Articles

By:  Patricia McHugh Lambert, Esquire I very rarely go on long vacations.  Too often, I have been unable to get away from the demands of business or the ever-ringing phone.  Instead, I usually [...]

By:  Andrew Scott, Esquire and Andrew Will, Law Clerk (Scheduled to be sworn into the Maryland Bar, December 15, 2021) On October 1, 2021, Maryland’s new Workplace Violence Act took effect. [...]

By:  William Fields, Esquire As you get ready to provide child care onsite after the COVID-19 related shutdowns, you’ve already made plans for cleaning routines, modified your classroom [...]

By:  William Fields, Esquire As a child care provider, you lead the way in making facilities more inclusive and more accessible to an increasingly diverse group of infants, toddlers, and [...]

  By: Valerie E. Taylor, Esq. On Friday, October 15, 2021, the Claims Litigation Management (CLM) Maryland Chapter hosted a virtual lunchtime seminar entitled “A View From the Bench.” The [...]

By:  David Burkhouse, Esquire Effective October 1, 2021, the Maryland Flexible Leave Act (“MFLA”) has been amended to authorize employees to use paid leave for bereavement leave upon the death of [...]

By: Cheryl A. Jones, Esq. On October 1, 2021, newly-revised legislation will take effect in Maryland that allows minors age 12 and older to consent to their own mental health treatment, without [...]

  By:  Alexander Avakian, Esquire As of 2021, 18 states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational cannabis (adult use). In November of 2022, Maryland, by referendum, [...]

By:  Adam Konstas, Esquire and Alex Alden, Law Clerk (J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law, 2021) On September 9, 2021, the White House announced the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety [...]

By:  Patricia McHugh Lambert One of my favorite motivational quotes is from Winston Churchill, the great British Prime Minister who led England during World War II.   As he noted, “success is not [...]

By:  Cheryl A. Jones, Esquire                                                        cjones@pklaw.com Over the last few years, we’ve seen lots of stories in the news about athletes, musicians, [...]

By:  Andrew Scott, Esquire and Dan Grossman, Summer Associate (2022 J.D. Candidate) A recent federal appellate decision clarified the contours of same-sex sexual harassment claims under Title VII [...]