In January, 2009, the Maryland Insurance Administration (the MIA) issued a report on whether physicians who are operating boutique medical practices are violating the Maryland insurance laws by "p
A mortgage loan is covered by special Truth-in-Lending Act HOEPA requirements if the annual percentage rate on the loan at consummation will exceed by more than a "specified percentage" the yield o
In 2008, the General Assembly enacted the Maryland Flexible Leave Act which requires that employers of 15 or more employees allow employees to use paid time off to cover the illness of immediate fa
A mortgage loan is covered by special Truth-in-Lending Act HOEPA requirements if the annual percentage rate on the loan at consummation will exceed by more than a "specified percentage" the yield o
A Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule known as the "Red Flags Rule" (the Rule) requires financial institutions and "creditors" who offer or maintain "covered accounts
A mortgage loan is covered by special Truth-in-Lending Act HOEPA requirements if the annual percentage rate on the loan at consummation will exceed by more than a "specified percentage" the yield o
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 includes COBRA premium subsidy requirements for eligible employees who terminate employment between September 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009.
At a time when Maryland's hospitals have come under fire for not providing a sufficient amount of free care, it is instructive to see how this issue is playing out elsewhere.