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On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a Final Rule that dramatically expands the pool of salaried workers entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by raising the minimum salaries required to qualify for exempt status in bona fide executive, adminis... Read more >

With the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) April 23, 2024, approval of its Final Rule banning most non-competes, businesses subject to the FTC Act face an important change in rights that until now have been exclusively governed by state law.  Litigation challenging the FTC’s authority to is... Read more >

The Appellate Court of Maryland sharply limited the power of state courts to effect federal retirement benefits when it recently ruled in In the Matter of Brenda Batchelor that a divorce decree and related settlement agreement were preempted by the contrary mandate of a federal statute. The decision... Read more >

In this first post in a series about the use of AI and algorithmic decision-making technologies in the hiring process, we discuss the risks involved when such technologies "screen out" qualified candidates with disabilities in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Maryland H... Read more >

Tydings Managing Partner Diane V. D'Aiutolo has been elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Since its inception in 1958, the American Board of Trial Advocates has been a stalwart champion of the civil jury trial, tirelessly working to uphold the highest standards of integrity, ... Read more >

Tydings is pleased to announce that nearly half of the firm’s attorneys have been included in the 2024 edition of Maryland Super Lawyers, a nationally recognized journal that lists outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas. The publisher of Super Lawyers uses a selection process that... Read more >

When parents separate, even when they agree on a custody and access schedule, that may not be the end of the child custody issues. In some cases, one of the parents decides to relocate after the original custody arrangement was established. There was always a concern that a parent’s relocation ... Read more >

2023 is already proving to be an interesting year in state and federal employment law, as we see protections and benefits for employees expanding on the state and federal level.    I.          State Law Updates ... Read more >

Currently, Maryland law allows a spouse to pursue a divorce on the fault-based grounds of adultery, desertion, convictions of a crime, insanity, cruelty of treatment, and excessively vicious conduct. If a spouse cannot prove one of the fault-based grounds, then the parties either need to be separate... Read more >

Tydings is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has again ranked the firm and three of its partners, Alan M. Grochal, Richard L. Costella, and Joseph M. Selba, for their work in bankruptcy and restructuring in its 2023 edition of Chambers USA. Bankruptcy/Restructuring This is the ele... Read more >