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Real Estate Industry Must Prepare for COVID-19

As the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, spreads across the globe and into Maryland, the real estate industry must find ways to respond to it.

Think Broadly About Rights Needed to Make Copies

When using music, a photograph or video created by someone else, understand all permissions that are required and make sure to obtain them all.

Maryland Bill Would Expand Sales and Use Tax to Include More Services

On February 20, 2020, Delegate Eric Luedtke, a Montgomery Co

Maryland Enacts a ‘Ban the Box’ Statute for Private Employment

The Maryland General Assembly passed “ban the box” legislation during its 2019 session prohibiting employers from requiring job applicants to disclose whether they have a criminal record or have ha

Trademark Applications Must Now Include the Owner’s Email

Beginning February 15, 2020, all trademark applications must list an email address for the applicant, in addition to a lawyer’s email. Otherwise, the U.S.

Website Accessibility Becoming More Necessary

Websites should include features that address accessibility.

In Transactions, Address Ownership of Data and Software

Transactions increasingly involve parties sharing and jointly developing data and software.

FERC Order Impacts Renewables

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order on December 19, 2019, directing PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) to expand its current Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) in a manner that

Throwing the Yellow Flag on Sports Team’s Branding Use

Your football team is seeded #1 in the playoff (Go Ravens!).

Did You Know? - Winter 2019

Lab Test Advertising: Did you know that, as of October 1, 2019, Maryland now regulates direct or indirect advertising of diagnostic laboratory tests and ancestry testing using DNA?

New Overtime Rules Become Effective January 1, 2020

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rules implementing new salary thresholds for overtime exemption become effective January 1, 2020.

Assigning Medicaid or Medicare Provider Agreements in Bankruptcy

 A version of this article entitled “Medicaid, Medicare provider agreements in bankruptcy” was published online by The Daily Record on July 30, 2020.

Rural Hospital Monopolies

Antitrust laws can be used to prevent mergers that create a monopolistic entity that controls a service in an area and can thereby raise prices or initiate other anti-competitive actions.

New HSCRC Initiatives

The State of Maryland and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continue to push Maryland hospitals to be on the front lines of health care savings programs with a new Medicare Perfo

Maryland Board of Physicians’ Absolute Immunity

In a reported decision, Maryland’s intermediate appellate court recently overturned a $2.5 million judgment against the Maryland Board of Physicians and staff who were found to have disclosed perso

Copyright: The Idea Can Be Copied, Not the Expression

A core precept of copyright law is that ideas are not protectable. What is protected is the creative and particular way that idea is expressed.

Transferring Your Trademark Out of Your Estate Must Include Goodwill

Consider how your trademark will pass upon your death. It is not as simple as it seems.

Third Circuit: A Tax Sale May Be Avoided as a Preference

In a decision that will likely rekindle the discussion of whether a transfer of property resulting from a properly conducted tax sale or foreclosure sale may be avoided in bankruptcy, the U.S.