Driving that train, high on cocaine,Casey Jones you better watch your speed.Trouble ahead, trouble behind,And you know that notion just crossed my mind...This quote predicates the recent opinion which Judge Glenn Harrell writes for the Maryland Court of Special...
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Paramount Equity Resurfaces
"Piercing the corporate veil" or pursuing an individual for the debt of a corporation or LLC is very hard to do. This is the case even when that individual is responsible for running and deriving profit from that corporation or LLC. However, the Maryland Court of...
Defendant Can be Ordered to Pay Home Improvement Restitution for Bad Check Guilty Plea
The Maryland Court of Appeals recently overturned the Court of Special Appeals and held that a judge can order a Defendant to pay thousands of dollars in restitution related to his fraudulent home improvement activities if he pleads guilty, not to home improvement...
Have You Been Sued in the Wrong State?
Often relying on "forum selection clauses" in contracts, law firms will bring suits against consumers in a state or county which the consumer neither lives in nor signed the contract in. This conduct violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. If this happens to...