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Cryptocurrencies and Fraud Claims: A Short Primer

What keeps both Janet Yellen and Kim Kardashian up at night? If you guessed cryptocurrencies, you are up on your news.

CFPB Issues Debt Collection FAQs Regarding Validation Notices

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued new

Maryland Bankruptcy Court Proposes Rule to Address Supreme Court Ruling on Estate Property

The Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland recently proposed a

Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Issues Advisory on Property Inspection Fees

The Commissioner of Financial Regulation for the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation issued an

Maryland Legal Alert - November 2021

IN THIS ISSUE:MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION ISSUES ADVISORY ON PROPERTY INSPECTION FEES

Using Another’s Brand with a #Hashtag Could Be Infringing

Hashtags used in social media can be trademarks. Be sure to protect your own. However, be careful that you are not infringing on another by using another’s brand as a hashtag for yourself.

Address the Different Legal Relationships When Developing Apps

As business in the Digital Age evolves, it is inevitable that companies will increasingly use mobile apps to reach out to customers and provide services.

Maryland Legal Alert - October 2021

IN THIS ISSUE:PUTATIVE CLASS ACTION FILED IN MARYLAND FOR ALLEGED MORTGAGE SERVICING ERRORS

New Employment Laws Taking Effect in Maryland in 2021

Maryland’s legislature was busy during the 2021 General Assembly with legislation that expands and amends employment laws and introduces new responsibilities for employers.

Dividing Copyrights Can Be Intricate — and Necessary

The parameters of a copyright license or assignment may be intricate to address the various rights included in each work, and how each right might be dissected and divvied up.

Relating to Real Estate - September 2021

IN THIS ISSUE:TRUSTEE MAY BE INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE FOR LEAD PAINT POISONING

Corporate Seal Alone Will Not Extend the Statute of Limitations

PennyMac Holdings, LLC, (PennyMac) as the holder of a lender’s title insurance policy on a condominium unit in Ocean City, filed a claim against First American Title Insurance Company (First Americ

Refinancing Lender Assumes First Priority Position of Original Lender

On May 5, 2005, First Equity Mortgage Inc. extended a loan of $443,450 (First Equity Loan) to Denzil and Simone Waldron to purchase a house in Adamstown, Frederick County (Property).

Move Here and We’ll Pay You: State and Local Relocation Incentives

States have long used economic development incentives, such as tax abatements, grants, and training programs, to encourage certain businesses to relocate there or keep their operations inside state

Board of Appeals Cannot Review Assessment of Civil Penalties

In Angel Enterprises Limited Partnership v. Talbot County, Maryland, 474 Md.

Trustee May Be Individually Liable for Lead Paint Poisoning

Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee of a residential mortgage-backed securitization trust that held a deed of trust on a Baltimore City house, docketed a foreclosure action on November 21, 2001.

Gordon Feinblatt Energy & Environmental Attorneys Author 2021 LexisNexis Practice Guide: Maryland Environmental Law

Baltimore, Maryland— Gordon Feinblatt LLCis pleased to announce the publication of the 2021 edition of the LexisNexis Practice Guide:Marylan

Did You Know? - Fall 2021

Disclosure of Experience: Did you know that providers might need to tell their patients how much experience they have with a particular procedure before performing the procedure?

Medigap Steering Incentive Allowed

In a July 2021 advisory opinion, the U.S. Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S.

New Stark and Anti-Kickback Rules: Compensation and Technology

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have issued new rules modernizing the Stark and Anti-Kickback laws.

Maryland Regulatory News

1. In June, the Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) approved new hospital rates for fiscal year 2022.

Key Health Care Provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act

On March 11, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) into law.

No Shield Laws for Maryland

Editor's Note: This article has been updated regarding Maryland's temporary State of Emergency in January 2022.