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Employment Law: The Internship, No Wages But Potentially Very Expensive
Unpaid 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 costing a lot of money.
Read MoreInsurance Defense: Reservation of Rights Letter
An 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 a consequence, insurers typically hire and pay attorneys to defend claims, in part because the…
Read MoreInsurance Defense: Volunteer Liability
Have 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 a great time. Then, one guest starts having too much fun and one too many…
Read MoreBowie & Jensen, LLC Participates in Bone Marrow Registry Drive
Melody 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”
Perhaps 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 often a target for trademark infringement. Unscrupulous individuals, and sometimes even business competitors, may attempt…
Read MoreMatthew Hjortsberg to Serve on Board of the Sports Legends Museum and the Babe Ruth Museum
Bowie & 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 to be a part of such an interesting organization,” said Hjortsberg. “The foundation does amazing…
Read MoreTax Law: Fiscal Cliff Notes and the Tax ramifications of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 and Sequester Cuts
The “sequester” recently gobbled up headlines across national media. It has developed so much hype that many may have forgotten they already watched this movie’s first installment earlier in the year called “The Fiscal Cliff.” The American Taxpayer Relief Act was the federal government’s initial solution to the fiscal cliff. It was described as a…
Read MoreTax Law: Marriage and Tax Equality, Separate but Equal?
The word “equality” has become a mainstay of media headlines over the past several weeks as the issue of same-sex marriage has reached the Supreme Court.
Read MoreConstruction Law: Successful Subrogation Defense for Contractors
(Towson, Maryland) Bowie & Jensen trial attorney Jason Brino successfully defended a contractor in a subrogation claim brought by an insurance carrier claiming that faulty workmanship caused a building to collapse in a recent lawsuit.
Read MoreEmpowering Businesses to Succeed Seminar Series
Upcoming Seminar Topics for 2013 May 17, 2013 FLSA: Strategies for Reducing Vulnerability in Wage ClaimsPresented by: J. Nicole Windsor June 21, 2013 Stealth ContractsPresented by: Matthew G. Hjortsberg/Michael W. Siri July 19, 2013 Buying, Selling and Valuing BusinessesPresented by: Mark T. JensenGuest Speaker: Mark Norris, AV, Tucker & Meltzer, LLC August 16, 2013 eMarketing:…
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