prohibiting three types of clauses found in insurance policies that consumers have found misleading or harmful. Consumer complaints suggested that many policyholders were being…
Read More
Read More
Categories: Insurance
Extension of the Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Act (OPRA)
July 29th, 2010
Earlier this month, the Lansing City Council approved an Obsolete Property Tax Rehabilitation Tax Abatement for Michigan State University Federal Credit Union‘s (MSUFCU) planned ninth branch, located in downtown Lansing at 104 South Washington Squa…
Read More
Read More
Categories: Tax Law
Recent lawsuits filed regarding ATM fee notices
July 15th, 2010
Plaintiffs’ attorneys in Michigan are having potential plaintiffs troll ATMs searching for an absence of required notices. Generally, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act requires posting of fee notices on both the ATM itself and on the ATM screen…
Read More
Read More
Categories: Banking/Credit Unions