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Maryland Laws Update 2022

We are pleased to provide our clients and friends this review of 2022 Maryland laws affecting financial services providers.

Online Agreements Should Provide for Revisions to be Adopted Automatically

Make sure any online agreement allows you to modify its terms without you needing to go back and have the users agree to the revisions.

Gordon Feinblatt Awarded Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2022

Gordon Feinblatt LLC is pleased to announce that our firm was ranked by Chambers & Partners in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s

Understand the © ® ℗ about ™ ℠ and IP Notices

Intellectual property owners use different notices to inform the public their rights are protected. The symbols seem impressive, but some have only minimal or no legal effect. 

Did You Know? Summer 2022

Defamation Suit Stemming from NPDB Report: Did you know that a provider may file a defamation suit against an entity that files a report to the National Practitioner Data Base (NPD

Maryland Regulatory News

1. The Maryland Department of Health and 211 Maryland have launched a new database on PressOne.211MD.org listing mental health and substance use disorder services and providers ava

Congress Extends Telehealth Benefits

Congress has extended telehealth benefits for Medicare beneficiaries and for participants in high-deductible health plans with health savings accounts.

Behavioral Health Parity for Employer Sponsored Group Health Plans

With increasing regulatory scrutiny and litigation by employees against employer sponsored group health plans, now would be a good time to find out if your employer sponsored group health plan is c

New Maryland Health Care Laws

The Maryland General Assembly’s 2022 Legislative Session resulted in the enactment of many new health care laws that will impact health care facilities, providers and insurers in the State.

D.C. Bans Non-Competes

On October 1, 2022, the District of Columbia will begin implementing a new non-compete law that prohibits the use of non-compete clauses in newly signed employment agreements affecting most everyon

Flexibility for Value-Based Care Compensation

During its 2022 Session, the Maryland General Assembly passed new legislation that creates greater flexibility for the ways Maryland health care providers can be paid to achieve higher quality or l

Slight Brand Changes May Jeopardize Trademark Registrations

If you have a trademark registration and want to retain the early registration date as priority over possible competitors, be careful when modifying your brand so it does not diverge too much from

Maryland Legal Alert - June 2022

In This Issue:DLLR ADVISORY RAISES ADDITIONAL CONVENIENCE FEE CONCERNS FOR LENDERS

Climate Change

Our lawyers have been involved in drafting legislation and lobbying nearly all changes to Maryland’s energy and now climate laws since 1983.

A Freedom to Operate Analysis Provides Comfort That a Patent Does Not Grant

In registering a patent, the owner obtains only the right to stop others from making, selling, using or importing the invention.

Department of Labor Discourages 401(k) Plans from Offering Cryptocurrency as an Investment Option

Under ERISA, the federal statute that regulates private pension plans, employers that sponsor 401(k) or 403(b) plans have a fiduciary duty to act prudently in selecting plan investment options.

Seminar for Maryland Physicians: What’s New & What’s Old is New

Thursday, June 16, 20225:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sheraton Baltimore NorthTowson, MD

Copyrights Exist Immediately at Creation

A copyright in a creative work exists immediately upon creation. No registration is required. No copyright notice is required.

Relating to Real Estate - May 2022

In This Issue:IF YOU PLAY THE BUSINESS JUDGMENT CARD, I’LL PLAY THE DISINTERESTED DIRECTOR CARD

The Capital ‘S’ in ‘State’ Makes all the Difference; Or Was It the Word ‘the’?

As set forth in Gateway Terry, LLC v. Prince George’s County, 253 Md.App.

Tax Assessment of Casino Is Limited to Value of the Land

In Anne Arundel County v. PPE Casino Resorts Maryland, LLC, No. 1248, Sept.

It Takes a Lot to Reject a Procurement Officer’s Decision

From Montgomery Park, LLC v. Maryland Dep't of Gen. Servs., No. 35, Sept. Term, 2021, 2022 WL 537546 (Md.

If You Play the Business Judgment Card, I’ll Play the Interested Director Card

In Cherington Condo. v. Kenney, No. 157, Sept. Term, 2021, 2022 WL 959967 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. Mar.