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Currently, Maryland law allows a spouse to pursue a divorce on the fault-based grounds of adultery, desertion, convictions of a crime, insanity, cruelty of treatment, and excessively vicious conduct. If a spouse cannot prove one of the fault-based grounds, then the parties either need to be separate... Read more >

On March 22, 2023, Jennifer Abruzzo, General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), issued a memo to provide guidance on the scope and effect of the NLRB’s recent decision in McLaren Macomb.  The NLRB ruled in McLaren Macomb that an employer engaged in an unfair labo... Read more >

According to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, the answer could depend on how their compensation is calculated.  In Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., et al. v. Hewitt, the Supreme Court held that Mr. Hewitt, an oil rig worker who earned more than $200,000 annually, was entitled to over... Read more >

Recently, the Supreme Court of Maryland (formerly, the Court of Appeals of Maryland) dealt a serious blow to businesses hoping to recover payments from their commercial liability insurers for losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown.  Maryland’s highest court took on the question of... Read more >

(If you employ at least one employee who is working 50% of the time in D.C., read on.) Note:  This article updates our previous article on the D.C. Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020).  The implementation of the D.C. Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 w... Read more >

Post-Nuptial Agreements are used by spouses to change their legal rights and responsibilities from either the terms of a Pre-Nuptial Agreement they already have or to modify the rights and responsibilities that they have under the law even without a Pre-Nuptial Agreement. Divorces often result fr... Read more >

UPDATE - NOVEMBER, 2022: The Department of Homeland Security has further extended the flexibilities for compliance with the I-9 requirements described in the article below until July 31, 2023. June 29, 2022: As businesses try (again) to return to normal in these pandemic times, the federal govern... Read more >

An amendment to the Maryland Human Relations Act (MHRA) takes effect October 1, 2022, expressly requiring covered employers to provide reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities unless doing so would cause an undue hardship on the operations of the employer.  This amendment... Read more >

Supreme Court Blocks the OSHA ETS; Upholds the CMS Mandate In a 6-3 opinion, the Supreme Court of the United States blocked the OSHA ETS, holding that although the Secretary of Labor, acting through OSHA, is empowered to set workplace safety standards, the Secretary is not entitled to enact ... Read more >

As we have reported since the COVID-19 pandemic began, it has created numerous and unprecedented requirements for employers to navigate.  Now, pursuant to OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”), President Biden’s Executive Order 14042 for federal go... Read more >