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Unregistered & Unprotected: What a New Maryland Supreme Court Ruling Means for Builders

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A recent decision by the Maryland Supreme Court underscores the importance of following registration and licensing requirements for builders and contractors. In SM Landover, LLC v. Sanders, 489 Md. 614, 330 A.3d 1129 (2025),...more

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Maryland’s Highest Court Corrects Insurer’s Overreach on Insurance Policy’s Assignment Clause

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Insurance policies often incorporate assignment clauses, which require policyholders to obtain their insurers’ written consent before assigning their insurance policies to others. For example, the ISO Common Policy Conditions...more

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Appellate Court Undermines Rochkind by Conflating Rule 5-702 and Rule 2-501

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[DISCLOSURE: Although I do not represent the defendant hospital in Jabbi v. Adventist Healthcare, Inc. No. 2071 (Sept. Term, 2023) (March 5, 2025) (reported), I often represent Maryland hospitals seeking to exclude causation...more

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Has the Appellate Court of Maryland Disrupted the Tax Sale Market?

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Real property tax certificate sales provide a way for taxing authorities to collect delinquent taxes without having to foreclose on properties and take ownership. When the purchaser of the tax sale certificate obtains the...more

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Maryland Appellate Court Addresses Obligation of Tenant Shut Down By COVID Order To Pay Rent

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Nearly four years after the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, issues concerning the legal consequences of executive and legislative orders shutting down business operations are still working their way through appellate courts...more

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Appellate Court of Maryland Construes Notice Conditions of A312 Performance Bond in Favor of Surety

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The Appellate Court of Maryland issued a reported opinion in a case construing an American Institute of Architects (“AIA”) A312 performance bond. In Wildewood Operating Company, LLC v. WRV Holdings, LLC, et al. 2023 Md. App....more

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Elimination of Judicial Disappearing Ink in Maryland

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The Supreme Court of Maryland has approved a proposal to eliminate judicial disappearing ink. However, Maryland has not followed the approach of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.  Those differences may present an...more

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Lessons After the First 60 Days of 2023 with the Appellate and Supreme Courts of Maryland

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As most people know, in November 2022, Maryland voters approved a constitutional amendment changing the names of the appellate courts. On December 14, 2022, the switch flipped—the Court of Appeals became the Supreme Court of...more

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Maryland Court of Appeals Updates the ‘Particularity’ Standard for Cell Phone Searches as U.S. Courts Develop New Doctrines for...

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On August 29, 2022, the Maryland Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Richardson v. Maryland, expanding the protection of the Fourth Amendment for subjects of criminal investigations whose cell phones are subject to a...more

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Should Every Maryland Lawyer Who Commits A Dishonest Act Be Disbarred?

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Maryland is harsh on lawyers who commit dishonest acts. Since Attorney Grievance Commission v. Vanderlinde, 773 A.2d 463 (Md. 2001), the Court of Appeals has stated many times that the presumptive sanction for dishonest acts...more

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Maryland Adopts Daubert Standard For Admissibility Of Expert Testimony

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The Maryland Court of Appeals has retired the inflexible Frye-Reed standard and adopted the framework of Daubert for evaluating the admissibility of expert testimony. In Rochkind v. Stevenson (August 28, 2020), Maryland...more

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Solar Photovoltaic System/Montgomery Code: Maryland Appellate Court Addresses Scope of the Term Electrical Equipment

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The Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland (“ Appellate Court”) in an April 30th opinion reviewed a licensing issue related to the installation of a solar energy photovoltaic system. See Carter v. Montgomery County,...more

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