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Immigration Audits - Time on Their Hands?

By: Melissa Calhoon Jones
May 8, 2013
Unlike previous years, employers hiring specialized foreign workers now have it easy in some ways.  For example, the number of petitions received by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for H-1B specialty occupation visas is well below the established cap for fiscal year 2011, allowing... Read more >
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Small Business Jobs Act: Help for Maryland Businesses

By: A. Lee Lundy
May 8, 2013
On September 27, 2010, President Obama signed the Small Business Jobs Act (the Act) into law.  The Act will benefit small businesses in several ways, including extensions of Small Business Administration (SBA) lending programs and tax breaks. On October 5, 2010, the SBA approved small busine... Read more >
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Maryland High Court Broadens Health Care Employer Liability

By: Gregory M. Garrett
May 8, 2013
Employees in the health care field are protected from retaliation by their employers for complaining about violations if those violations affect public health or safety.  In fact, the Health Care Worker Whistleblower Protection Act generally provides that an employer in the health care field ma... Read more >
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Bank Deposit Insurance Shrinking

By: A. Lee Lundy
May 8, 2013
Where is your money and is it protected?  Often, account holders such as businesses determine that their financial institution is insured through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) and do not think about it again.  During the... Read more >