Maryland’s antitrust lawsuit against RealPage and a group of large residential landlords grew again this June, when Attorney General Anthony Brown added four more property management companies as defendants. The case alleges that landlords used rent-setting software to coordinate prices across the state, including in Prince George’s County, home to College Park. For property owners,
Being told that Maryland is an at-will employment state often leaves people assuming a firing can never be challenged. That assumption misses several real exceptions that Maryland courts and statutes have carved out over the years. What Does At-Will Employment Actually Mean? Under Maryland’s default rule, either an employer or an employee can end the
A dispute over the former GEICO campus near Bethesda is now in front of a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge, and it offers a clear picture of how commercial disagreements can take shape long after the original agreements were signed. The case involves a 26.5-acre property, development conditions dating back to 1998, and parties with
Each July, a new round of Maryland laws takes effect, and this year’s changes touch wages, housing, and workplace rights in ways that matter to everyday residents. Some of these updates came from the General Assembly, while others were passed at the county level. Understanding what changed can help you recognize when your rights are
Asking an employer for a reasonable accommodation should trigger a specific back and forth conversation, not a single yes or no answer handed down from HR. When that conversation never happens, or gets cut short, it can turn a simple request into a legal problem for the employer. A Request Is Supposed To Start A
A fence built a few feet over, a driveway that crosses onto a neighbor’s lot, or a shed that has sat in the wrong spot for decades can all turn a friendly neighborhood into a legal dispute. Maryland law has specific rules for sorting out exactly where a boundary sits and who has the right