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M & A Nuggets: The Honeymoon Is Over
This content has been archived. It may no longer be relevantSo you have purchased your target business. You may have interaction with the seller after the closing, whether as a result of the seller continuing as an employee, or more problematic, because a dispute arises post-closing. If a dispute does arise, it is important that…
Read | Delete: Texting While Walking Isn’t Funny Anymore
Data crunched from the Consumer Product Safety Commission discovered that emergency room visits involving distracted pedestrians using cellphones were up 124% in 2014 from 2010—and up 10-fold from 2006. Some researchers now blame portable electronic gadgets for 10% of pedestrian injuries, and a half-dozen deaths a year. Source: The Wall Street Journal Got an interesting Fast…
Do you have the right homeowners’ insurance coverage?
This column was written by my colleague Bob Freitag, president of AmeriClaims, a public adjusting firm in Indian Trail. One local homeowner thought he had purchased the right homeowners insurance. When a fire struck last year, the insurance company declared his house a total loss and paid his policy limit of $200,000. But it cost…
The Weekly Scenario: Trustee of a Trust
Question: Can my child serve as the Trustee of her trust and still have protections? Answer: Yes. However, generally a creditor would likely be able to step into the shoes of the child in order to enforce a judgment or claim. Once in the shoes of the child, the creditor might be able to compel the child…
Compensation and Compliance Matters: A Right Way and A Wrong Way to Hire Another Lender’s LO
It is more common than one might think for an employee leaving one lender for another to either solicit staff before they leave, move or hold potential loans, or take information to their new employer. There is a right way and a wrong way to switch from one lender to another and making the wrong…
Offit Kurman’s New Practice Group Featured in the Washington Business Journal
New Maryland law group: We’ll help you with your medical marijuana questions Serious questions about marijuana started rolling into the Maryland offices of the Offit Kurman law firm last summer. Within months, associates in different legal specialties — employment law, insurance, intellectual property — were regularly fielding questions from companies concerning the state’s budding medical marijuana…
A Video Conversation with Rob Wallace and Ray Lewis of Power52 – Rebuilding Baltimore Through Solar
Bringing renewable energy projects, jobs, and training to Baltimore’s low-income communities Power52 is a Maryland-based, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing the cost of energy for low-income families by developing renewable energy projects. Established by electrical engineer and business pioneer Rob D. Wallace in conjunction with former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, Power52 provides job…
Friday Factoid: McCartney Files to Reclaim Rights to Songs
For songs written before 1978, the U.S. Copyright Act provides songwriters with the ability to recapture the publishers’ rights to their songs after two consecutive 28-year terms, or 56 years. For songs written during or after 1978, the law allows writers to recapture publishing rights after 35 years. In December 2015, Paul McCartney filed with…
A Video Conversation with greeNEWit- Part 1
Building sustainable communities with energy-saving solutions greeNEWit is a sustainable development and environmental consulting company based in Columbia, MD. With an approach that integrates planning, brand partnerships, and technology, greeNEWit helps homeowners, businesses, and government agencies save energy and natural resources to build sustainable communities and economies. The EPA recently named the company ENERGY STAR…
A Pennsylvania Limited Liability Company: A New Option for Pennsylvania Real Estate Ownership
From The Desk Of Herb Fineburg To the great relief of Pennsylvania taxpayers, on December 31, 2015 the Pennsylvania Capital Stock Tax imposed on limited liability companies (LLCs) finally expired. Oddly, the Capital Stock Tax treated an LLC as if it were a corporation subject to the stock tax, even though most LLCs are taxed as…
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