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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 >
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Chambers USA Recognizes Tydings Lawyers

June 7, 2023
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 >
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Are Your Highly Compensated Employees Entitled to Overtime Pay?

By: Casey D. Brinks
March 22, 2023
According to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, the answer could depend on how their compensation is calculated.  In Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., et al. v. Hewitt, the Supreme Court held that Mr. Hewitt, an oil rig worker who earned more than $200,000 annually, was entitled to over... Read more >
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D.C.'s Ban on Non-Competes Takes Effect

By: Melissa Calhoon Jones
November 10, 2022
(If you employ at least one employee who is working 50% of the time in D.C., read on.) Note:  This article updates our previous article on the D.C. Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020).  The implementation of the D.C. Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 w... Read more >
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Post-Nuptial Agreements Allow A Spouse to be Paid to Stay Married

By: Ferrier R. Stillman
November 8, 2022
Post-Nuptial Agreements are used by spouses to change their legal rights and responsibilities from either the terms of a Pre-Nuptial Agreement they already have or to modify the rights and responsibilities that they have under the law even without a Pre-Nuptial Agreement. Divorces often result fr... Read more >