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. In most cases, it is perfectly lawful in Maryland for an employer to fire a worker and…
The Daily Record has published its 2013 list of top innovators in their fields for metropolitan Baltimore. 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…
A recent comment on this blog suggested the following post for information purposes. For those (maybe my mentees) who don’t practice routinely in the Maryland or federal civil courts, a stipulation of dismissal is a tool by which a plaintiff…
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. KEEP CALM. There is no advantage to you legally in losing your mind, your…
Sometimes legal issues have public “sizzle”; sometimes they are a little dryer and of interest primarily to true legal scholars. My law school classmate Dan Friedman, author of a major reference text on Maryland constitutional law, has written in The…
To all who celebrate the Islamic breaking of the Fast of Ramadan, a happy Eid-ul-Fitr. 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…
“Wrongful termination” is a catch-all term, and as discussed in a recent post an imperfect one. In essence, wrongful termination occurs when a firing violates public policy or a statute in some way that creates at least a possible damage…
I (Godfrey) will be volunteering in the near future with the legal clinic run by Baltimore’s Jewish Family Services and with the Women’s Law Center of Maryland’s Employment Law Hotline. Jewish Family Services runs a walk-in clinic monthly and…
A very common consultation in my office goes something like this. Earnest Client: They accused me of stealing from the register, but I didn’t do anything such thing. Godfrey: Gotcha. Earnest Client: Someone else on my shift must have done…
This guide is to help those who call a law office to get what they want: legal help. 1) Your name. We attorneys want to know it if you call us. If you are calling for someone else, we want…