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New Maryland Wage and Hour Laws Effective October 1, 2024

By: Melissa Calhoon Jones
September 23, 2024
As discussed in our recent employment law update, several new Maryland wage and hour laws take effect October 1, 2024.  Employers who have not already done so should immediately prepare to comply with these laws when they take effect.   Starting October 1, 2024, the following new r... Read more >
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Celebrating Tydings Recent Client Successes

August 21, 2024
During the first half of 2024, Tydings secured several notable successes for our clients. These achievements reflect our strategic approach and unwavering dedication to top-tier representation for the clients who trust us to handle their legal matters. From securing favorable motions in complex liti... Read more >
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EEOC Issues Final Rule Outlining Employer Obligations Under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and New Guidance on Unlawful Harassment

By: Melissa Calhoon Jones
June 3, 2024
On April 15, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued a Final Rule that explains employers' obligations under the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”). The Final Rule takes effect on June 18, 2024. As previously discussed, the PWFA requires covered emplo... Read more >
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FTC Approves Final Rule To Ban Many Non-Competes; Opponents Quickly Sue

By: Melissa Calhoon Jones
May 20, 2024
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 >
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Employer Liability for Use of AI in Hiring Practices – Part 1: Discriminatory "Screening Out" of Qualified Candidates With Disabilities

By: Melissa Calhoon Jones
March 4, 2024
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 >
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New Law on Custody Cases Involving Relocation of The Child

By: Ferrier R. Stillman and Kerianne P. Kemmerzell
July 17, 2023
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 >
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Employment Law Updates 2023

By: Melissa Calhoon Jones
June 27, 2023
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 >
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Maryland Removes Fault-Based Grounds for Divorce; Expands No-Fault Grounds

By: Kerianne P. Kemmerzell and Ferrier R. Stillman
June 15, 2023
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 >