Relating to Real Estate - January 2021

IN THIS ISSUE:COMMERCIAL LANDLORD HAS RIGHT TO SELF-HELP

Divide a Trademark Application That Faces Partial Trouble

When a trademark application encounters trouble due to issues with some of the applied-for goods and services, the owner can move the clean items into a new application that can progress toward reg

Don’t Get Penalized for Misusing Sports Teams’ Logos and Players’ Likenesses

Your football team is in the playoffs for the third consecutive year and peaking at just the right time (Go Ravens!).

New Appropriations Law Provides Limited FSA Relief

President Joseph Biden, Jr. signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the Act) late last month.

Stay on Residential Foreclosures and Prohibition on Evictions Extended

By executive order dated December 17, 2020, (December Order)

2020 Survey of Activities Identified as Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Under the Dodd-Frank Act, Part Two

To read the survey in its entirety, click here.

Maryland Legal Alert - January 2021

IN THIS ISSUE:CFPB ISSUES SECOND PART OF FINAL DEBT COLLECTION RULECFPB ISSUES GUIDANCE FOR EARNED WAGE ACCESS PROGRAMS

A Copy of Dr. Seuss Was Not a Copyright Fair Use

Putting portions of someone else’s material in your own creative work, even in jest, is not always an allowable Fair Use and may infringe their copyright.

Federal Protections in Place for Stimulus Payments

We previously reported in our May 2020 Maryland Legal Alert that Governor Lawrence Hogan, Jr.

Mandatory FFCRA Leave Sunsets Soon, But Tax Credits for Voluntary Leave for Employees Extended

On December 27, 2020, the President signed a new stimulus bill — the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CCA) — in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.