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Imagine one of your employees, driving a company vehicle, rolls through a stop sign and smashes into another driver.  The other driver was speeding and was dialing a number on her cell phone.  So who is at fault?  And most importantly, who has to pay? Under current Maryland law, if... Read more >

Employers rely on noncompetes to protect customers and other assets.  Find out how government entities affect court enforcement of noncompetes by reading "Labor: Public Sector - Uninvited Guest or Essential Party?", an article written by Melissa Jones and published in Inside Counsel. ... Read more >

When it comes to investigating claims of misconduct, it's important to look before you leap.  For more information, view "Labor: Good Faith Investigations," an article written by Melissa Jones and published inInside Counsel. If you have any questions, please contact Melis... Read more >

Franklin Lee was recently quoted in this article, which first appeared in the Baltimore Business Journal on April 1, 2011: Maryland paid nearly $800 million to 20 contractors through the state’s minority business program over much of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s first term. But alm... Read more >

Franklin Lee was recently quoted in this article, which first appeared in the Baltimore Business Journal on May 27, 2011: A policy giving minority-owned businesses up to 35 percent of work to build and operate Maryland’s slots parlors could fail a legal challenge, according to At... Read more >

Greg Garrett wrote this article, which first appeared in the Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report in July 2011. ... Read more >

Author's note: The original date to post the notice described below was November 14, 2011. The NLRB has delayed implementation of the new posting requirements. The new date is January 31, 2012. Effective January 31, 2012, all employers who are covered by the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA") ... Read more >

Although the Elder Justice Act took effect in 2010 and the newness has worn off a bit, health care facilities should periodically look at the Act and its requirements. Compliance with the Act’s requirements is not a one-time event. Among other things, the Act requires owners and operators of long-... Read more >

A long-settled antitrust doctrine, known as the Dr. Miles rule from the 1911 Supreme Court opinion in which it was first announced, was overturned by the Supreme Court in its recent decision of Leegin Creative Leather Products v. PSKS Inc.  In Leegin, the Supreme Court held that minimum resale ... Read more >

Black Enterprise Magazine interviews and quotes Franklin Lee regarding the recently enacted commercial non-discrimination statute in Maryland which Mr. Lee was a primary author. ... Read more >