Maryland Gov. Wes Moore recently signed the $67 billion state budget for 2026 (HB 352) that will make significant changes to the state’s tax system. Among other changes, the budget bill notably establishes a new tax on IT…
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/ Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology, Taxation
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office recently announced a series of fair housing enforcement actions, resulting in several major settlements with housing providers across the state…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Real Estate - Residential
Less than two weeks after President Donald Trump announced that his administration would lift U.S. sanctions on Syria, the U.S. Departments of the Treasury and State took significant first steps to provide the anticipated…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
A three-judge panel of the United States Court of International Trade late Wednesday afternoon struck down the reciprocal tariffs imposed last month by the Trump administration…
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/ Constitutional Law, International Law & Trade
The Maryland General Assembly’s 2025 legislative session concluded with a few impactful health care bills. The two bills below, signed into law by Gov. Wes Moore on Tuesday, represent significant steps in improving health care…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on May 13 signed the Securing Timely Notification and Benefits for Laid-Off Employees Act into law. Effective July 27, this statute mirrors the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday during his trip to the Middle East that his administration would lift U.S. sanctions on Syria.
Since the shock collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria late last year, the…
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/ Elections & Politics, International Law & Trade
Continuing a focus on knowing your clients and fraud, Fannie Mae released last week Title and Closing Requirements for Multifamily Mortgage Loans Form 4650, a comprehensive update that will impact how you set up future closings…
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/ Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
The Trump administration continues to bring with it changes in both the staff and politically appointed positions within the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). On Thursday and Friday, the three Democratic…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection
One now-shuttered digital media startup learned a hard lesson about the importance of complying with the requirements of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and its New York state-equivalent…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
Some early actions by the Trump administration have led corporate legal departments to question the extent to which they need to invest in ethics and compliance at this time, based on a perceived reduction in enforcement risk..…
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/ Business Organizations
Fannie Mae published its Preferred Equity Guide Update (25-06) and its Preferred Equity Checklist (Form 6441) in mid-April. Although unpublished iterations have been circulating for the past two years, lenders and law firms have…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential
President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) earlier this month announcing sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs on imports from countries across the world. One country missing from the EO’s increased tariffs was Russia,…
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/ Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade
Yogi Berra once said, “The future ain’t what it used to be.” Those who have spent a career in federal procurement have seen many cycles of well-intentioned procurement reform instead create a system that is more complex, arcane…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting
In a few short weeks, President Donald Trump has issued several executive orders (EOs) that, once implemented, will significantly alter federal procurement. We previously reviewed the EO directing the modernization of defense…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting
