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Miles & Stockbridge P.C. Rockville, MD Document Search Results (7) Sort by:  | Recent Developments in Real Estate Closing or Settlement Protection in the State of Maryland
James A. Sullivan; Miles & Stockbridge P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 31, 2012, previously published on May 2012 As established in the case, Proctor v. Metropolitan Money Store Corp., 579 F. Supp. 2d 724 (D. Md. 2008), employing an agent to issue title insurance does not, in and of itself, create an agency relationship as to the agent’s settlement and closing activities in Maryland.
| | At the Mercy of Your SDVO Joint Venture Partner? Recent SBA Decision Requires SDVO Partner to Completely Control SDVO Joint Venture
Daniel S. Koch; Miles & Stockbridge P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2012, previously published on May 3, 2012 A recent decision by a Small Business Administration (SBA) appeals panel seems to require that service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO) firms have complete control over joint ventures with non-SDVO partners. The extent to which the joint venture can include even basic protections, such as requiring...
| | The Montgomery County Council Expands the Minor Subdivision Process and Says Goodbye to the Pre-1958 Cutoff Date
Casey L. Cirner; Miles & Stockbridge P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article February 24, 2012, previously published on February 2012 The Montgomery County Council, in its capacity as the District Council, adopted an amendment to the Montgomery County Code Subdivision Regulations that provides additional authority to the Montgomery County Planning Board of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission to approve...
| | PlanMaryland - What Is It?
Rebecca D. Walker; Miles & Stockbridge P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article October 12, 2011, previously published on October 2011 Until now, individual counties and municipalities have drafted their own land use plans with little to no guidance from the State. Although the General Assembly provided the authority to create a State Development Plan in 1974, codified in Title 5 of the State Finance and Procurement Act under...
| | Is That Your Final Determination?
Robert W. Keene; Miles & Stockbridge P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article August 16, 2011, previously published on August 2011 If your commercial lease allows your landlord to make or delegate the “final determination” of the calculation of operating expenses or common area maintenance expenses to be paid as additional rent, said “final determination” is conclusive and beyond judicial review.
| | No Rental License, No Eviction
Robert W. Keene; Miles & Stockbridge P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article June 28, 2011, previously published on June 2011 The Maryland Court of Appeals recently held that a Landlord, who had failed to obtain a rental license pursuant to the Anne Arundel County Code for premises he leased to a tenant, was not permitted to initiate summary ejectment proceedings for the tenant’s failure to pay rent under Section...
| | Maryland Sales and Use Tax on Sales of Alcoholic Beverages
Christopher A. Davis, James W. Dawson, Jeffrey A. Markowitz; Miles & Stockbridge P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article June 27, 2011, previously published on June 2011 Last month, Governor Martin O’Malley signed into law an increase in the sales tax on alcoholic beverages. This is the first major tax increase on the sales of alcoholic beverages in several decades. Effective July 1, 2011, the sales tax on alcoholic beverages will increase from 6% to 9%, a...
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