Get DirectionsSUMMARY OF TAX RELIEF, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REAUTHORIZATION AND JOB CREATION ACT OF 2010 Please click the title to open a hyper-link for our Summary of the recently passed tax legislation. We have, for your convenience, included this a separate document so as to allow you to read it on your computer or print it out. We hope [...]
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SUMMARY OF TAX RELIEF, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REAUTHORIZATION AND JOB CREATION ACT OF 201
December 24, 2010 – 1:58 pm
Maryland Statutory Power of Attorney (Loretta’s Law)
October 10, 2010 – 10:07 am
Effective October 1, 2010, Maryland has a new law regulating both general and limited powers of attorney. There will be two new optional statutory power of attorney forms, Maryland Statutory Form General Power of Attorney: With the Personal Financial Power of Attorney, the agent is granted very broad authority to act on behalf of the [...]
The Healthy Retail Employee Act
September 12, 2010 – 11:26 am
Effective March 1, 2011, retailers who conduct business in Maryland must provide their employees with mandatory shift breaks or be subject to substantial fines of up to $300 per employee for a first offense. The Healthy Retail Employee Act (the “Act”) applies to retail establishments with 50 or more retail employees. For purposes of the [...]
Commercial E-Mail
April 25, 2010 – 12:20 pm
A person may not initiate the transmission, conspire with another person to initiate the transmission, or assist in the transmission of commercial electronic mail that: (1) Is from a computer in Maryland or is sent to an electronic mail address that the sender knows or should have known is held by a resident [...]
Employment Law
January 24, 2010 – 11:15 am
Under Maryland law if an employer fails to pay an employee, after 2 weeks have elapsed from the date on which the employer is required to have paid the wages, the employee may bring an action against the employer to recover the unpaid wages. If, in an action, a court finds that an employer withheld [...]
Commercial Lease
January 16, 2010 – 8:12 pm
Maryland law provides that if the effect of any provision of a lease is to indemnify, hold harmless, or exonerate the landlord from any liability to the tenant, or to any other person, for any injury, loss, damage, or liability arising from any omission, fault, negligence, or other misconduct of the landlord on or about [...]
Wills & Estate Planning
December 19, 2009 – 8:28 pm
A person who dies without a Will is considered to have died intestate. In Maryland a spouse who dies intestate leaves his or her assets pursuant to the laws of intestate succession. If there is a surviving minor child, the surviving spouse’s share is one-half. If there is no surviving minor child, but there is [...]
Home Improvement Contractor
November 26, 2009 – 7:49 pm
In Maryland a person may not act or offer to act as a home improvement contractor unless the person has a contractor license. A person may also not sell or offer to sell a home improvement unless the person has a contractor license or salesperson license. A person who violates this requirement is guilty of [...]
Wholesale Sales Representative
November 10, 2009 – 8:37 pm
Each principal shall pay to a sales representative all commissions that are due under a contract that is terminated, within 45 days after payment would have been due if the contract had not terminated. If a principal violates the foregoing, a sales representative may be entitled to bring an action against the principal to recover [...]
Employment Law
November 7, 2009 – 1:25 pm
Under the Maryland Flexible Leave Act, employers with 15 or more employees who provide paid leave must permit their employees to use any type of accrued leave they have available to take time off to care for a member of their immediately family (including a child, parent or spouse) who is sick. Labor and Employment [...]
