The short term highway-funding bill, passed by both the House and Senate, and signed by President Obama on July 31st, contains a number of tax-related provisions, including changing the due dates for partnership and C corporation tax returns. The due dates for partnership tax returns (and for limited liability companies... Read More »
Aug
04
Jun
17
Managing partner and head of WCS' Family Law Group, Frederick L. Kobb, will present at the National Business Institute's CLE on July 28, 2015 in Baltimore, MD. Mr. Kobb will be discussing, "When Bankruptcy Meets Divorce" and "A New Approach to Family Law" at the seminar. The National Business Institute holds... Read More »
Jun
12
Michael Stanley will be presenting “Bringing Estate Planning into Focus” on September 22, 2015 at The Catonsville Library from 7-8:30 PM. Mr. Stanley will cover a variety of topics and field questions about traditional estate planning and issues surrounding this unique area of law. Specific topics include: Changes in Maryland and federal estate... Read More »
Jun
08
The Surety Claims Institute’s (“SCI”) 40th annual meeting will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico on June 25, 2015. WC&S’s attorney, Jason R. Potter, will again serve as Co-Program Chair. Jason serves as Co-Program Chair with T. Scott Leo with the Chicago based law firm of Leo & Weber.... Read More »
May
13
Jason Potter, Gerard Sunderland and Cynthia Rodgers-Waire will be attending the Surety Claims Institute’s Annual Meeting from June 24-26th at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM. The Surety Claims Institute is a non-profit national association of claims executives, attorneys and consultants working in the... Read More »
May
12
For Immediate Release: 5/12/2015 BALTIMORE, MD May 12, 2015 – Family law attorney Ellen P. Rosenberg has joined Wright, Constable & Skeen, LLP, as part of the Baltimore law firm’s family law group. “Ms. Rosenberg is a valuable addition to the family law practice at the firm,” said managing partner... Read More »
May
12
Wright, Constable & Skeen, LLP partners George J. Bachrach and Michael A. Stover presented three sessions at the FSLC’s Annual Spring Meeting in La Jolla, California addressing the issues faced by a surety when it contemplates providing financial assistance to a financially troubled principal. The FSLC Spring Meeting was well... Read More »
Mar
30
WCS attorneys Mary Alice Smolarek and Michael Stanley attended Mr. Pratt's Party this weekend, a gala that raised nearly $190,000 for the many free programs offered by the library each year. The Enoch Pratt Free Library is one of the oldest free public library systems in the United States. They serve the residents... Read More »
Mar
24
WCS will be sponsoring Sail Baltimore’s annual Portside Party on May 28th at The Baltimore Museum of Industry. Sail Baltimore provides a free program of visiting ships and maritime events to Baltimore residents and visitors. Sail Baltimore is one of the city’s premier waterfront attractions, a changing museum in the Inner Harbor in which residents and visitors... Read More »
Mar
11
By: Robert W. Hesselbacher, Jr. A recent concurring opinion by Supreme Court Justice Kennedy might provoke reconsideration of whether states can require e-commerce and mail-order businesses to collect use taxes (the equivalent of sales taxes) for out-of-state purchases by state residents. Nearly 50 years ago, the Supreme Court decided that,... Read More »