by Longman & Van Grack, LLC | Jan 22, 2016 | Blog, Business & Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate
One often-overlooked legal issue related to property disputes, property damage, and storms in Maryland, Virginia, and DC is potential legal liability related to tree damage, at risk trees, or fallen trees. Trees and other growth from a neighboring property can often...
by Longman & Van Grack, LLC | Jan 20, 2016 | Business & Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Sports & Recreation Law
Last year, we wrote that National Football League (“NFL”) and Washington Redskins wide receiver Pierre Garcon had filed a class-action legal Complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland against the daily fantasy football site FanDuel on...
by Longman & Van Grack, LLC | Jan 14, 2016 | Appellate Law, Business & Civil Litigation, Business & Corporate Issues, Commercial Litigation
For the past six years, Costco has been attempting to secure the rights and permits to build a 16-pump gas station near its store in Wheaton, Maryland, adjacent to the Westfield Wheaton Mall. However, Costco’s proposed gas station would allegedly be built...
by Longman & Van Grack, LLC | Dec 21, 2015 | Blog, Business & Corporate Issues, Tax Controversy, Tax Planning
The Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 restructures the due dates and filing deadlines for partnership and C corporation tax returns beginning with the 2016 tax year. Once the new rules take effect, partnerships will be...
by Longman & Van Grack, LLC | Dec 18, 2015 | Blog, Tax Controversy, Tax Planning
In a move designed to ease the paperwork and record keeping burdens faced by small businesses, the IRS on November 24 announced an increase to the de minimis safe harbor thresholds that permit taxpayers to fully deduct expenditures for certain capital items. Under the...