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Meritas Recognizes Lee Lundy With Grahovac Award

May 23, 2013
MERITAS, Law Firms Worldwide honored Lee Lundy during their 2012 annual meeting. Mr. Lundy was the recipient of the Grahovac Award, which recognizes the service, leadership, and dedication of an outstanding Meritas member lawyer. Mr. Lundy is a past Chairman at Meritas (2005-2007) and... Read more >

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 >
News

"No-Fee" Mortgage Lenders May Not Collect Closing Costs Upon Prepayment

By: Alan M. Grochal
May 8, 2013
A new ruling by the Court of Appeals of Maryland prohibits banks and lending institutions from recapturing closing costs on "no-fee" mortgages that are subsequently prepaid by the mortgagor.  Lenders who offer these types of mortgages will now have to "eat" the closing costs on prepaid mortgage... 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 >