In a unanimous decision issued March 11, 2016, the Court of Appeals upheld the Maryland Department of the Environment’s (MDE) flexible approach to permitting stormwater discharges from municipal st
The Court of Appeals decided that a foreign limited liability company may file an action in a Maryland court even if it was not then qualified to do business in this State, and it may pursue the ca
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued final regulations on May 16, 2016, that describe how employers offering workplace wellness programs can comply with the Americans with Disa
For the second time in 2016, the United States Tax Court (the “Court”) has issued a decision involving the application of the independent investor test in considering the issue of reasonable compen
On May 12, 2016, the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") released a final rule that imposes new employer injury and illness reporting requirements and mandates that
On May 3, 2016, the Treasury Department issued temporary and proposed regulations (the “New Regulations”) to clarify that a partner of a partnership that owns an entity that is disregarded for fede
Bill Shaugnessy's article was published in The Baltimore Barrister, May 2016 Vol. 6, No. 2, a publication of The Bar Association of Baltimore City.
