This article identifies issues that must be addressed in an agreement of sale for real estate located within Baltimore City. Accepting that real estate is one of the most heavily regulated industries, there are federal, state, and local government requirements of language that must be ...

The Circuit Court for Baltimore County has affirmed a judgment of the District Court on a Complaint For Wrongful Detainer determining that a wife was the owner of the family home and legally entitled to possession of the real property, granting restitution of possession of ...

Effective October 1, 2004, the amount of interest a landlord must pay a residential tenant in Maryland upon return of the tenant’s security deposit has been altered from 4% to 3% per annum. Generally, under the prior law a landlord was required to pay 4% ...

The recodification of the Baltimore County Code, effective July 1, 2004, altered the language that must be contained in a contract of sale for real property. Contract forms should be updated for risk that the writing will now be voidable by a prospective purchaser. Moreover, ...

In a significant decision for shopping center landlords, the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled for the 1st time that the Bankruptcy Court may not modify a lease, by ignoring the use restrictions in the original written agreement, when approving an assignment of ...

Circuit City defaulted on a 20-year lease in the Wintergreen Plaza Shopping Center when the electronics retailer relocated to a different Rockville Pike shopping center in violation of a “continuous operation” provision of the lease. And in this case, instructive to landlords and tenants alike, ...

At approximately 1:17 a.m. on June 13, 1998, an unidentified intruder entered apartment A-2 of the Pelham Wood Apartments, a second floor two-bedroom unit, through a sliding glass door and upon encountering the tenant in the apartment master bedroom shot him in the abdomen. The ...

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 ...