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On December 17, 2010, President Obama signed the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (the "Act"), which is expected to simulate the economy by providing tax relief to individuals and businesses.  The Act reinstates many of the Bush-era tax cuts that ... Read more >

If so, there may be changes in the way your loans are handled in bankruptcy court.  Although lenders never want to be creditors in bankruptcy proceedings, in the past they thought that if their collateral was sold, they could bid up to the full amount of their claim, without putting out any cas... Read more >

Effective October 1, 2010, the Maryland Legislature enacted the Maryland General and Limited Power of Attorney Act (Act).  The Act creates a statutory form power of attorney and provides that no one can require an additional or different form of power of attorney for any authority granted in th... Read more >

A recent case made it harder for an unsecured creditor to defend a preference avoidance action in a bankruptcy.  This ruling may be particularly troubling to unsecured creditors in the construction industry, because it involved the potential for payment from bond proceeds. The case addresses... Read more >

Principal contractors in Maryland can breathe a sigh of relief – the Maryland Workers’ Compensation law does not make them responsible for the injuries that a subcontractor’s employees suffer on an out-of-state jobsite.  Nor do they have to ensure the subcontractor maintains workers’ co... Read more >

Imagine one of your employees, driving a company vehicle, rolls through a stop sign and smashes into another driver.  The other driver was speeding and was dialing a number on her cell phone.  So who is at fault?  And most importantly, who has to pay? Under current Maryland law, if... Read more >

Employers rely on noncompetes to protect customers and other assets.  Find out how government entities affect court enforcement of noncompetes by reading "Labor: Public Sector - Uninvited Guest or Essential Party?", an article written by Melissa Jones and published in Inside Counsel. ... Read more >

When it comes to investigating claims of misconduct, it's important to look before you leap.  For more information, view "Labor: Good Faith Investigations," an article written by Melissa Jones and published inInside Counsel. If you have any questions, please contact Melis... Read more >

Franklin Lee was recently quoted in this article, which first appeared in the Baltimore Business Journal on April 1, 2011: Maryland paid nearly $800 million to 20 contractors through the state’s minority business program over much of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s first term. But alm... Read more >