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Top 5 tips for preventing wire fraud in commercial real estate

July 12, 2022

It's more important than ever for title insurers and investors to follow protocols to ensure money transferred by wire is carefully guided to the right destination, whether for real estate closings or for construction escrow services.

Read more at - Daily Herald

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Grand Rapids Chamber alarmed by growing issues going on in the city

July 11, 2022

The Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce has sent a letter to the city. In it, there's a list of serious and graphic issues.

Read more at: Fox17

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House Bill 4842 Helping Michigan Distilleries

July 5, 2022

House Bill 4842 assists Michigan's growing craft distillery industry by lowering mark up costs associated with the purchase of Michigan grain, increasing the number of bottles distillers can produce while saving them and their customers money.

Read more at: Michigan.gov

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The Supreme Court says it won’t consider rewriting defamation law... yet

June 27, 2022

If it had overturned the ruling, the Supreme Court would have greatly increased the odds of public figures winning libel cases in the future.

Read more at The Verge

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Biden signs landmark gun violence compromise

June 24, 2022

The bill would incrementally toughen requirements for young people to buy guns, deny firearms from more domestic abusers and help local authorities temporarily take weapons from people judged to be dangerous.

Read more at WZZM13.com

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Supreme Court strikes down New York gun law

June 23, 2022

Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the majority that the Constitution protects "an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home.”

Read more at WZZM 13

New Michigan Law Lets Cops Seize Cash At Airports, No Crime Required

June 22, 2022

Two bills (HB 4631 and HB 4632) that expand civil forfeiture at airports, making it much easier for law enforcement to seize—and permanently keep—cash and other valuables from travelers.

Read more at Forbes

Privacy isn't in the Constitution, but it is everywhere in Constitutional Law

June 17, 2022

All told, though the word isn’t in the Constitution, privacy is the foundation of many constitutional protections for our most important, sensitive and intimate activities.

Read more at LegalNews.com

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Bronx Zoo elephant named Happy isn’t a person, court rules

June 16, 2022

Happy the elephant may be intelligent and deserving of compassion, but she cannot be considered a person being illegally confined to the Bronx Zoo, New York’s top court ruled Tuesday.

Read more at AP News

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Michigan takes the plunge, becomes latest state to allow swim-up bars

June 15, 2022

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer approved legislation to allow hotels, resorts, water parks and other pool operators with a liquor license to open adults-only swim-up bars.

Read more at BridgeMI

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