Newsletters & Client Alerts 

Administrative & Regulatory

• Does Your Company Have an Effective Compliance Program?, May 4, 2010

Automotive

• Aumotive Quarterly: Volume 3, Number 1, 1st Quarter, 2012
• U.S. Adopts U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, Opens Up Auto Markets, Others, October 2011
• The Impact Of The Dodd-Frank Act On Automotive Companies That Utilize “Conflict Minerals”, August 2011
• Automotive Quarterly: Volume 2, Number 2, 2nd Quarter, 2011
• Automotive Quarterly: Volume 2, Number 1, 1st Quarter, 2011


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Banking & Financial Services

• Michigan Supreme Court Upholds MERS Mortgage Foreclosures, November, 2011
• Tips on Managing a Business Loan Workout, February 2011
• U.S. Treasury Launches Small Business Lending Fund, December 2010
• FDIC Transaction Account Guarantee Program - Transition to New Structure, September 30, 2010
• FDIC Extends and Amends Transaction Account Guarantee, April 16, 2010

Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors' Rights

• Michigan’s New Local Government And School District Fiscal Accountability Act: What You Need To Know, March 2011
• Bankruptcy Appeals: The Basics, February 2011
• I Have To Give What Back? Are You Serious? How To Deal With The Delco Oil Decision, October 20, 2010
• When is a Creditor Eligible to Serve on an Unsecured Creditors Committee: One of the Nation's Leading Bankruptcy Courts Provides Some Clarity, September 23, 2010
• "Well, You Can Always Credit Bid . . ." Still True For Lenders In 2010?, May 31, 2010

Construction

• Michigan Supreme Court Clarifies the Applicable Limitations Period for Breach of Contract Actions Against Engineers, Architects , and Contractors, August 2011

Corporate

• Cross-Border Tax Tips, August 1, 2011
• Section 488, Revisited: Opportunities for Flexible Governance for Michigan Corporations, May 1, 2011
• IRS Issues Proposed Regulations On "Series LLC's", January 2011

Corporate Finance

• Drafting Buy-Sell Provisions in Shareholder Agreement: Can We "Insure" Compliance?, May/June 2010

Employee Benefits

• ERISA Legal News: Volume 2, Number 4, December 2011
• ERISA Legal News: Volume 2, Number 3, September 2011
• PPACA Update: Summary of Benefits and Coverage, August 2011
• PPACA Update : Expanded Preventive Services for Women, August 2011
• ERISA Legal News: Volume 2, Number 2, April 2011


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Environmental

• Real Estate & Environmental Legal Update: Volume 1, Number 4, January 2011
• Real Estate & Environmental Legal Update: Volume 1, Number 3, September 30, 2010
• Real Estate & Environmental Legal Update - Recent Court Ruling Highlights the Importance of Certainty in Mortgage Documents and Foreclosure Proceedings, April 21, 2010

Estate Planning & Administration

• Michigan’s RAP Reform Becomes More Instructive for Those Wielding Special Powers of Appointment over Personal Property Held in "Grandfathered" Generation Skipping Trusts, Summer 2011
• Estate Tax Relief Arrives, Jan 1, 2011
• New Law Reinstates IRA Charitable Rollovers For 2010 And 2011, December 2010
• Estate Tax Relief Arrives For The Holidays: The Exclusion Is Up And The Rate Is Down, December 2010
• Exercising Special Powers of Appointment over Tax Advantaged Trusts Post Perpetuities Reform Can Be More or Less Hazardous, Fall 2010


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Gaming

• Gaming Legal News: Volume 5, Number 4, February 15, 2012
• Gaming Legal News: Volume 5, Number 3, January 25, 2012
• Gaming Legal News: Volume 5, Number 2, January 18, 2012
• Gaming Legal News: Volume 5, Number 1, January 11, 2012
• Gaming Legal News: Volume 4, Number 38, December 28, 2011


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Government Contracts

• Justice Department Recovers $3 Billion In False Claims Act Judgments And Settlements For FY 2010, December 2010
• Small Business Statistics And Recent Decisions, September 2010

