Bill Donovan Becomes Senior Counsel at Lippitt O’Keefe, PLLC. The Serra Donovan Law Group is merging with the Birmingham law firm of Lippitt O’Keefe PLLC. In addition to its headquarters at 370 E. Maple Road in Birmingham, the expanded Lippitt O’Keefe practice group will maintain offices in Rochester, Michigan, to serve clients acquired in the […]
What To Do With Your Home In A Divorce by Henry Gornbein, Partner and Head of the Family Law Unit at Lippitt O’Keefe Gornbein, PLLC – The marital home is often one of the major assets in a couple’s marital estate. A question that I am often asked is what should we do with the marital […]
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Florida Attorney General have recently filed a case in federal court seeking an injunction against one of the perpetrators of an increasingly common scam. The “o-fishy-al” invoice (the FTC’s pun, not ours), a solicitation designed to resemble an official government notice, attempts to convince small business owners that […]
On June 5, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) held a workshop to explore competition issues in the residential real estate brokerage industry. The Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) submitted a white paper, Data and Choices Breed Competition, highlighting the pro-competitive role of Multiple Listing Services (MLSs) in […]
By Brian D. O’Keefe The Internal Revenue Service is continuing to focus on virtual currencies such as bitcoin in its enforcement efforts. In March, the IRS issued a news release reminding taxpayers that income from virtual currencies is reportable on their income tax returns, and that failing to properly report may lead to audits, tax […]
After decades of uncertainty and a general lack of clarity, the process of appointing a receiver, and a receiver’s role and powers have been given a more concrete statutory framework with the enactment of its version of the Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act (“Act”). The Act was signed by Governor Snyder on February 6, […]
We have returned home after three weeks with you. Drawn by the devastation from hurricane Maria, we brought a water purification technology, which produces large quantities of clean water. The measure of our experience is not simply in our work in Quebradillas and Isabela along the Rio Guajataca or Utuado besides the Rio Grande de […]
Congratulations are in order for our client, Realcomp II, Ltd. Late last week, Judge Bernard Friedman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan issued an Opinion and Order granting Lippitt O’Keefe Gornbein’s Motion for Summary Judgment. This particular case was brought by an individual alleging that our client, a real […]
Is there any valid reason for not vaccinating your child? I was recently in Judge Karen McDonald’s courtroom, where a hearing was continuing on the issue of whether a child should be vaccinated. The former husband wanted the child vaccinated and his former wife does not. An accredited doctor was testifying as to why there […]
During his illustrious time as an Oakland County Circuit Court Judge, Norman Lippitt presided over a case that had troubled him deeply for many years. In 1988, Karen Kantzler, was the defendant in a murder trial where she was convicted by a jury of second degree murder for killing her husband while he lay in […]
