Maryland Legal Alert - October 2017

In this Issue:A SURVEY OF CFPB UDAAP ACTIONS

Jerrold A. Thrope Named 2018 Baltimore Real Estate Ligitation "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers

Baltimore, Maryland -- The law firm of Gordon Feinblatt LLC is pleased to announce that Jerrold A.

Federal Court Dismisses Developer’s Claim against Montgomery County for Reducing Development Rights

A federal judge recently dismissed a lawsuit against Montgomery County that claimed the county unfairly reduced a developer’s ability to build a large residential project on 541 acres of undevelope

Title Company Guilty of Conversion Even Though It Held the Funds with Other Client’s Money

The Court of Appeals held that a title company is liable for conversion for improperly disbursing funds it held in an escrow account, even if the account held funds of other clients.

Tenants May Lose Their Leases in a Bankruptcy Sale

In a recent decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a bankruptcy trustee’s right to sell property free and clear of all “interests” under the Bankruptcy Code su

$3.5 Million at Issue: with Proper Language, a Party May Obtain its Legal Fees Pursuing an Indemnification Claim

Indemnification clauses generally provide that the indemnitor will reimburse the indemnitee for all losses sustained by the indemnitee as a result of acts by third parties under described circumsta

You’d Better Get That License

Visnic Improved Properties, LLC was a general contractor for construction of a house. It hired Plus One - MidAtlantic Co., Inc. as the masonry subcontractor.

It’s Not Your Property!

PGMC IV, LLC vs. BE UTC Dewey Parcel, LLC, No. 1192, Sept. Term, 2016, 2017 WL 2962820 (Md.

Perfected Interest in Leases

In Citadel Land, Inc. v. EagleBank, No. 2700, Sept. Term, 2015, 2017 WL 1193780, (Md. Ct. Spec. App.

Landlord Cannot Share Chapter 11 Tenant’s Profit on Sale of Lease

In re Haggen Holdings, LLC, No. BR 15-11874 (KG), 2017 WL 3730527 (D. Del. Aug.
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