Employment Law: New Laws for Employees with Wage Claims
May 24, 2013A new Maryland labor and employment law incentivizes settling unpaid wage claims and may reduce court caseload. A new law that will go into effect on October 1st has effectively turned the tables on who is the plaintiff and who …
Read MoreAround Town Updates by Mark Jensen: Recap of ETC's Business Development Panel
May 22, 2013Several companies in the Canton Emerging Technology Center recently reached out for advice on business development. My good friend Andrew Rose (Director of Marketing & Business Development at Naden/Lean, LLC) graciously agreed to organize a panel to discuss business development …
Read MoreIn-N-Out Burger Settles its Beef with Grab-N-Go
May 21, 2013Bowie & Jensen’s Joshua A. Glikin represented famous West Coast burger joint In-N-Out Burger against a restaurant formerly called Grab-N-Go in Aberdeen, Maryland. Glikin successfully negotiated a settlement in federal court that has since led the opposing side to change …
Read MoreBowie and Jensen, LLC Sponsors Oxfam Trailwalker
May 21, 2013Bowie and Jensen, LLC sponsored Message System’s Team Momentum in the May Oxfam Traillwalker event in Japan. Oxfam Trailwalker, “the world’s greatest team challenge” is an endurance fundraising event in which teams of four complete at 100km hike through bush …
Read MoreEmployment Law: The Internship, No Wages But Potentially Very Expensive
May 14, 2013Unpaid interns can be a great resource for companies to grow prospective talent internally and contribute to the local community. That is, unless the company only really hired the interns for free labor. In which case, free interns can end up …
Read MoreInsurance Defense: Reservation of Rights Letter
May 13, 2013An insured may choose its own attorney to defend a lawsuit if the insurer issues a reservation of rights letter. Virtually all liability policies, including policies which cover employment-related claims, obligate insurers to defend lawsuits filed against their insureds. As …
Read MoreInsurance Defense: Volunteer Liability
May 11, 2013Have you ever seen a volunteer event go terribly wrong? Imagine a summer block party put on by the neighborhood association, or the spring fling for a local charity. The weather is perfect. The turnout is outstanding. People are having …
Read MoreBowie & Jensen, LLC Participates in Bone Marrow Registry Drive
May 8, 2013Melody Tagliaferri Cronin, a talented young lawyer with great promise, bravely battled leukemia for nearly 2 years. She was always optimistic, always smiling, and never gave up.
Read MoreIntellectual Property Law: A Better Solution for Stopping “Cybersquatters”
April 26, 2013Perhaps the best space a business can own is not a physical space at all, but space on the internet, which usually means registering and owning a domain name. A domain name is like home-sweet-home to a business and is …
Read MoreMatthew Hjortsberg to Serve on Board of the Sports Legends Museum and the Babe Ruth Museum
April 25, 2013Bowie & Jensen is pleased to announce that managing partner Matthew Hjortsberg has been appointed to the board of the Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation, which operates the Sports Legends Museum and the Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore. “It’s an honor …
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