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Your small business wants to refinance a mortgage that is about to mature, but can’t refinance in the private market because the economic meltdown has left your business with real estate worth near the amount of your existing loan, or less.  If this sounds like you, the SBA’s new progr... 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 >

Where is your money and is it protected?  Often, account holders such as businesses determine that their financial institution is insured through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) and do not think about it again.  During the... 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 >

Franklin Lee was recently quoted in this article, which first appeared in the Baltimore Business Journal on May 27, 2011: A policy giving minority-owned businesses up to 35 percent of work to build and operate Maryland’s slots parlors could fail a legal challenge, according to At... Read more >

Greg Garrett wrote this article, which first appeared in the Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report in July 2011. ... Read more >

Author's note: The original date to post the notice described below was November 14, 2011. The NLRB has delayed implementation of the new posting requirements. The new date is January 31, 2012. Effective January 31, 2012, all employers who are covered by the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA") ... Read more >

Greg Garrett wrote this article based on the Court of Appeals decision in Ruffin Hotel Corp. v. Gasper, which ruled that the plaintiff's negligent retention claim based on sexual harassment was not preempted by the Workers' Compensation Act, and that the "prior bad acts rule" does not appl... Read more >

In Freilich v. Upper Chesapeake Health System, the Maryland Court of Appeals offers valuable guidance to those involved in physician peer reviews, as well as to attorneys involved in peer review litigation. In short, due process and fairness are critical to protecting those involved from the co... Read more >