Business Law Highlights for ExecutivesWright, Constable & Skeen, LLPStaying In StrideMaryland News:Damages for Commercial Contract BreachesArbitration Clauses in Employment AgreementsPersonal Liability for Violation of Wage Payment and Collection LawNon-Competition Covenants in Government ContractsAround the US: Interplay of Forum-Selection Clauses and First-Filed RuleNLRB Scrutiny of At-Will Disclaimers in Employee HandbooksDamages for Commercial... Read More »
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Jun
11
Congratulations to each of our seven lawyers who have been selected by Best Lawyers in these areas: David Skeen (Maritime and Mediation); Steve White (Maritime); George Bachrach (Construction Law and Insurance Law); Cindy Rogers-Waire (Construction Law and Construction Litigation); Mike Stover (Construction Law); Paul Evelius (Corporate Law); Jerry Sunderland (Insurance Law).
Jun
10
WCS attorneys Gerald P. Sunderland and Jason R. Potter will be Co-Chairing the Surety portion of the 38th Annual Meeting and Seminar to be held at The Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort in Cambridge, MD, June 26-June 28, 2013. The agenda will include two full days of activities, speakers and presentations... Read More »
May
20
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), which has jurisdiction to determine whether employment policies - in both union and non-union workplaces - unlawfully interfere with employees’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act (the “NLRA”) to engage in “concerted activity,” recently issued “advice memoranda” concerning the at-will disclaimers found in... Read More »
May
20
In Mitek Systems, Inc. v. U.S. Services Automobile Association, a Delaware federal court has held that a forum-selection clause in a licensing agreement does not prevent a court in a non-selected forum from resolving disputes concerning that agreement. The forum-selection clause at issue stated that a court of competent jurisdiction... Read More »
May
20
In Preferred Systems Solutions, Inc. v. GP Consulting, LLC, Virginia Supreme Court has enforced a covenant not to compete in the context of a federal government contract. The contract at issue was a blanket purchase agreement, or “BPA,” under which each of ten information technology companies agreed to provide system... Read More »
May
20
In Campusano v. Lusitano Construction LLC, the Court of Special Appeals has held that that a “four-factor economic reality test for ‘control’” governs whether a corporate officer can be held personally liable for a company’s failure to pay wages in accordance with Maryland’s Wage Payment and Collection Law. (more…)
May
20
In Falls v. 1CI, Inc., the Court of Special Appeals has held that a company’s former CEO is required to arbitrate his claim that the company violated Maryland’s Wage Payment and Collection Law by failing to pay him a bonus. The CEO’s employment agreement stated that “any dispute, claim, or... Read More »
May
20
In CR-RSC Tower I, LLC v. RSC Tower I, LLC, Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals has held that certain defendant landowners were not entitled, as part of an effort to minimize the damages awarded against them at trial of a lawsuit stemming from their breach of a land development contract,... Read More »
May
03
The question is often asked whether to hire a realtor or to sell your home as a “sale by owner”. Believe it or not, hiring an attorney may actually be a more cost effective way to sell your house. That’s right. You did not misread anything. It may be less... Read More »