Dickinson Wright | USA | 23 May 2017
The Michigan Uniform Trade Practices Act (UTPA) provides for 12% penalty interest on certain no-fault insurance claims that are not timely paid by the…
Clark Hill PLC | USA | 20 Mar 2014
A recent, unpublished decision of the Michigan Court of Appeals, Federal Deposit Insurance Company, as Receiver for Warren Bank v. Michael Torres…
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | USA | 28 Sep 2012
Under the Michigan Health Insurance Claims Assessment Act (HICA Act) (P.A. 142 of 2011), third-party administrators, carriers and self-insured entities are required to pay assessments on the amount of health care claims paid by them.
Dykema Gossett PLLC | USA | 9 May 2011
For a limited period in 2011, from May 15 through June 30, the state of Michigan is offering a broad amnesty program for taxpayers with certain unpaid Michigan tax liabilities.
Barnes & Thornburg LLP | USA | 31 Mar 2011
The Michigan Court of Appeals recently held that a lien asserted by a condominium association is subordinate to the previously filed mortgage of a mortgagee, notwithstanding the fact that a prior mortgage existed because of the failure to record a discharge.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP | USA | 21 Feb 2011
When a defendant, sued by a former employer for misappropriating a manufacturing process that allegedly constituted a trade secret, denies that the process is confidential and files a counterclaim alleging that the plaintiff is engaged in sham litigation in order to stifle competition, is it appropriate for the court to instruct the jury that the evidence shows plaintiff does not have a valid......
Barnes & Thornburg LLP | USA | 5 Nov 2010
On Oct. 5, 2010, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm signed into law Senate Bill 610, which permits real estate brokers to assert against “commercial real estate” a lien for unpaid brokerage fees incurred in connection with the sale or lease of that same realty.
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP | USA | 18 Oct 2010
In what was beginning to seem like an unlikely event, the Michigan Legislature finally passed a nearly year-old bill that will allow for a limited amnesty period, from May 15, 2011, to June 30, 2011.
Dykema Gossett PLLC | USA | 12 Oct 2010
On October 5, 2010, Governor Granholm signed Michigan Public Act 198 into law authorizing a limited tax amnesty program.
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 12 Oct 2010
In a comprehensive and thoughtful opinion, a federal district court has dismissed, with prejudice, a RICO action contending that a self-insured, its third party administrator and a physician schemed to fraudulently deny workers’ compensation benefits allegedly owed to a number of claimants under the Michigan Workers’ Disability Compensation Act (the “WDCA”), Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.101 et....