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Recent Real Estate Law Articles

5Jul, 2020

A Force Majeure Decision during the COVID-19 Pandemic

By |Sunday, July 5th, 2020|Categories: Real Estate Law|

There has been much speculation and supposition about the interplay of force majeure provisions in leases and other contracts in response to government orders closing businesses during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, but now there is an authoritative court decision that may provide persuasive ...

7Jun, 2020

New Maryland Real Estate Laws from the 2020 General Assembly Session

By |Sunday, June 7th, 2020|Categories: Real Estate Law|

The 71 day session of the Maryland General Assembly was for the first time since the Civil War cut short from the prescribed 90 days (.. of note, the legislature has met for 90 days since the predecessor, appointed not elected, General Assembly of Maryland ...

25May, 2020

COVID 19 Commercial Building Liability

By |Monday, May 25th, 2020|Categories: Real Estate Law|

With all 50 states now in some stage of reopening and some reclosing in part from the novel coronavirus pandemic closures and more than 1,500 new statutes, regulations and executive orders addressing the pandemic having been enacted in a matter of weeks, many commercial real ...

6Mar, 2019

Participate in the USDA “Listening Session” on Hemp including CBD

By |Wednesday, March 6th, 2019|Categories: Real Estate Law|

On December 20, 2018, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 was signed into law and among its most discussed provisions are those removing hemp from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. The Secretary of Agriculture and the respective USDA agencies are working to implement ...

16Dec, 2018

Blockchain has come to U.S. Real Estate

By |Sunday, December 16th, 2018|Categories: Real Estate Law|

Earlier this year a precedent setting property sale in Vermont was the first real estate transaction in the United States using blockchain, portending a new era in the sale of land and improvements. Blockchain technology is an industry disrupter on the cusp of improving transactions ...

30Aug, 2018

More Than One Restaurant Liquor License May Be Issued

By |Thursday, August 30th, 2018|Categories: Real Estate Law|

A liquor license holder in Maryland may now be issued more than one restaurant liquor license. Effective July 1, 2018, House Bill 2018-1003, now Chapter Laws 225, authorizes a single individual to hold multiple Class B, beer, wine, and liquor licenses or equivalent licenses issued by different local liquor licensing boards for restaurants, hotels, or motels.

10Dec, 2017

Blockchain has come to Real Estate

By |Sunday, December 10th, 2017|Categories: Real Estate Law|

Earlier this fall an apartment in Kiev became the first real estate purchased using blockchain, portending a new era in the sale of land and improvements. It is suggested blockchain may do for the $217 trillion real estate market what the Internet did for communication. ...

24Jul, 2017

A Single Family Home in Maryland Cannot be Sold “As Is”

By |Monday, July 24th, 2017|Categories: Real Estate Law|

The question this law firm is asked most often about single family home sales is whether or not a house can be sold “as is.” The answer since a dramatic change in Maryland law effective October 1, 2005, is “no” a single family home cannot ...

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