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Government Contracts: Timing for Challenges to Solicitation Procedures
Challenges to Solicitation Procedures, Such as Amendments to Solicitations, Must Be Made Before Contracts are Awarded The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit confirmed that, where a protest is based upon a defect in the bid solicitation process, the protest must be made before the bid is awarded. In the case of Comint Systems…
Read MoreEmployment Law: Out With the Old, in With the New Forms for Employers Using Credit Information in Employment Decisions
As of January 1, any employer that uses an individual’s credit report as grounds for an adverse employment action is required to supply that individual with an updated “Summary of Rights” form under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). The FCRA form was revised to conform to new financial regulations under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall…
Read MoreIn Disputes Over Patient Consent, It’s All About the Doctor
For a patient claiming lack of adequate consent to a medical procedure, the fight is with the physician, not the physician’s employer or the hospital where by surgery was performed. Under Maryland law, the duty to provide a patient with informed consent lies with the doctor, a U.S. District Court judge in Maryland ruled last…
Read MoreEmployment Law: Personal Liability for Wages? It May Depend on the Boss
Though the business entity is normally liable for unpaid wages, employees also may attempt to claim them from individual owners of the employer entity. In Maryland, an individual construction project manager who is a company owner may be considered an “employer” under the Fair Labor Standards Acts (“FLSA”) and could be liable for unpaid wages…
Read MoreWhen the Appeal Loses Its Appeal
Litigants dissatisfied with the outcome of their trial generally have the right to an appeal. Deciding whether to exercise that right can be fraught with strategic concerns. If your business finds itself compelled to resolve a dispute at trial, the trial court’s judgment — represented in celluloid by the judge’s gavel banging down — does…
Read MoreIntellectual Property Law: Just Because You Paid For That Custom Software Does Not Mean You Own It.
Companies sometimes pay large sums of money to independent contractors to create a custom software program and mistakenly assume that they own the result. Many companies have valuable intellectual property developed within their business, one of which is rights in copyrighted materials. Copyrights do not involve just novels and artwork; they can include software programs,…
Read MoreThe Law and LinkedIn®: Vying Over a Former Employee’s Account
Who controls a LinkedIn® account is the subject of an ongoing federal case filed by a company’s former president whose account was taken over by the company after she was fired. Round one of the fight just went to the employer. Linda Eagle was the president of Edcomm, a banking education company in Pennsylvania, until…
Read More2013 Empowering Businesses to Succeed Seminar Series
Bowie & Jensen invites business owners and aspiring business owners to participate in its Empowering Businesses to Succeed Seminar Series, scheduled to begin on January 25, 2013. The first seminar, entitled “Top Employment Law Considerations for 2013” will be presented by J. Nicole Windsor. On February 15, Michael D. Oliver will be presenting “The America…
Read MoreLegalEase Newsletter Q1 January 2013
In case you missed our LegalEase e-newsletter from the first quarter, here is a link to the edition. http://conta.cc/17AZKMa
Read MoreBowie & Jensen's Information Technology Law Practice Recognized in U.S. News – Best Law Firms Rankings
Towson, MD: U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers have released the 2013 “Best Law Firms” rankings, providing a comprehensive view of the U.S. legal profession that is unprecedented both in the range of firms represented and in the range of qualitative and quantitative data used to develop the rankings. The third edition of these…
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