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Michigan Business Torts provides expert guidance for protecting your business clients' reputation, key relationships, and intellectual property. The online book includes a number of new checklists outlining important considerations in deciding whether to file claims for tortious interference, fraud, defamation, and other common business torts.
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Approaching the Bench
Matthew J. Franson | 08/01/2025
Hon. Andrew W. Kowalkowski was appointed judge for the 44th District Court in April 2022. Before his appointment to the bench, Judge Kowalkowski was an administrative law examiner for the Michigan Department of State, and before that, he was a...

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