Real Property Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act BOTTOM LINE: Lawsuits seeking equitable rescission of contracts for purchase of real property for violations of the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, which permits suits at law or in equity for ...

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Buried in one of the budget bills that was enacted during the recent Special Session of the Maryland General Assembly is a measure of significant importance to real estate developers, borrowers, and lenders. The State and Local Revenue and Financing ...

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In two recent cases, the Maryland appellate courts denied requests to declare that easements exist, but in a third the Court of Special Appeals found an easement by necessity. In Clickner v. Magothy River Association, Inc., 424 Md. 253, 35 ...

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Real Property Easements BOTTOM LINE: Defendants were entitled to a declaratory judgment because plaintiff failed to establish a prima facie claim for establishing an ingress/egress easement to his property. CASE: Bacon v. Arey, No. 2339, September Term, 2010 (filed Mar. ...

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MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Civil Rights, Handicap discrimination under county code: Plaintiff’s latex allergy was an impairment which substantially limited her major life activities of socialization and parenting, and thus was a “handicap” within the meaning of the Howard County ...

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Commercial Law Secondary Mortgage Loan Law BOTTOM LINE: The Secondary Mortgage Loan Law does not restrict a mortgage lender to a single loan origination fee, as long as the aggregate fees charged and collected do not exceed the statutory maximum ...

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Assume the owner of Parcel A grants a 25-foot wide easement to the owner of Parcel B, an adjacent parcel, so that the Parcel B owner can use Parcel A to gain access to Parcel B from an existing entrance ...

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Criminal Law Firearms BOTTOM LINE: A “firearm,” as defined in Public Safety §5-101(h), does not have to be operable in order to sustain a conviction under §5-133(c), which prohibits a person convicted of a crime of violence or offenses related ...

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Civil Rights Fair Housing Amendments Act BOTTOM LINE: During mediation of dispute between disabled tenant and building management company, management company could not have violated Maryland Code, Article 49B §22(a)(9) by holding mediation meeting in a wheelchair-inaccessible location because tenant ...

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Civil Procedure Declaratory judgment BOTTOM LINE: Because of the pending criminal trial against defendant in the district court, the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to issue a declaratory judgment. CASE: Vargas-Aguila v. State, No. 1638, Sept. Term, 2010 (filed Dec. 2, ...

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