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The Sondheim award is given every five years to the Leadership graduate who best exemplifies Walter Sondheim’s legacy of using power with humility to empower people and create possibilities for the Baltimore area community. Franklin Lee is one of the country’s leading authorities on socio-eco... Read more >

Effective January 1, 2015, employers with 15 or more full-time employees in Montgomery County, Maryland will be prohibited from inquiring about a job applicant’s criminal history prior to the conclusion of the first interview.  Montgomery County is the second jurisdiction in Maryland to pass ... Read more >

News of the Ebola virus in the United States has caused significant fear and paranoia among many, despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) and other public health agencies assuring us that the risk of contracting the virus is extremely low (you are more likely to be struck ... Read more >

Tydings has been recommended as a top litigation firm in Maryland in the eighth annual edition of Benchmark Litigation 2015, a publication of Euromoney/Legal Media Group.  The guide focuses exclusively on leading U.S. litigation firms and attorneys. In addition to naming the firm, Bench... Read more >

DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar appoints Jaime Luse to its Law Institute for a three-year term.  Members of the Law Institute are responsible for working with DRI’s substantive committees on two annual seminars and are involved with the organization’s internal efforts to develop new semina... Read more >

Under a new Maryland law, physicians may be approved by the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Marijuana Commission to certify a patient’s use of medical marijuana for one or more qualifying medical conditions.  Marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinol continue to be Schedule I controlled dangerous substan... Read more >

Best Lawyers recognizes six lawyers from Tydings for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015. Scott Patrick Burns:  Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants and Product Liability Litigation-Defendants. William W. Carrier, III: Commercial Litigation, Employment Law-Mana... Read more >

The 2014 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business recognizes Alan M. Grochal for his bankruptcy litigation practice.  According to Chambers, a source describes Mr. Grochal as "... a real bankruptcy lawyer," who adds that "people respect him." Mr. ... Read more >

    The controversial “ban the box” legislation that significantly impacts the majority of Baltimore City employers will go into effect on August 13, 2014. The new law prohibits certain employers in the City of Baltimore from inquiring about a job applicant’s criminal histo... Read more >

Ferrier R. Stillman, co-chair of Tydings' family law group, was recently interviewed by Maryland Family Law Monthly, a publication of The Daily Record and the premier family law periodical in Maryland, about a little known, but important, law that went into effect on April 8, 2014. This law provides... Read more >