Maryland Business Contracts: The Importance of Grammar

When your business is contracting with another business, employee, contract staff, or other client, it is important that each clause, and each sentence, is properly worded and has the appropriate legal grammar. The lack of a serial comma—aka Oxford comma—in a Maine milk company’s contract is now going to cost them millions of dollars. Read […]

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Mar, 28, 2017
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Maryland Real Estate Law & Attorney’s Fees

A few clients have recently asked about “standard” attorney’s fees clauses in Maryland Real Estate contracts, such as a Residential Contract of Sale. It is important to understand that ultimately these terms are negotiable and if you have concerns about what is proposed you should speak with your attorney so that you are comfortable with […]

Permission is usually required if you use more than two lines of a poem. If the whole poem is only a few lines long, you may need permission to quote any of it. A fee may be required and you should inquire with the publisher and/or the poet. For a free, confidential conversation to discuss […]

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Feb, 05, 2015
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Publishing False Information About Public People

“In the name of free speech, our First Amendment today fosters false and defamatory speech.” This is an interesting article for writers and publishers who write/publish work on public figures: Getting Away With Literary Fraud. To discuss the legal topics in this article, or other publishing related legal concerns such as copryrights, permissions, serial rights […]

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Oct, 07, 2014
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Maryland Business Law, Contracts: The Importance of Confidentiality in Contracts (“Confidentiality Clause”)

When your business is entering into a contract with another business it is important to include a confidentiality clause in the contract. The other business is likely to become privy to otherwise private information about your business. Your contract should contain a mutual promise clause that ensures both sides will keep confidential any business information […]

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Oct, 18, 2013
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Maryland Estate Planning Information: What Happens to Credit Card Debt When I Die?

Many clients ask me a variation of the following questions. What will happen to my credit card debt when I die? Will my credit card debt be passed on to my children? Will my spouse have to pay for my credit card debt? There are two factors that will determine who, if anyone, is responsible […]

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Oct, 08, 2013
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Maryland Business Law: What is a Memorandum of Understanding?

There is often confusion over the difference between a Contract and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as well as a basic misunderstanding of what a MOU does. A MOU is a written agreement between two or more parties. A MOU specifies mutually accepted expectations and intentions between the parties, however the agreement is typically not […]

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Sep, 09, 2013
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Legal Definitions

This section is updated when new terms are used in the Law Office of Stephen J. Reichert, LLC blog. Ancillary Probate – If decedent had real property in another state (ancillary) probate is required in that state. Bankruptcy Trustee – A person appointed by a bankruptcy court to supervise the affairs of a person or […]