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 >
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 >
The list of things to take care of is overwhelming for a woman who finds herself suddenly single. Should you buy or rent a home? How should you organize your life? What direction can you take your career? And if you're thinking about remarrying, should you consider a prenuptial agreement? To help ou... Read more >
With Maryland's passage of the Civil Marriage Protection Act granting same-sex couples the right to marry, questions will arise as couples transition from domestic partnership arrangements to the traditional marital model. The Daily Record published an article entitled "New Law, New Clients, New Que... Read more >
Employers who anticipate hiring new H-1B employees under the FY2014 cap (for employment beginning October 1, 2013) should be aware that the first day to submit petitions for new H-1B employment is April 1, 2013. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) only grants H-1B status to 65,0000 ... Read more >
Tydings represented the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, along with 26 other coalitions in an important Fourth Amendment case before the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to overturn a Maryland court decision holding that DNA testing of arrestees was unconstitutional. Bill Sammons aut... Read more >