On July 10, 2017, the United States Coast Guard published an Interim Rule in the Federal Register [82 FR 31719] which -- as of the publication date, July 10, 2017 -- allows the Coast Guard to close an approximately two-mile…
Your mom always used to say that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” When it comes to your business, no truer words have ever been spoken. Given the many and relatively easy ways entrepreneurs can insulate…
Maryland Sales Tax is a tax assessed by the Comptroller of Maryland and collected by businesses who provide goods and certain services. While the sales tax is actually due from the person or entity that is purchasing the taxable item…
Lawsuits regarding property disputes, property boundaries, adverse possession, quiet title, and fence laws in Maryland are not uncommon. These Maryland property lawsuits and property boundary legal disputes often involve neighbors questioning the true legal boundaries of their properties and their…
Longman & Van Grack is pleased to announce that Robb A. Longman has been elected as a fellow of American College of Tax Counsel (ACTC). The ACTC is a non-profit professional association that recognized tax attorneys who have made a…
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) aggressively litigates and pursues tax violators and, thus, they are not a party with whom you want to find yourself in a tax audit dispute with. The IRS is relentless in collecting the tax money they…
In Maryland, claims for misappropriation of trade secrets are governed by the Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Md. Code Ann., Com. Law §§ 11-1201. Any trade secret lawsuit in Maryland will be governed by this Maryland trade secrets law. The…
Purchasing a small business in Maryland, Virginia, or Washington, DC can be a complicated process fraught with anxiety. Since most large business purchases involve some degree of bank financing, the bank can dictate some of the trickier aspects of a…
Recently, BNA Bloomberg published its Tax Management Memorandum which included an article titled "Buying and Selling Tax-Encumbered Businesses" authored by Longman & Van Grack attorney Robb Longman. The article discusses how when a party is purchasing a business, it is…
Longman & Van Grack’s trial litigation and commercial litigation group recently received a full defense jury verdict for one of its small business clients who had been sued in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland for unfair competition,…
