Member Articles

By: Michael Smith In most commercial loan transactions, a lender will secure a loan by filing a Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) financing statement to perfect its security interest in the borrower’s personal property. ...

By: Brad McCullough One of the more ubiquitous idiomatic phrases used in recent years has been, “It is what it is.” In three consolidated cases decided last month by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, the Court turne ...

By: Ann Marie Mehlert The highest court in Maryland recently found that a letter of intent was binding on the parties even though the parties were unable to agree to the terms of the lease based on the letter of intent. ...

By: Patricia A. Harris   Bethesda CBD Sector Plan The Planning Staff is tentatively scheduled to present the Staff Draft of the Bethesda Sector Plan to the Planning Board on May 21, 2015. The Staff Draft will shed li ...

By: Marc Engel One of the biggest myths I hear perpetuated in my practice is that so-called "small" employers, or for the purpose of this article, those with fewer than 15 employees, (i.e., homeowners and condominium ...

By: Julie A. Reddig The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a change to its Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) rules that will affect an employer with an employee in a same-sex marriage caring for an ill spouse. This revis ...