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Recent Legal Library Articles
“Don’t Worry” But No Real Estate Commission Due
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:18:52-05:00Tuesday, October 27th, 1998|Categories: Real Estate Law|
A real estate agent’s false representation prior to the time of signing an exclusive listing agreement precludes that agent from collecting a commission on the sale. Jacqueline Geary, the owner of "All For The Pet," a pet shop specializing in exotic baby birds was contacted ...
New Permits For (Old) Historic Sites
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:23-05:00Saturday, October 10th, 1998|Categories: Land Use Law|
Without any change in statute, Baltimore County has significantly altered the process of obtaining building permits for historic properties. The development regulations have provided, since 1978, at Code Section 26-278, that "historic structures or sites identified on any of the lists 'must be preserved.'" The ...
Draft Master Plan 2010 Strengthens Preservation
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:10-05:00Saturday, October 10th, 1998|Categories: Land Use Law|
Baltimore County has released the draft Master Plan 2010 for public review and comment prior to adoption by the County Council. The County charter requires that a master plan be adopted at least every ten years. The purpose of the master plan is to "guide ...
Easement To The Shore Does Not Assure Riparian Rights
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:18:51-05:00Saturday, October 10th, 1998|Categories: Real Estate Law|
This dispute offered the Maryland appellate court an opportunity to provide guidance on a previously unsettled matter of riparian rights. Does a deed conveying an easement for ingress and egress to the Calvert County shore of a navigable river, in this case the Patuxent River, ...
Court Holds Landlord Liable For Tenant’s Dog Bite
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:18:49-05:00Saturday, October 10th, 1998|Categories: Real Estate Law|
Maryland’s highest court has ruled that landlords can be held responsible for injuries caused by their tenant’s dogs even when the attack on a tenant’s guest occurs in that tenant’s apartment. In Matthews v. Amberwood Associates Limited Partnership, the court found that Shelly Morton’s lease, ...
Convert Now From Proprietorship To LLC To Avoid Proposed Transfer Tax
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:18:38-05:00Monday, August 10th, 1998|Categories: Real Estate Law|
Legislation effective less than a year ago made clear "that recordation tax does not apply to an instrument of writing that transfers title to real property from a converting proprietorship to an LLC…" However, the Office of the Attorney General is expected to issue an ...
Hunt Valley Timonium Plan Includes Rezoning
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:22-05:00Friday, April 10th, 1998|Categories: Land Use Law|
The Hunt Valley/Timonium (HV/T) area has long been one of the key employment and commercial corridors in the Baltimore region. The 4,000 acre area, as designated by the Baltimore County Office of Planning in the proposed HV/T Master Plan, contains some of the most valuable ...
A Checklist For Telecommunication Site Leases
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:18:48-05:00Friday, April 10th, 1998|Categories: Real Estate Law|
Wireless telecommunication towers and antennas are proliferating, raising unique lease issues that will have implications lasting longer than the average wireless telephone. Local governments desire to promote the placement of antennas on existing towers and buildings, and to encourage the shared location of antennas further ...




