• Related Attorney(s):
• Leslie J. Williams

• Practice Area(s):
• Estates and Trusts

President Obama signed into law the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 at the end of last year. This law can simply be called the “Tax Relief Act.” The Tax Relief Act offers significant relief on the estate and gift tax front, but although the news is mostly good, there are some concerns as well.

• Related Attorney(s):
• George E. Reede Jr.

• Practice Area(s):
• Insurance Law

In theory at least, communication is a simple matter: the exchange of information from one person to another—and, for our purposes, in written form. Yet we all know that written communication is anything but simple in practice. In the current insurance environment, one wrong word can mean the difference between effective resolution of a claim and litigation.

• Related Attorney(s):
• Matthew L. Kimball

• Practice Area(s):
• Commercial Real Estate, 
• Condominium and Home Owner Association Law

Baltimore City has been in the vanguard of jurisdictions implementing mandatory Green building standards for new construction and renovations. In 2007, the City Council passed a green building law requiring all newly constructed or extensively modified non-residential or specified multi-family buildings of at least 10,000 gross square feet of floor area achieve either LEED Silver Certification or certification under an equivalent energy and environmental design standard.

• Related Attorney(s):
• Paul M. Finamore

• Practice Area(s):
• Employment Law

Partner Paul M. Finamore takes a quick break from employment law to discuss football and his popular tailgate parties with the Baltimore Business Journal in this fun "2 1/2 Minutes" article.