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Making the deal: Attorneys give advice for successful negotiations

Know what you want, be willing to compromise, do homework, experts say

Michael Decker is featured in the Macomb County Legal News "Getting to Know" Q&A.

DETROIT - A Detroit barber has a bone to pick with Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James, and it has nothing to do with how he tore up the Detroit Pistons on the court this season.

A lawsuit filed by the barber centers around an idea for a television show and who came up with it first.

DETROIT (WJBK) - It is said no idea is original -- and that could be the case with LeBron James' "The Shop."

Barbershop owner Sebastian Jackson had been in talks with LeBron James' company about a partnership. It never happened but soon after, that company ran a web show that looked an awful lot like Jackson's. It is a web show featured on his media platform Uninterrupted where the hoops star, his basketball buds and famous friends dish on life, music and sports in a barbershop.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder, Bushra Malik, will co-present a program titled, “Fact Checking the Immigration Process,” from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, April 22 at St. Thomas More Church in Troy.

Amy talks to the man who brought the suit against LeBron James and isn't afraid to challenge him in a court of law. A local barber says LeBron James ripped off his idea and is making a fortune off of it. It's a David and Goliath battle, but does the little guy have a case? The details of the man behind the suit and whether this is just a cash grab or a legitimate underdog tale.

Butzel Long attorney Bernie Fuhs interviewed on WJR's Frank Beckmann Show on the Detroit connection to the LeBron James "Shop Talk" lawsuit with The University of Alabama coach Nick Saban.

Attorney also is a member of the Firm’s Global Automotive Industry Group

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Linda J. Armstrong has been appointed Chair of the firm’s Immigration Practice Department.

Butzel Long attorney Jim Townsend interviewed on WJR's Frank Beckmann Show on the Nestle groundwater controversy.

Akin M. Alcitepe developed materials and taught sessions for construction contract course April 2-6 in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Butzel Long attorney Akin M. Alcitepe developed materials and taught a construction contract course from April 2-6, 2018 at the International Law Institute (ILI) in Washington, D.C. The ILI is a leading provider of training and technical assistance in international law, international economics and other aspects of international relations.

DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Clara DeMatteis Mager has been elected to serve on the firm’s Board of Directors.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Jennifer Dukarski will be a featured panelist during the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Management Briefing Seminars (MBS) 2018 in Traverse City this summer. She will participate in a panel program on July 30 titled, “Will Your Self-driving Car Need a License?” Eric Paul Dennis, Center for Automotive Research), will serve as moderator. Other panelists include: Bryant Walker Smith, University of South Carolina and David Strickland, Self-driving Coalition for Safer Streets.

Washington shareholder Les Glick, co-chair of the firm’s International Trade and Customs Law Team was a panelist on March 28th at a program sponsored by the American Bar Association International Law Section in Washington DC entitled “SteeL/Aluminum Tariffs-Key Compliance and Other Considerations for Companies and their Lawyers”.

The death of a pedestrian hit by a self-driving Uber vehicle in Arizona this week could offer a test of who can be held legally responsible for accidents when a human is no longer at the wheel, legal experts said.

Any litigation that arises from the accident, the first fatality involving a fully autonomous vehicle, could pit the ride-hailing service against technology suppliers and the vehicle's manufacturer, legal experts said. It could also provide a window into confidential indemnification agreements that companies developing self-driving car systems may have reached to shield themselves legally.

Payout in Gilbert title company case likely to be far less than jury's $706 million

Despite a $706 million verdict against an affiliate of mortgage lender Quicken Loans Inc. this week in a Texas court, it's unlikely Dan Gilbert's Amrock Inc. will wind up having to cough up the nine-figure sum.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – Attorney Michael Pardi has joined Butzel Long as Of Counsel. Pardi has 15 years of experience working for Fortune 500 Companies in the areas of Government Procurement, Commercial Transactions, Automotive, Regulatory Matters, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, and Advertising and Consumer Law.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Thomas A. Kabel is the moderator and lead presenter at a Homeward Bound seminar titled, “Opening the Closing Statement” on March 9, 2018. The seminar is presented by ICLE and the State Bar of Michigan’s Real Property Law Section.

The law on gray-market goods is not settled. The current test appears to be whether there is a material difference between the products sold overseas and domestically, according to legal experts.

DETROIT, Mich. –  Butzel Long attorneys Rebecca S. Davies, James S. Rosenfeld and Diane M. Soubly will be featured speakers during Walsh College’s 9th Annual Human Resources Summit on Friday, March 2, 2018 at its Troy campus. For additional information, visit http://www.walshcollege.edu/hrsummit

DETROIT, Mich. – Innovation is driving the business of health care in southeast Michigan and entrepreneurs need to know the latest developments to keep a competitive edge.