Healthcare

• There's an App for That!, October, 2011
• When HHS Calls, You Should Answer, June, 2011
• Need an App? Crowdsource!, February, 2012
• Mobil Tech: Is it Right for Your Organization?, December, 2011
• Healthcare Legal News: Volume 2, Number 2, February 2012


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Immigration

• The Obama Administration’s New Immigration Policy Initiatives, March 2011
• U.S. Immigration Law Update, February 2011
• Immigration & Export Controls, February 2011
• Feds Seek Seizure of Business Charged with Employing Illegal Aliens, April 28, 2010

Information Technology

• There's an App for That!, October, 2011
• Need an App? Crowdsource!, February, 2012
• Mobil Tech: Is it Right for Your Organization?, December, 2011
• The Mobile Generation, September 2011
• The New Wave Of Cyber-Crime Facing Retailers, Summer 2010


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Insurance

• ERISA Legal News: Volume 2, Number 4, December 2011
• Insurance Legal News: Volume 4, Number 5, September/October, 2011
• ERISA Legal News: Volume 2, Number 3, September 2011
• Insurance Legal News: Volume 4, Number 4, July/August 2011
• Insurance Legal News: Volume 4, Number 3(A) Supplement, May/June 2011


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Intellectual Property

• Court's Decision Extends Copyright Protection to Foreign Works, January, 2012
• Stopping Trade Secret Misappropriation at the Border, November 2011
• Dickinson Wright Receives 88 Rankings in U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" Survey, November 12, 2011
• Dickinson Wright Receives 88 Rankings in U.S. News – Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" Survey, November 12, 2011
• Sweeping Patent Law Reform Is Coming: Will You Be Ready?, September 2011


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International

• U.S. Adopts U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, Opens Up Auto Markets, Others, October 2011
• IBA Guidelines on Drafting the International Commercial Arbitration Clause, April 2011

Labor & Employment

• New Law Affects Employee Leasing Organizations, January 2012
• New Health Care Tax Claims Impacts Employers, December, 2011
• NLRB Delays New Rule Requiring Employers, October, 2011
• New NLRB Rule Requires Private Sector Employers to Post Notices, September 2011
• PPACA Update: Summary of Benefits and Coverage, August 2011


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Litigation

• The Full Appreciation Test Unveiled - Summary Judgment Motions Expanded in Ontario, December, 2011
• Fast Justice Again? Summary Judgment Motions in Ontario, December 2011
• Stopping Trade Secret Misappropriation at the Border, November 2011
• Proof is in the Pudding - How to Defend Against a Lost-Profits Claim, November 16, 2011
• Sweeping Patent Law Reform Enacted: How Will This Change Patent Litigation?, October 2011


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Media, Sports & Entertainment

• More Than Movies-Video Games are also Eligible for Michigan's Generous "Film" Tax Credit, April 1, 2010

Municipal Law & Finance

• Dickinson Wright Attorneys Recognized for Their Work on Groundbreaking Bond Issue, November 4, 2011
• Michigan’s New Local Government And School District Fiscal Accountability Act: What You Need To Know, March 2011

Real Estate

• Michigan Supreme Court Upholds MERS Mortgage Foreclosures, November, 2011
• Michigan Supreme Court Clarifies Application of the Land Division Act to Actions Seeking to Establish Substantive Property Rights, June 2011
• Michigan Court Ruling Questions Validity Of Foreclosure Sales, June 2011
• Michigan Supreme Court Clears Path For Judicial Review of State Tax Commission Decisions On Property Classification, June 2011
• Michigan's Constitution Protects Business Owners Who Relocate Due to Takings by Eminent Domain, Summer 2011


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Taxation

• Cross-Border Tax Tips, August 1, 2011
• State Of Michigan Tax Amnesty Program Offers Business And Individual Taxpayers The Opportunity To Settle Delinquent State Tax Debt And Avoid Costly Penalty Payments, May 2011
• Federal Tax Incentives to Spur Job Growth: Congress Enacts the HIRE Act, April 2, 2010