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December 27, 2023 By: William L. Hallam Nearly four years after the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, issues concerning the legal consequences of executive and legislative orders shutting down business operations are still working their way through appellate courts throughout the United States. Maryland’s second highest appellate court addressed some of these issues in its…
November 30, 2023 By: Harris W. Eisenstein and Amelia Miller Roughly a decade ago, then-Governor Larry Hogan nixed plans for a public transit project connecting East and West Baltimore known as the Red Line. Governor Wes Moore revived the Red Line project in June 2023, and in recent months, various media outlets have reported on…
November 2, 2023 By: William L. Hallam The scenario is fairly common. A bank makes a loan to a business. The owners of the business guarantee the loan. The business defaults. The owners blame each other for the failure of the business. When the bank demands payment of the loan, the more liquid owner who…
October 16, 2023 By: William L. Hallam News accounts of instances of stolen identity in which identity thieves incur debts in the names of innocent consumers are common. Given the structure of the consumer credit industry, it is difficult for consumers to know where to turn to try to fix the problem. The ostensible creditor…
September 20, 2023 By: William L. Hallam The scope of Bankruptcy Court jurisdiction has been the subject of numerous decisions, including multiple decisions by the United States Supreme Court since Bankruptcy Courts were created by the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978. Initially, Congress created Bankruptcy Courts as stand-alone courts and purported to give them exclusive…
August 17, 2023 Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP is proud to announce that 35 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™ 2024 lists to be featured in U.S. News & World Report. Additionally, Caroline Hecker, Managing Partner, and Jennifer…
August 2, 2023 By: William L. Hallam The “loss before foreclosure rule” provided for in the Restatement (Third) of Property (Mortgages) §4.8 specifies that when improvements on secured property are destroyed by fire and the loan is due and payable, where a mortgagee has a right to foreclose and is entitled to insurance proceeds, the…
June 28, 2023 By: William L. Hallam The June 27, 2023 decision of the United States Supreme Court in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. demonstrates that the Justices of the Court, as currently constituted, have difficulty reaching consensus even on issues that are not politically-charged. A Pennsylvania statute requires an out of state corporation…
June 16, 2023 By: William L. Hallam The American Law Institute, a group of prominent judges, lawyers, and professors, publishes the Restatements of the Law. According to Brooklyn Law School, “The drafting process of the Restatements is painstaking and can take anywhere from 9-21 years.” With such an august group of authors putting so much…
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg proudly announces that the firm and eight of its partners have been ranked in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA as among Maryland’s leading lawyers. Chambers USA is an authoritative reference to the reputations and qualifications of leading lawyers throughout the USA. Chambers has included the following practices in its Maryland rankings:…
