An Assistant Attorney General has declared that the use of Indemnity Deeds of Trust (IDOTs) as a vehicle to avoid recordation taxes, in Maryland, is violative of "the step transaction doctrine" and as such, is not permissible. In the days since the March, 2000 pronouncement ...

Electric utility deregulation is not coming to Maryland until next year, but the real estate industry must position itself now to take advantage of a host of new opportunities to profit from the ability to select the company that supplies energy. Many building owners and ...

During the 1999 General Assembly session, the legislature enacted House Bill 605, resulting in a series of changes, revisions, and clarifications to Maryland state law governing landlords and tenants. While as of the time of preparation of this memorandum, the legislation has not yet been ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...