You can complain to the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General's office and they will investigate.

(1) and (2): The Consumer Product Safety Commission issues recalls for unsafe consumer products, and the manufacturer remains liable to injured persons (emphasis on "injured") on account of their dangerous products, but there is n general right to sue companies solely on the basis that... View More

Assuming what you are being told (by whom?) is true, the bank that paid the check is legally liable to the person or company to whom the check was made payable. The bank that paid the check accepted a forged signature without checking or confirming the identity of the person cashing/depositing it.... View More

Read all about your rights at the following link, and scroll to the end of the page on the link for phone numbers to call. You can also search for a consumer protection lawyer who may be able to take on the case under a consumer protection statute that allows them to sue for attorney's fees... View More

Each county and the City of Balitomore has its own liquor board license regulations for sale of liquor within their jurisdictions, so you will need to check with each jurisdiction in which you intend to operate. You will have to check with each liquor license board whether a license is required to... View More

(1) the word, "seal" appears on, near or under th signature of the person signing the contract, which extends th SOL to 12 years in Maryland.

(2) the contract specifies a different SOL.

(3) the party suing is or was under a disability during the time the SOL was running,... View More

MD Code, Business Occupations & Professions, § 18-101. Definitions

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

Circumventional information

(b)(1) “Circumventional information” means information, including pass codes, that allows an individual... View More

If your business uses or owns any personal property in the conduct of its business, then yes. Businesses must pay an annual tax based on the value of their personal property (furniture, fixtures, tools, machinery, equipment, etc.). The Maryland Department of Assessments & Taxation administers... View More

No, but it’s a lot cleaner and easier for accounting and tax purposes if you do, since you need to separate out business expenses and income from your personal expenses. It’s a much better business practice as well since there may come a time when you’d like to obtain business financing,... View More

Consult a lawyer. You can issue stock on behalf of the company as the director or officer, to yourself, by use of a bill of sale or stock subscription agreement. You need to check your articles of incorporation and any stockholder's agreement, by-laws, etc., to confirm how many shares of... View More

Such an endeavor and investment warrants the retaining of an experienced immigration attorney. There are a few possibilities and you should discuss them with a qualified attorney.

A vending machine license is not required if the following items are offered for sale:

Cigarettes - (Special laws govern the sales of cigarettes through a vending machine. For more information, contact the State License Bureau or the Clerk of the Circuit Court in the county in which the... View More

You do not need to establish a business to self publish a book, but there are several advantages to to doing so. For instance, you can deduct businesses expenses you may have incurred in making your book from your tax liability.

Sole proprietorships, partnerships, and LLCs each have... View More

The filing fees are listed on the SDAT website, and the amount depends on whether you mail the filings in (which can take two to four weeks to get filed that way) or by electronic filing over the internet portal, which happens within a day. The fee doubles to do the internet portal filing. Legal... View More

Unless you can show a knowing and intentional act on the part of the dental office to fraudulently trick you into dental services they knew were not covered by your insurance plan, and you clearly and unequivocally communicated to them that you would only accept the procedures if they confirmed... View More

No you cannot be forced out without a court order mandating that course of action.

Until the tenant exercises the option to buy, and converts the lease into a sales contract, the tenant remains a tenant and the owner remains a landlord, and the remedies for breach are governed by the landlord tenant laws. There may even be a gray area between exercise of the option and actually... View More

Ship chandler is a term that's used more loosely than traditional seagoing slots for which licensing credentialing is clear, such as second engineer for first officer. If the employer has any kind of requirement to maintain merchant marine credentialing, information on seagoing credentialing... View More

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You need to retain local counsel to set up the right corporate entities for you, then have an intellectual property attorney set up the appropriate protections for you. THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE! YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY WHO IS LICENSED IN YOUR STATE FOR LEGAL ADVICE. This is merely... View More

“Under the doctrine of ‘patent exhaustion,’” United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., wrote in a 2017 decision, “once a patent holder sells an item, it can no longer control the item through the patent laws.... The purchaser and all subsequent owners are free to use... View More