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Best Lawyers Recognizes Tydings' Lawyers in 2013

May 23, 2013
Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named six Tydings' lawyers to its 2013 Best Lawyers list. Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading ... Read more >
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Hart-Scott-Rodino Act

By: A. Lee Lundy
May 8, 2013
Consider this:  Ten years ago your client, an executive officer with his company, purchased (or received) stock in his company valued at $10 Million.  Next week, he is going to receive restricted stock from his company with a current market value of $8 Million.  The original $10MM in ... Read more >
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Auto Lenders Are Now Better Protected in Consumer Bankruptcies

By: Alan M. Grochal
May 8, 2013
With the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act's (BAPCPA) sweeping revisions to the bankruptcy code came a new provision that had caused uncertainty for auto lenders nationwide.  This provision, which prohibits consumer debtors from breaking down claims for certain auto loans ... Read more >
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Chances of IRS Audit are Higher for Sole Proprietors

By: A. Lee Lundy
May 8, 2013
Consider this: You have a hobby or skill that you have decided, because of retirement, job cutbacks, or other considerations, you want to pursue as a side or small business that will probably generate income. You have received good advice that you should consider forming a single member limited lia... Read more >
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Maryland Job Creation and Recovery Tax Credit

By: A. Lee Lundy
May 8, 2013
In an effort to create new Maryland jobs for unemployed Maryland residents, Governor Martin O'Malley signed emergency legislation enacting the Job Creation and Recovery Tax Credit.  The Tax Credit makes available a $5,000 tax credit (that's $5,000 in real money - not just a tax deduction) for e... Read more >
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Forfeited LLCs - Able to Be Sued But Not Able to Sue

By: A. Lee Lundy
May 8, 2013
Take a look on the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation Website and you’ll notice there are a lot of limited liability companies whose right to do business and name have been forfeited for failing to file personal property tax returns.  It happens.  The returns are among... Read more >
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NDAs and Sunsets

By: A. Lee Lundy
May 8, 2013
This is a time of joint ventures and partnerships.  With commercial financing still difficult to come by, business owners are entertaining loans and investments from private parties and joint ventures/partnerships with other businesses.  So, lots of Non-Disclosure Agreements ("NDAs") are b... Read more >
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Immigration Audits - Time on Their Hands?

By: Melissa Calhoon Jones
May 8, 2013
Unlike previous years, employers hiring specialized foreign workers now have it easy in some ways.  For example, the number of petitions received by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for H-1B specialty occupation visas is well below the established cap for fiscal year 2011, allowing... Read more >