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I am renting a unit in a commercial building in Maryland for my business and have experienced significant water damage due to a leaking roof. We have been notifying the property managers through email for several months, but their responses are only about attempts to fix the roof without addressing... View More 
answered on Mar 6, 2025
You need to retain counsel for a lease review. Commercial leases are not controlled by consumer rental laws. The lease is usually binding, but commercial leases are often longer and complex. You need to know what your lease says, and you should have had counsel review before you signed it. That... View More
I'm currently in the process of a divorce and need to draft a marital settlement agreement. My spouse and I have five children, and we have discussed all the custody and support arrangements, as well as the division of assets and debts. How should I proceed with drafting the agreement to... View More
answered on Mar 6, 2025
Please hire a lawyer to do this. This is not a do-it-yourself project. You do not know what you do not know, and leaving necessary provisions out, or putting in the wrong provisions or wording, will cost a fortune in future litigation to try and reverse or correct, and potentially without... View More
In the state of Maryland, can a funeral home be designated as the owner or beneficiary on a current life insurance policy? It is a personal decision for specific reasons.
My partner, who lived with me and helped run my business, left everything to his ex-wife in his will, including the business and the home, as he believed I would pass away first. After his death, his ex-wife, the bookkeeper, tried to claim the business and home. We reached a settlement agreement... View More
The contract is for repairs to my home.
answered on Oct 24, 2024
If no work has been performed or materuials ordered, then you can cancel and disavow the contract without penalty. If you've paid the initial deposit, and the contractor has commenced work or ordered materials, then you have partial performance and either side can argue the contract has been... View More
answered on Sep 28, 2024
These kinds of zoning questions are usually county specific. Additionally, even where a state or local law does not prohibit the operation of a home day care this does not mean that the home owners association does not have limitations in its bylaws or declarations. So you my want to check into... View More
Employer lives in Elkton, MD. I live in Florida. We agreed during interview that I would be getting started. That was verbal. Then via email it was agreed that in furnishing proprietary information to demonstrate my skill and abilities, I would be getting an offer within the next week. After... View More
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answered on Sep 7, 2024
You may have a valid claim for compensation or breach of agreement if the employer benefited from the proprietary information you provided based on the promise of a job offer or compensation. Even though the agreement was informal and communicated via email, such agreements can sometimes be... View More
I went to the Childrens place 15 mins before close and manager refused to let anyone in. I posted a TikTok that went viral and received a message on TikTok from the manager threatening to beat my a**. I live in the stores neighborhood and have been afraid to leave my house to shop and do activities... View More
answered on Sep 14, 2024
A Maryland attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for three weeks. At this point, you could reach out to Maryland attorneys to try to arrange a free initial consult. A law firm would probably want to discuss in detail and possibly investigate things before offering an evaluation... View More
answered on Aug 31, 2024
Your post doesn't describe whether your son is the sole owner or whether he is in MD or DE. I presume that he is in MD.
If your son runs this business as a sole proprietorship a financial Power of Attorney should give persons of his choosing authority to manage his affairs,... View More
We want to protect his business from creditors until he is able to return to work.
answered on Aug 28, 2024
The best option is if he is mentally competent enough to sign a power of attorney that has a robust business management power section. If he is not mentally competent, then you will need to petition for guardianship. It is possible to do so on an emergency basis if there is an emergency, but it... View More
I want to do a e commerce business where I order goods cheaply on-line and store them at my home/sell to customers via e commerce site. I will not be making any goods. I know I need a trader's license from the clerk of the court and I need to do a home affidavit form for zoning BUT that form... View More
answered on Aug 31, 2024
Business uses are limited in residential districts. What can permissibly be done in a particular zoning district varies greatly by county in Maryland. If a desired use is not allowed in a particular district in your particular county, the only options are to petition for a zoning reclassification... View More
I am planning to manage investment portfolios for friends and family through an Interactive Brokers (IBKR) account while residing in Maryland. I will have less than $25 million in assets under management and fewer than 15 clients. Given these parameters, do I qualify for the de minimis exemption... View More
answered on Jun 26, 2024
Thank you for reaching out regarding managing investment portfolios for friends and family through an Interactive Brokers (IBKR) account while residing in Maryland. Based on your parameters of having less than $25 million in assets under management and fewer than 15 clients, you may likely qualify... View More
Let's say my LLC name is "ABC Company, LLC", and I want to use the trade name of "ABC Company". While this is obviously a generalized example, in practice my LLC name is fairly unique. Additionally, I plan on filing my trade name in the short term, but I do not want to have... View More
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answered on Jun 17, 2024
You are generally allowed to operate your business using a trade name (also known as a fictitious business name or DBA) even if it has not yet been officially filed with the state, as long as you meet certain requirements and follow the proper procedures for filing the trade name within a... View More
So I'm 15 years old and I live in Maryland. I have started an LLC for my soon to open T Shirt business that I'm starting. I formed it as a single member LLC and got my Articles of organization, EIN and all that stuff. My next step was to get a business checking account but I just learned... View More
answered on Mar 25, 2024
You are correct. You have to be 18 years of age or older to open your own bank account without your parent's authorized as joint account holders. To my knowledge, there are no loopholes to this requirement. To put it simply, there is no way around this without adding your parents to your... View More
Are there any Additional License or Certification?
answered on Mar 2, 2024
I'd want to check your licensor and your business plan before rendering any opinion, but property management is one of the things real estate brokers are licensed to do. You don't say you are a broker, however, so you may merely be licensed as a sales person, that is, to be an agent for a... View More
Let's say that I previously was a sole proprietor and served client ABC during that time as a sole proprietor. Let's also say that at some point after serving client ABC, I formed an LLC for the same business. At some point after the formation of the LLC, client ABC sues me/my business.... View More
answered on Feb 11, 2024
If the basis for the lawsuit is for something that happened before you formed the LLC, then the LLC shield does not protect you from personal liability.
I am looking to operate an online business where I sell online courses and PowerPoint templates as materials with the course. I have seen that a Microsoft Office Home and Student license is not allowed for commercial purposes.
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1. Is the Microsoft Professional license... View More
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answered on Feb 21, 2024
1. The Microsoft Office Professional license may indeed be suitable for distributing materials such as online courses and PowerPoint templates for commercial purposes. However, it's essential to carefully review the terms and conditions of the license to ensure that it allows for the specific... View More
I am looking into creating an E-commerce site that sells Cannabis Accessories (Grinders, Pipes, Etc). I have no intention on selling any CBD products.
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answered on Jan 28, 2024
Here are the key regulations around selling cannabis accessories online in Maryland:
1. Legal to sell cannabis accessories - Maryland has legalized cannabis accessories, so products like grinders, rolling papers, pipes, bongs, etc are legal to sell to adults over 21.
2. No sale of... View More
answered on Jan 24, 2024
Depends on the law of the state where you want to move the LLC to, and what you are actually looking to achieve. There are four options: (1) keep the MD registration and simply register to do business in the other state as a foreign registered LLC; (2) dissolve the MD LLC and create a new LLC in... View More
I am looking to possibly start selling stickers and t-shirts online via Etsy. The images I am hoping to use would be created using AI websites. Is this something I am legally allowed to do?
answered on Jan 29, 2024
This is a great question, and is quite naturally very complex given the ever-changing landscape of technology. Right now, general intellectual property laws that govern internet images are essentially limited to uniquely created imagery and content that is produced by human individuals.... View More
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