[Information in this article has been superseded by a Court of Appeals case. Learn more about the change in our new article] In many contexts throughout businesses, nonprofits, legal matters, and estates, individuals are charged with a fiduciary duty that…
Maryland, like most states, allows for a party to sue another party for fraud. Both individuals and entities (such as corporations or partnerships) can sue for fraud. In Maryland, Fraud is established legally when (i) a party makes a false…
Most legal disputes over business transactions or exchanges between individuals and companies are disputes regarding contracts or agreements. These legal contract disputes all emanate from a specific agreement between the parties for an exchange of items/money with consideration on both…
Maryland courts enforce a civil cause of action or tort called Unfair Competition. In Maryland, Unfair Competition is a tort that a party can establish proving that a business or company damaged or jeopardized their business “by fraud, deceit, trickery…
Teaming Agreements are created to allow prime contractors and subcontractors to agree to combine resources to bid on major government contracts. A properly-drafted teaming agreement in Maryland addresses just how the prime contractor and subcontractor will combine their respective resources…
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…
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…
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,…
While most people are aware that you can successfully sue someone for breaching a contract with you, most people are unaware that you can successfully sue a third party for interfering with your contract with a different entity or person.…
In a kayaking-related legal article published yesterday in Outside Magazine, Longman & Van Grack attorney Adam Van Grack was quoted regarding the unusual kayaking-related legal case involving Latvian émigré Angelika Graswald. In the article, Adam described the importance of the potential kayak-based…
