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A Few Practice Tips for Maryland Attorneys re Unemployment Appeals
This checklist is aimed primarily at attorneys practicing in unemployment appeals litigation at any level (Lower Appeals, Board of Appeals, Judicial Review). Â Most of my remarks are aimed at workers’ attorneys, but some will apply to management attorneys as well. All references to the “Act” below pertain to Title 8 of the Maryland Annotated Code,
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“Messiah” prohibited by Tennessee judge as name for baby
ABC News, August 12, 2013: Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew ordered the name change last week, according to WBIR-TV (http://on.wbir.com/1cDOeTY). The boy’s parents were in court because they could not agree on the child’s last name, but when the judge heard the boy’s first name, she ordered it changed, too. * * * *
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Can they fire me for complaining about working conditions or wages?
Under Maryland’s jurisprudence of at-will employment, any employer or employee can in general end the employment without notice, excuse, severance, cause or explanation. Â In most cases, it is perfectly lawful in Maryland for an employer to fire a worker and instruct the worker to leave the premises under pain of arrest, just as it is
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Congratulations to the Daily Record Innovators of the Year 2013
The Daily Record has published its 2013 list of top innovators in their fields for metropolitan Baltimore. Â I was surprised but quite pleased to see that Robert Santoni of Santoni’s was listed; I tend to think of Santoni’s Market in Glyndon as a great tradition rather than as a great innovator, but apparently it is
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10 things to do if you get fired in Maryland
Some of the following items may, or may not, be useful for workers outside of Maryland but this list is specifically intended for Maryland workers. 1. Â KEEP CALM. There is no advantage to you legally in losing your mind, your cool or your wits when you get the news that management has fired you. Â (By
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Happy Eid-ul-Fitr to Muslim Clients, Colleagues and Friends
To all who celebrate the Islamic breaking of the Fast of Ramadan, a happy Eid-ul-Fitr. Â I am not a Muslim but am informed that the breaking of the Ramadan fast is imminent according to the traditional calculation of the end of the fast by the sighting of the moon.
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Required Automobile Security – Transportation Article 17-104
Under Maryland law (specifically Md. Code Ann. TA § 17-104), an owner of a vehicle must maintain required security (almost always insurance, in rare cases a self-insured bond substitute) during the registration period for the vehicle. Three trial issues present themselves regarding any prosecution of this charge. While it’s non-jailable, defense counsel who face this
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Licensing of Private Process Servers
Maryland Senate Bill 554, sponsored by Senator Brian Frosh (D-Montgomery) – would enact a licensing system for private process servers in Maryland, titled the Maryland Private Process Servers Act. My first thought about this proposal was “Excellent.” My practice and those of my friends have been plagued by unreliable, even fraudulent, process service issues at
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When attorneys self-destruct – a few thoughts….
Practicing law is an “A- minus” stress profession. Â It’s not stressful like being a correctional officer or a soldier or Marine, or an air traffic controller or a bomb squad agent. Â But within the second tier of professional stress, it can be severe. Â Our profession has a higher than average rate of alcoholism, drug abuse
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Baltimore’s Best Attorney has been found!!!
And for the record, I am not that attorney. I found an attorney within 30 miles of my office of whom I can determine the following facts. 1) Â He was sworn in in 2006 in this state, and appears to have been at one point an Assistant State’s Attorney. 2) Â Per his website, another defunct
