Given the haste with which it was rolled out in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a few Paycheck Protection Program recipients profiting from the cannabis industry, at least indirectly, no doubt slipped through the cracks. Those businesses may face some ...

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Maryland courts remain at least 11 weeks away from resuming jury trials, a nearly three-month span that will deepen the backlog of cases wrought by the Judiciary’s effort to ensure that justice is not unduly delayed as it seeks to ...

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A constitutional challenge to Gov. Larry Hogan’s safer-at-home orders has been rendered moot by a relaxation in his pandemic-compelled directives and negated by a U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding restrictions on attendance at houses of worship amid the COVID-19 virus, ...

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Because of COVID-19, many of us are working remotely. Fortunately, in Maryland we operate in an environment in which documents may be drafted, negotiated, executed, acknowledged, and recorded from the comforts of our homes. In Maryland documents are generally not ...

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In mid-March this year, shortly before St. Patrick’s Day, Gov. Larry Hogan ordered that the state’s restaurants be closed to stop COVID-19 from spreading. There were widespread complaints by owners and threats to disobey the governor’s orders. I received a ...

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Big Maryland law firms have not been immune to the financial ills wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many having resorted to salary reductions, furloughs, and spending cuts in the past two months spurred largely by suspended court proceedings and ...

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  The first month after the lockdown was unusually busy for Kerri Castellini, a trusts and estates lawyer at Price Benowitz LLP. “We have probably seen our volume of people needing help increase two or threefold since pre-COVID,” Castellini said. ...

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Reminder to take care of yourself during the ongoing pandemic. It’s good to be back contributing to the Generation J.D. Blog. I hope to write a post soon about my transition to a new firm last year while also completing ...

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The world as we know it has been forever changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Courts have been closed to the public for an unprecedented 10 weeks and counting, and litigants are left with little certainty on when they may get ...

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While all of us are eager to return to our pre-pandemic lives, there are aspects of this time that provide good lessons for how to engage more people and learn from one another. With everything canceled, it certainly makes it ...

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