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 ...

The recent introduction of Senate Bill 316 in the 2002 Maryland General Assembly session, a bill seeking to impose recordation and transfer taxes on the transfer of controlling interest in certain business entities that own real estate, creates an important opportunity to review the subject ...

The Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act of 1940 should be read “with an eye friendly to those who drop their affairs to answer their country’s call.” The purpose of this federal Act, that dates from World War II, is to postpone or suspend some of ...

The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has ruled that a landlord was entitled to evict a family because of drug-related criminal activity by one member of the household. Exacerbating the legal quandary before the court was that the household member who engaged in the illegal ...

In a case of first impression, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals has ruled that the “issuance of a liquor license is not necessarily coincident with the ownership thereof.” The case of Rosedale Plaza Limited Partnership v. Lefta, Inc., et al. is particularly important to ...