by Longman & Van Grack, LLC | Dec 25, 2014 | Blog, Business & Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation
When Can You Sue a Business for Creating a Private Nuisance? The Bengies is Maryland’s last drive-in movie theater. It has survived the rise of the multiplex, DVDs and Netflix. But the theater, founded in 1956, may have lost a skirmish over a more...
by Longman & Van Grack, LLC | Dec 22, 2014 | Blog, Business & Civil Litigation, Business & Corporate Issues, Commercial Litigation
When Are Land-Use Restrictions an Unconstitutional Taking? One of the nation’s largest homebuilding companies, Pulte Home Corporation, invested millions in plans to build nearly a thousand homes on 541-acre site designated for residential development in...
by Longman & Van Grack, LLC | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog
When Can Insurance Companies Refuse to Pay D&O Liability Insurance Claims? A recent lawsuit in a Maryland federal court over insurance coverage for litigation costs raises important director and officer liability insurance issues. Because of the...
by Longman & Van Grack, LLC | Dec 9, 2014 | Blog
Businesses can have many contracts and agreements with joint partners, suppliers, clients and customers. Language in those documents should determine how disputes will be resolved. If those disputes cannot be negotiated amicably, instead of potentially ending...
by Longman & Van Grack, LLC | Dec 8, 2014 | Blog
Mixing business affairs and family often has dire consequences. This is evidenced by a recent case involving a professional athlete and his family. Ryan Howard is the Philadelphia Phillies first baseman. Early in his career he was an all star slugger, part of a...
by Longman & Van Grack, LLC | Dec 5, 2014 | Blog, Business & Civil Litigation, Real Estate
Government bodies have long had the ability to take private property (with fair compensation) for a public purpose. Traditionally that might have meant for roads or schools, but government is increasingly getting into the real estate development business using their...
