Comments of Stuart D. Kaplow, Chair of the Board of the Greater Towson Committee, at the occasion of the 2003 annual meeting. This is an historic time - 2003 is the 300th anniversary of the establishment of the first business in Towson. The first residents ...

Under the USA Patriotic Act “persons involved in real estate closings and settlements” are required to establish anti-money laundering programs. Participants in residential and commercial real estate transactions now risk the imposition, by the federal government, of onerous anti-money laundering requirements that would have been ...

The Maryland General Assembly has sent to ‘summer study’ legislation that prohibits landlords from unmetered water billing to tenants. House Bill 976 prohibits landlords from using a “ratio utility system” to charge a tenant for water consumption and waste water or sewerage use by the ...

The 2003 session of the Maryland General Assembly adjourned at midnight on Monday, April 7th. After consideration of 1,959 bills over 90 days before sine die, the legislature passed a total of 629 bills (252 Senate bills and 377 House bills). During the first gubernatorial ...

Maryland’s “Day of Rest” law has received scant attention and many in the real estate community would be surprised that the law makes unenforceable “open for business” clauses typically found in shopping center leases such that a landlord can not require a merchant to open ...

The 2002 Session of the Maryland General Assembly met in Annapolis for 90 days to act on more than 2,300 bills. The 416th Session began on January 9, 2002 and adjourned April 8, 2002. The Governor has scheduled signing ceremonies through May 16, 2002, when ...

The Attorney General of Maryland has filed suit against a landowner challenging the use of an Indemnity Deed of Trust (IDOT) to avoid payment of recordation tax. Earlier this month, the Attorney General filed suit in the Circuit Court for Howard County against Grayson Homes ...