Maryland Legal Alert - December 2016

In This issue: OCC Announces Special Charter for FinTech Companies

Relating to Real Estate - December 2016

In this issue:

$300,000 in Attorneys' Fees at Stake: Statute of Limitations on a Claim for Reimbursement of Legal Fees Does Not Begin to Run until there is a Verdict in the Underlying Case

You can imagine how upset Gwen Muse-Evans must have been.  She bought a house on a cliff overlooking the Chesapeake Bay and then found out that it had latent material defects.  These incl

Making Illegal Campaign Contributions to the County Councilman Cannot be Considered in Challenge of PUD Approval

The Court of Appeals in Kenwood Gardens Condominiums, Inc. v. Whalen Properties, LLC, 449 Md.

"Wild Card" Rule Permits Judgment Creditor to Attach Corporate Interest of Judgment Debtor

In Burnett v. Spencer, 230 Md. App.

A Bathtub Full of Marijuana Plants May Not Get You Evicted Under RP §8-402.1 if You Are a Section 8 Tenant

In Hosford v. Chateau Foghorn LP, 229 Md. App.

Conversion Claim May Lie Against Escrow Holder That Improperly Disbursed Funds

In Roman v. Sage Title Group, LLC, 229 Md. App.

Landlord Barred from Enforcing Profit Sharing Provision in Bankruptcy

Most commercial landlords are aware that a lease requiring a landlord's consent to an assignment is unenforceable in a federal bankruptcy case.  But is a provision requiring a tenant to share

In Bankruptcy, a Claim Arises Even When a Cause of Action Does Not Exist

In In re Alder, No. 10-28229-JS, 2016 WL 5947220 (Bankr. D. Md. Oct.

Better Late Than Never: Court’s Delay in Ratifying Foreclosure Sale Is Not Grounds for Abating Interest

A version of this article was published in The Daily Record on October 5, 2016.