Transfer to Hide Property from Collection Efforts Found to Be a Fraudulent Conveyance

In Marquitta Russell, et al. v. Pessin Katz Law, P.A., f/k/a Hodes, Pessin & Katz, P.A., No.

Relating to Real Estate March 2016

In this issue:

Reducing Recordation Taxes in the Post-IDOT Era

For many years, the vehicle of choice to avoid paying recordation taxes in Maryland was the indemnity deed of trust or indemnity mortgage (either of which is called an IDOT).

Rain Tax Is a Tax, but Synagogue Is Not Exempted from Paying It

Shaarei Tfiloh Synagogue is one of Baltimore’s most recognizable and beloved religious buildings. Known as “the synagogue in the park,” it was constructed between 1921 and 1927.

Paving a Restaurant's Parking Lot Engenders Considerable Litigation

In Oregon, LLC v. Falls Road Community Association, No. 1234, Sept.

I Don't Care How Long That Shed Has Been There!

In Montgomery County, MD v. Bhatt, No. 36, Sept. Term 2015 (Md.Ct.App. Jan.

Borrowers Were on Inquiry Notice of Fraud so Their Claims Were Stale

Suzanne Scales Windesheim, et al. v. Frank Larocca, et al., 443 Md.

A Recorded Plat May Create an Easement

In Emerald Hills Homeowners’ Association, Inc. v. Peters, No. 32, Sept. Term, 2015 (Md.Ct.App. Jan.

"Inaction" by Government May Constitute a "Taking" of Property

In Litz v. Maryland Department of Environment, No. 23, Sept. Term 2015 (Md.Ct.App. Jan.

"Best" Is Not Always Best When It Comes to Knowledge

The term “knowledge” is used in affidavits, applications, representations, warranties, third-party opinion letters and in other legal contexts to indicate that statements are not guaranteed to be t