COVID-19 has already caused severe disruption to the economy in every state, our nation, and the world. In the United States, government entities as well as the private sector are implementing more and more drastic measures to respond to COVID-19. […]
UPDATE: On April 14, 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-48, extending the duration of relief through May 12, 2020 for public bodies that are subject to the Open Meetings Act to use telephone or video conference methods to continue […]
Update: March 20, 2020: The Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that the IRS is now extending the federal income tax filing deadline to July 15. Earlier this week, the Treasury Department released guidance that pushed back just the deadline for […]
Addressing Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Workplace Experts and commentators now predict that the coronavirus will spread throughout our state and nation. Employers stand at the forefront of efforts to contain the illness. The United States Department of Labor has issued […]
Beginning in late 2019, Downtown Lansing installed solar-powered pay stations for on-street parking, moving away from the previous parking meters. This tutorial from the City of Lansing will assist you on how to use these new pay stations. You can […]
Most are aware that the taxable value assessment of a commercial property is uncapped on its sale, but it can also uncap in the event of certain other transfers which do not involve the sale of property and the recording […]
We see it in the news regularly. Major corporations like Anthem, eBay, Equifax, Sony Pictures, and Target have all suffered major data security breaches. But these breaches don’t only happen to large organizations. Companies of all sizes are targets. Sometimes, […]
On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule to make 1.3 million American workers newly eligible for overtime pay. The new rule is effective January 1, 2020 and includes the following changes to overtime rules: […]
OVERVIEW Proper characterization of workers as independent contractors or employees is a question that crosses many areas of substantive state and federal law, prominently federal tax law. IRS Publication 15-A, Employer’s Supplemental Tax Guide (2020) (Dec 23, 2019), https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15a.pdf (“Pub. […]
Act No. 608 of the Public Acts of 2018, approved and given immediate effect in that year’s lame duck session, amended several provisions of the Michigan Election Law to create new more restrictive procedural requirements governing voter initiatives proposing initiated […]