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Contrary to popular belief, a limited liability company (LLC) does not offer absolute protection.  As with corporate officers and agents, members and managers of LLCs can be personally liable for wrongful acts they commit, even when acting on behalf of the LLC.  The protection a LLC does o... Read more >

Principal contractors in Maryland can breathe a sigh of relief – the Maryland Workers’ Compensation law does not make them responsible for the injuries that a subcontractor’s employees suffer on an out-of-state jobsite.  Nor do they have to ensure the subcontractor maintains workers’ co... Read more >

Imagine one of your employees, driving a company vehicle, rolls through a stop sign and smashes into another driver.  The other driver was speeding and was dialing a number on her cell phone.  So who is at fault?  And most importantly, who has to pay? Under current Maryland law, if... Read more >

Your small business wants to refinance a mortgage that is about to mature, but can’t refinance in the private market because the economic meltdown has left your business with real estate worth near the amount of your existing loan, or less.  If this sounds like you, the SBA’s new progr... Read more >

Employers rely on noncompetes to protect customers and other assets.  Find out how government entities affect court enforcement of noncompetes by reading "Labor: Public Sector - Uninvited Guest or Essential Party?", an article written by Melissa Jones and published in Inside Counsel. ... Read more >

Where is your money and is it protected?  Often, account holders such as businesses determine that their financial institution is insured through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) and do not think about it again.  During the... Read more >

When it comes to investigating claims of misconduct, it's important to look before you leap.  For more information, view "Labor: Good Faith Investigations," an article written by Melissa Jones and published inInside Counsel. If you have any questions, please contact Melis... Read more >

Franklin Lee was recently quoted in this article, which first appeared in the Baltimore Business Journal on April 1, 2011: Maryland paid nearly $800 million to 20 contractors through the state’s minority business program over much of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s first term. But alm... Read more >

Franklin Lee was recently quoted in this article, which first appeared in the Baltimore Business Journal on May 27, 2011: A policy giving minority-owned businesses up to 35 percent of work to build and operate Maryland’s slots parlors could fail a legal challenge, according to At... Read more >

Greg Garrett wrote this article, which first appeared in the Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report in July 2011. ... Read more >