News & Insights

Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named six Tydings' lawyers to its 2013 Best Lawyers list. Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading ... Read more >

Tydings has been recommended as a top litigation firm in Maryland in the sixth annual edition of Benchmark Litigation 2013, a publication of Euromoney/Legal Media Group. The firm has been recognized by Benchmark Litigation since 2010. The guide focuses exclusively on leading U.S. litigation firms an... Read more >

A new ruling by the Court of Appeals of Maryland prohibits banks and lending institutions from recapturing closing costs on "no-fee" mortgages that are subsequently prepaid by the mortgagor.  Lenders who offer these types of mortgages will now have to "eat" the closing costs on prepaid mortgage... Read more >

Reported Decision:  Crickenberger v. Hyundai Motor America, 404 Md. 37, 944 A.2d 1136 (2008) (amicus curiae) ... Read more >

Consider this:  Ten years ago your client, an executive officer with his company, purchased (or received) stock in his company valued at $10 Million.  Next week, he is going to receive restricted stock from his company with a current market value of $8 Million.  The original $10MM in ... Read more >

On October 1, 2009, a new law will take effect in the State of Maryland, making it illegal for manufacturers, retailers, distributors, franchisees, or dealers to agree on a minimum resale price for products or services.  The new law is intended to make clear that, under the Maryland Antitrust A... Read more >

With the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act's (BAPCPA) sweeping revisions to the bankruptcy code came a new provision that had caused uncertainty for auto lenders nationwide.  This provision, which prohibits consumer debtors from breaking down claims for certain auto loans ... Read more >

Employers in the mid-Atlantic region should be aware that Maryland and Virginia have joined the District of Columbia in banning drivers from writing and sending email and text messages while driving.  D.C. has prohibited texting while driving since 2004.  Virginia's ban went into effect Ju... Read more >

On August 24, 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published new regulations in the Federal Register that detail the obligation of covered entities to notify employees and, in some cases, the media and Secretary of Health, in the event of breaches of unsecured protected health info... Read more >