Trademark Registration Requires Proper Specimens of Use

In a trademark application, be sure the examples you file to show usage fit the appropriate guidelines, and maybe even u

Maryland Data and IT Sales Tax Update

As previously reported, on May 27, 2025, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed The Budget Reconciliatio

Maryland Minimum Interest Rate for Escrow and Special Purpose Accounts

Maryland law requires depository institutions doing business in Maryland that make first lien residential real property loans and maintain escrow accounts for those loans to pay a minimum rate of i

CFPB Withdraws Proposed Rule on Registry of Nonbank Form Contract Terms

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it has withdrawn its proposed rule titled Registry of Supervised Nonbanks That Use Form Contracts To Impose Terms and Conditions That

Maryland Legal Alert - January 2026

In This Issue  CFPB Withdraws Proposed Rule on Registry of Nonbank Form Contract Terms 

Know What Is (and is not) Copyrightable

Copyright law has its limitations.

23 Gordon Feinblatt Attorneys Named to 2026 Super Lawyers® List and 11 as Rising Stars

Baltimore, Maryland — The law firm of Gordon Feinblatt LLC is pleased to announce that 23 of our attorneys have been named to the 2026 Maryland Super Lawyers® list, and an additional 11 have been n

Did You Know? Winter 2025

Physical Therapists: Did You Know a coalition of physical therapists is suing the Trump administration over a policy that prevents non-Medicare enrolled clinicians from receiving o

Commission-Based Payments to Marketing Employees

Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) is a federal law that

Court Rolls Back HIPAA Protections on Reproductive Health Care

On June 18, 2025, the U.S.