Maryland Business Law & Corporate Litigation Blog

If you have recently been affected by a fiduciary’s breach of duty in Maryland, you deserve to know what remedies are available to you, monetary and otherwise. Equitable remedies available for breach of fiduciary duty include disgorgement of profits, creation of constructive trusts, injunctions to stop or commence specific activity, restitution, removal of a fiduciary, […]

Going through the trouble of writing contracts is not always enough to protect yourself from breach or contracts simply falling through.  Even if you had a strong real estate contract in place, there are typically ways it can fall through or be breached, allowing you to claim damages and other relief. The commercial real estate […]

Fiduciary duties come up in a large range of situations.  A fiduciary relationship is common in trusts, for agents (e.g., a broker), and especially in corporate structures.  When a fiduciary breaches their fiduciary duties, it can leave you with financial harm and potentially even a case against the fiduciary.  But how do you identify and […]

Without doing your due diligence before sending an offer and while a commercial building is under contract, you risk proceeding with a sale that does not deliver the return you anticipated. Before closing on a commercial building, perform property inspections, environmental assessments, a lease audit, a financial analysis, and a title search. Confirm that the […]

Deeds and other property records should be reliable proof of where your property starts and another company’s property ends.  When there are issues with these records, boundary disputes become inevitable. Resolving a boundary dispute starts with collecting all of the relevant information.  Once we know where the boundaries are supposed to be, we can negotiate […]

Having a conflict of interest might put a fiduciary in breach of their legal duty If their interests clash with beneficiaries, they might make decisions that harm beneficiaries. As a beneficiary, you have the right to know how conflicts of interest impact fiduciary responsibilities, and what to do if they arise. Favoring one beneficiary over […]

When a trustee, financial advisor, or other fiduciary stops acting in your interests, you might face consequences. Before we address disputes through litigation, we will identify your goals and see which common remedy matches them. Fiduciary litigation offers several remedies, including monetary damages. Additionally, judges may remove fiduciaries from their roles and make them pay […]

Don’t ignore suspicions that a trustee is misusing trust assets and funds in Maryland. Our attorneys can help you take the necessary steps to protect your interests as a beneficiary, including removing the trustee who has abused their role as a fiduciary. Almost immediately, our attorneys can request an accounting report for the trust on […]

Being a trustee is a massive responsibility, one that shirking or abusing can have serious consequences for the value of a trust and its beneficiaries. When a trustee violates the duty they owe beneficiaries, they can be held personally liable for any resulting damages. A trustee can be held liable for damages arising from self-dealing, […]

With our lawyers’ help, you can quickly resolve a tenant lawsuit over habitability issues without going to court or paying additional damages. How you respond to reports of habitability issues or a formal lawsuit affects the outcome, so take this seriously and seek our lawyers’ help. Make addressing habitability issues a priority if a tenant […]