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Maryland Legal Alert - May 2025

In This IssueUpdate: Mortgage Licensing for Assignees in Maryland

Consider Refreshing Trademark Registrations as You Evolve

Consider refreshing trademark registrations as your business grows and evolves.

Podcast Episode 07: Legislative Response - Why Energy Costs Are Rising Part 2

In this episode, Energy and Environmental attorneys Todd Chason and Michael Powell discuss the rising energy costs in Maryland.

Using Others' Videos in Your Marketing Has Risks

Using other people’s videos as part of your company’s offerings is possible if you are careful.  

Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards Modified by the General Assembly

On April 7, 2025, the Maryland General Assembly passed House Bill 49 (HB49), making substantial changes to Maryland Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS).

Podcast Episode 06: Protecting Developers in Lease Agreements

In this conversation, George Ritchie and Searle Mitnick discuss the complexities of real estate litigation, focusing on the challenges developers face when landlords become uncooperative.

RESPA Enforcement Action Involving Affiliated Business Arrangements

The Pennsylvania Attorney General (AG) recently took action against a mortgage lending enterprise and its principals concerning alleged violations of Section 8(a) of the Real Estate Settlement Proc

Fourth Circuit Ruling on Navigating ACH Fraud: Implications for Financial Institutions

The Fourth Circuit’s decision in Studco Building Systems, U.S. v.

Maryland Legal Alert - April 2025

In This IssueFourth Circuit Ruling on Navigating ACH Fraud: Implications for Financial Institutions   

A Proposed Update to the Online Maryland Land Records May Require Fees

The Maryland State Archives provides online access to recorded instruments filed in the land records across the State of Maryland. These records are readily accessible at mdlandrec.net.

In Contracts, Identify Ownership of AI-Generated Work

When drafting agreements, address who owns—or at least controls— content created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) built into any programming.

Podcast Episode 05: DEI in 2025

In this episode of the Gordon Feinblatt podcast, Alex Montanio and Todd Chason delve into the complexities of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace.

Building Energy Performance Standards Will Impact Health Care Providers

In 2022, the Maryland General Assembly passed The Climate Solutions Now Act (CSNA), which is one of the most ambitious examples of climate change legislation in the country.

Maryland Moves AHEAD

Maryland is one of only two states, along with Vermont, launching the first cohort of the new Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) total cost of care model which wil

Maryland Regulatory News

1. The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) has received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to amend HealthChoice §1115 Demonstration Waiver Amendmen

New Nursing Home Compliance Guidance

In the last days of the Biden administration, the U.S.

Accountable Care Organization Denied Tax-Exempt Status

On October 28, 2024, the federal appellate court for the Fifth Circuit, in Memorial Hermann Accountable Care Organization v.

Mental Health Parity Final Rule

On September 9, 2024, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury issued an updated Mental Health Parity final rule (Final Rule), setting forth new requirements for compliance

Did You Know? Spring 2025

Field Marketing Organizations: Did you know that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule in April of 2024 that would effectively cap payments fro

Employee v. Independent Contractor

In the final year of the Biden Administration, the U.S.

Licensing Software Should Consider Different Rights in the Distribution Chain

Software developers and those who integrate and resell a developer’s product should tailor their documentation to the different categories of users and resellers along the distribution chain.

Mortgage Licensing for Assignees in Maryland?

The Maryland Commissioner of Financial Regulation has issued three industry advisories since January of this year concerning a 2024

Virginia’s General Assembly Passes SB 1252, Potentially Reshaping Application of Usury Laws

Virginia’s Senate Bill 1252, recently passed by the House and Senate, introduces changes to the state’s usury laws, particularly expanding the anti-evasion provisions to uphold the 12% annual inter

Maryland Legal Alert - March 2025

In This IssueVirginia’s General Assembly Passes SB 1252, Potentially Reshaping Application of Usury Laws

BEPS Webinar: Hosted by CQI Associates and Gordon Feinblatt

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