This year the General Assembly enacted a new law and revised existing laws to further protect victims of domestic violence. A summary of each of these laws follows.
Effective Immediately:
The Maryland Insurance Administration is now required to create a standardized form to allow indi... Read more >
A recent opinion of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals demonstrates the vulnerability officers and directors of unincorporated nonprofit associations potentially face if the association breaches a contract. The Court held that these individuals may be held personally and individually liable for t... Read more >
Bill Sammons was a guest columnist for Jurist on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision regarding DNA collection from certain arrestees as a routine booking procedure in Maryland. The article, “Embracing DNA Collection as a Routine Booking Procedure,” looks at the decision and its effect... Read more >
In March 2013, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) updated the I-9 form. This update changed the I-9 in numerous ways, further complicating a process that few employers successfully managed when the form was only one page long.
Subsequently, Immigration and Customs Enfor... Read more >
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers, for the fourth consecutive year, announce that Tydings is named to the 2014 “Best Law Firms” list.
Tydings was named to the Best Law Firms list for the Baltimore metropolitan region in 14 practice areas: antitrust law, antitrust litiga... Read more >
Tydings has been recommended as a top litigation firm in Maryland in the seventh annual edition of Benchmark Litigation 2014, a publication of Euromoney/Legal Media Group. The guide focuses exclusively on leading U.S. litigation firms and attorneys.
In addition to naming the firm, Benchmark... Read more >
Tydings is pleased to announce that Mark D. Dopkin and Emerson L. Dorsey, Jr. have been named “2013 Top-Rated Lawyers in Real Estate Law” by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell™.
Emerson Dorsey chairs the business, corporate, and tax department at Tydings. An experienced real... Read more >
Renewable Energy World recently interviewed Franklin M. Lee, a partner at the firm, on Baltimore City’s urban solar power initiative in Baltimore. Mr. Lee was the leading architect for the City’s public/private partnership model that will use municipal revenue bond financing for the instal... Read more >
Tydings is pleased to announce that The Daily Record has named Franklin M. Lee a 2013 “Leadership in Law” recipient.
Franklin Lee is one of the country’s leading authorities on socio-economic policies that promote the use of small, minority-owned, and woman-owned businesses in government co... Read more >
Tydings is pleased to announce that Diane V. D’Aiutolo, Daniel S. Katz, and Ferrier R. Stillman have been named “2013 Top-Rated Lawyers in Health Care Law” by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell™.
Ms. D’Aiutolo concentrates her practice in medical malpractice and products liabi... Read more >
