Greg Grant of the Traverse City office recently obtained a no cause of action verdict in an excessive force trial in federal court. Mr. Grant represented four corrections officers whom the plaintiff alleged used excessive force against him while he was inmate in a Michigan county jail. Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that he was maced twice and tasered twice while locked in his cell. The evidence at trial demonstrated that […]
Read MoreAfter a prolonged dispute, Matt Cross obtained an arbitration award for a valued client, a Detroit-based concert promoter. The promoter paid the producer of the show a $40,000 deposit in five installments to perform its show in Detroit last year. The producer pulled out last minute and refused to return the promoter’s deposit, citing the promoter’s failure to timely pay two of the five scheduled payments. Mr. Cross convinced the […]
Read MoreIndividuals in Michigan seeking to protect assets from creditors no longer have to transfer their assets to Delaware, Nevada or Alaska. Effective February 5, 2017, the Qualified Dispositions in Trust Act, Domestic Asset Protection Trusts, Public Act 330 of 2016, will allow the owner of trust assets to retain and protect his or her assets from creditors, while still retaining the power to direct investment decisions, the power to veto […]
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