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WeWork Adds to Venture Capital’s High-Profile Bankruptcy Busts

November 8, 2023

WeWork’s Chapter 11 filing adds to a growing list of venture-capital favorites that have gone bankrupt, giving investment firms a fresh reason to more thoroughly vet companies before pouring money into them.

Real estate industry facing pushback to agent commissions on home sales

November 7, 2023

Real estate industry facing pushback to longstanding rules setting agent commissions on home sales

A series of court challenges seek to upend longstanding real estate industry practices that determine the commissions agents receive on the sale of a home — and who foots the bill.

A federal jury in one of those cases ordered the National Association of Realtors along with some of the nation's biggest real estate brokerages to pay almost $1.8 billion in damages, after finding they artificially inflated commissions paid to real estate agents.

Michigan gets ‘F’ grade for lack of law against costly, speech-chilling lawsuits

November 3, 2023

Michigan has earned the dubious distinction of being one of just 17 states with no law protecting against costly, frivolous lawsuits that are used to intimidate and silence critics. As a result, these states earned an “F” in the 2023 Anti-SLAPP Report Card, recently released by the Institute of Free Speech. In fact, according to the report card, Michigan earned 0 out of 100 points.

Michigan is the only state that criminalizes surrogacy contracts

November 2, 2023

Michigan is the only state that criminalizes surrogacy contracts, but bills aim to change that

In Michigan, not only are surrogacy contracts unenforceable and void, but they are illegal. Michigan is the only state to criminalize surrogacy contracts.