As cloud-based offerings become mainstream for companies of any size, it is important to ensure the core components of the cloud provider agreement with the company meet the company’s expectations. Often, the provider can deliver a higher level of service,… Continue Reading  

To litigate or not to litigate? Litigation management has become an integral part of success and failure in every business. One needs only look at the headlines to see the impact of properly, or poorly, managed litigation: General Motors battle… Continue Reading  

While recently driving on I-75 on our way to a long ski weekend, I couldn’t help but notice how the road was fraught with patched seams on areas of roadway that were less than 5 years old. Imagine my surprise… Continue Reading  

The ever changing landscape of commercial real estate investment is being driven less and less by institutional investors in Middle America. Private investors, whether they are entrepreneurs, family offices, regional developers or lone wolves, are becoming more and more sophisticated… Continue Reading  

There are two multi-generational trends developing in the Food and Agriculture industries that could dramatically change the way we produce and consume food in the future; indoor agriculture and reduced carb consumption. Indoor Agriculture This is an exciting trend because… Continue Reading  

The ABI Commission to Study Reform of Chapter 11 issued its final report on December 1 2014. It has recommended an increase in the time to assume or reject leases from 210 days to 1 year. This is a change… Continue Reading  

By Dr. Andrew Malec and Susan Koss, Managing Directors at O’Keefe As is the case with most complex commercial litigation matters, patent holders must first prove causality before economic damages are considered. However, patent infringement cases are unique when compared with… Continue Reading  

On February 16, the West Michigan subchapter of the Detroit TMA held a panel discussion to update members and guests on the status of the West Michigan credit market. (Link to news story: http://mibiz.com/item/21846-%E2%80%98hungry%E2%80%99-banks-see-increased-competition-for-loans-as-economy-improves) On hand were representatives of the… Continue Reading  

Continued evolutions in the options around Cloud and the possible benefits to be gained are worth revisiting if you have not evaluated Cloud options recently. The pace of obsolescence of hardware and the related on-going cost of support and maintenance… Continue Reading  

I didn’t want to write about the “same old business books. Rather, I am highlighting three of my favorite business books that you likely haven’t read. They each look at a different aspect of business; management, marketing and the customer… Continue Reading