by Longman & Van Grack, LLC | Oct 23, 2014 | Blog, Business & Corporate Issues, Business Law, Tax Controversy, Tax Planning
A taxpayer with income from an out-of-state S-corporation often has to pay out-of-state taxes. The taxpayer’s home state usually gives the taxpayer a tax credit for those tax payments. But, that is not quite what happens in Maryland. The constitutionality of...
by Longman & Van Grack, LLC | Oct 20, 2014 | Blog
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] After a verdict against it in a jury trial, Boston Scientific Corp., a leading manufacturer of medical devices, may have to pay $308 million in damages to Maryland-based Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC. Boston Scientific has vowed to...
by Longman & Van Grack, LLC | Oct 17, 2014 | Blog, Business & Civil Litigation, Business & Corporate Issues, Wills & Estate Planning
Tom Clancy’s widow is hardly an impoverished street urchin. Her late husband left an estate estimated at $83 million. She is, however, bringing an action in a Maryland court to have her husband’s attorney removed as the “personal...
by Longman & Van Grack, LLC | Oct 14, 2014 | Blog
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] WhenMontgomery County developers build new projects, they are usually required to pay some portion of the cost of any road and transportation improvements needed to handle the traffic a project may generate. Total traffic is...
by Longman & Van Grack, LLC | Oct 3, 2014 | Appellate Law, Blog, Business & Civil Litigation
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] When an insurance policy contains terms that are open to interpretation, whose opinion countsthe insurance company’s or the policyholder’s Since 1837, Maryland has given insurance companies the benefit of the doubt as...