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Best Lawyers in America has named Richard L Costella the 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” in Baltimore for his bankruptcy litigation practice.  Mr. Costella has been named continuously to Best Lawyers list since 2013 for his bankruptcy/creditors’ rights practic... Read more >

Form I-9 Updates:  Optional Alternative Remote Examination Procedure for Eligible E-Verify Employers Starts August 1, 2023; Re-Examination Requirements Due to End of COVID-19 Flexibilities Must Be Completed by August 30, 2023; and New Form I-9 Will Be Issued August 1, 2023. Th... Read more >

When parents separate, even when they agree on a custody and access schedule, that may not be the end of the child custody issues. In some cases, one of the parents decides to relocate after the original custody arrangement was established. There was always a concern that a parent’s relocation ... Read more >

The Daily Record names Kerianne P. Kemmerzell, Partner at Tydings & Rosenberg LLP, to its 2023 Leading Women Under 40 List. Ms. Kemmerzell practices in the areas of employment law, immigration, estate litigation, general litigation, and family law.  In her employment practice, she counse... Read more >

Tydings & Rosenberg LLP welcomes a new summer intern, Naima Gordon, who is a rising junior at Baltimore City College.  Naima was hand-selected through Maryland Youth and The Law’s (MYLAW) Law Links program, which places accomplished Baltimore City high school students with an interest in ... Read more >

2023 is already proving to be an interesting year in state and federal employment law, as we see protections and benefits for employees expanding on the state and federal level.    I.          State Law Updates ... Read more >

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 >

Tydings is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has again ranked the firm and three of its partners, Alan M. Grochal, Richard L. Costella, and Joseph M. Selba, for their work in bankruptcy and restructuring in its 2023 edition of Chambers USA. Bankruptcy/Restructuring This is the ele... 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 >