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WITNESS AND NOTARY SIGNINGS IN A PANDEMIC

By Executive Order 2020-74 (and its predecessor, Executive Order 2020-41), and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Governor of the State of Michigan has temporarily allowed e-signatures and remote notarization on official and legal documents. In practice,...

Why You Need to Trust Your Divorce Lawyer

When you got married, you probably never imagined that the future held nasty arguments, damaged relationships, marital stressors and, eventually, making an appointment with a divorce attorney. If we imagined that, no one would ever say “I do.” But life happens. Now...
Robot Cars vs. Pedestrians

Robot Cars vs. Pedestrians

Can we all just get along? As Congress and state legislatures grapple with the legal and safety issues involving autonomous vehicles on public thoroughfares, a recent Wall Street Journal article entitled “Pedestrian Peril in the Digital Age” discusses the...
Court Considers Chapter 7

Court Considers Chapter 7

Court Considers Chapter 7 Trustee’s Ability to Sell LLC Property in Sole Members Bankruptcy A bankruptcy trustee has the right to liquidate any property of a Chapter 7 Debtor subject to claimed exemptions and liens. Does this right extend to a membership...
Freeware Corner

Freeware Corner

Freeware Corner: The best, most useful or just plain fun freeware on the ‘net! If you’re like me, your computer monitor is littered with various colors of those ubiquitous “sticky” notes, reminding you of all sorts of important “to...
Tech Tidbit: Bitly

Tech Tidbit: Bitly

Sometimes, cutting and pasting a web address link from your browser to your word processing document just takes up too much space in your document and looks cumbersome; some internet articles or web sites you want to cite to can have extremely long and complicated web...