U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland Coronavirus Timeline
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland Coronavirus Timeline Chief Judge James K. Bredar of United States District Court for the District of Maryland took steps starting with a …
Maryland Court of Appeals Coronavirus Timeline
Maryland Court of Appeals Coronavirus Timeline Starting with two Orders issued March 12, the Chief Judge of Maryland’s Court of Appeals, Mary Ellen Barbera, issued a series of Administrative Orders …
Amid the Pandemic, Beware COVID-19 Scammers
Amid the Pandemic, Beware COVID-19 Scammers During my 28-year career as a federal prosecutor, I learned firsthand that moments of national crisis can bring out the best and the worst …
Workers paid a “day rate” instead of by the hour, calculating their overtime compensation, and the Maryland Wage and Hour Law and the FLSA
How should an employer compute overtime pay for a worker paid by the day instead of the hour? In an opinion authored by Judge Kevin Arthur, Maryland’s Court of Special …
Choosing the appropriate standard of review, defining ambiguity, and interpreting a promissory note
The Court of Appeals has once again shown that the importance of a case’s legal issues, and not the amount in controversy, drives its decision whether to review a case. …
Litigator Stuart Berman Quoted in Washington Post on Court Ruling On Reviewing Evidence Seized from a Law Firm
Litigator Stuart Berman was quoted in today’s Washington Post in an article about a court ruling imposing new restrictions on how prosecutors can review evidence seized from a law firm. When …
Bubba Gump reminds us that quasi-contract is not an equitable claim and is not available where a real contract exists
When lawyers bring lawsuits alleging a breach of contract, they often include claims for unjust enrichment. As the Court of Special Appeals recently explained, however, those efforts are often doomed …
U.S. News Ranks Seven Lerch Early Practices Nationally and 14 to DC Area’s Top Tier Law Firms List
U.S. News Ranks Seven Lerch Early Practices Nationally and 14 to DC Area’s Top Tier Law Firms List U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” Seven of Lerch, Early & …
Food trucks vs. brick-and-mortar restaurants, vestiges of Lochner v. New York, and the parameters of Maryland’s rational basis test – Pizza di Joey, LLC v. Mayor of Baltimore
Economic rivalries between classes of competitors have long existed. In the late eighteenth century, for example, disputes between shepherds and cattlemen were legendary, and clashes between farmers and ranchers supplied …
Supreme Court Potentially Guns Down Thousands of Firearms Convictions
Supreme Court Potentially Guns Down Thousands of Firearms Convictions The number of firearms available in the United States has nearly tripled over the past two decades, to the point where …
Chambers USA 2019 Ranks Lerch Early in Litigation and Real Estate
Chambers USA 2019 Ranks Lerch Early in Litigation and Real Estate Chambers USA 2019: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business recognized Lerch Early in the areas of Litigation: General Commercial and Real Estate, …
Litigator Bill Goldberg Named to Super Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers in DC List
Washington, DC Super Lawyers for 2019 named litigator Bill Goldberg to its Top 100 Lawyers in DC list. Bill represents companies and individuals facing a variety of complex commercial disputes. …