ArticleTrump Administration Proposes $6.2 Billion Budget Cut To HUDLast week the Trump Administration issued its FY2018 federal budget, which begins October 1. United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleIRS Issues New Guidance On TIGER GrantsIn Revenue Procedure 2017-22, the IRS clarified earlier guidance regarding safe harbors for corporate taxpayers receiving grants from the government for capital improvements to transportation services. United StatesTaxMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleEEOC Proposes Guidance To Explain Its Enforcement Of National Origin DiscriminationThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") issued a proposed guidance on June 2, 2016, clarifying its view of national origin discrimination.United StatesEmployment and HRMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleSustainable Investment ProductsGreen Bonds and Social Impact Bonds are examples of sustainable investment products.United StatesFinance and BankingMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleThe United States May Become An International Intellectual Property Tax HavenWe are all familiar with the use of offshore intellectual property holding companies to capitalize on international tax gradients. United StatesIntellectual PropertyMiles & Stockbridge
Article"Smile, Though Your Heart Is Aching": Great Lyric . . . But As A Workplace Policy? Employers Might Be Left FrowningRecently the news media reported on a Trader Joe's employee in New York City who was supposedly fired for not smiling enough.United StatesEmployment and HRMiles & Stockbridge
Article"Smile, Though Your Heart Is Aching": Great Lyric . . . But As A Workplace Policy? Employers Might Be Left FrowningRecently the news media reported on a Trader Joe's employee in New York City who was supposedly fired for not smiling enough. United StatesEmployment and HRMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleDepartment Of State's Annual Report Highlights Risk Of Parental Child AbductionThe U.S. Department of State reported yesterday that more than 600 children were abducted by parents from the United States to another country in 2015.United StatesFamily and MatrimonialMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleReplacement At The Head Of The U.S. Patent And Trademark OfficeMichelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for more than two years, submitted a letter of resignation on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 6, 2017.United StatesIntellectual PropertyMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleHUD To Fund $120 Million For Its Choice Neighborhoods Grant ProgramThe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will be accepting grant applications from eligible applicants through June 28, 2016, for HUD's Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants program.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleNew Maryland Laws Governing Condominiums And HOAsBeginning on October 1, 2017, several new laws will go into effect in Maryland governing condominiums and homeowners associations.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleCyber Security Alert: May 12, 2017 RANSOMWARE AttackLast Friday, May 12, 2017, a world-wide ransomware attack was launched using the WannaCrypt, a.k.a, WannaCry, ransomware program in "phishing" emails...United StatesTechnologyMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleOpioid Epidemic Likely To Become A Workplace Issue For Maryland-Area EmployersDrug overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50. Of the drugs contributing to these deaths, prescription opioids, heroin, and the synthetic opioids ...United StatesEmployment and HRMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleGreen Bond Assessments"Green Bonds" are a relatively new trend in the bond market. United StatesFinance and BankingMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleThe Rise Of Social Impact BondsThe social impact bond or pay for success program is an alternative private financing model used to test social impact programs before governments step up to finance such programs.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleCFPB Class Action Waiver Rule Invalidated Amidst Ongoing Diminution Of CFPB PowerIn October 2017, the United States Senate voted to invalidate a rule promulgated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB"), which would have prohibited financial institutions from using arbitration agreements...United StatesConsumer ProtectionMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleDirector Cordray Has Chance To Retain Power And AutonomyThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Court issued its decision in PHH Corporation v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in October, 2016...United StatesConsumer ProtectionMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleCyber Crime Pays! Different Attacks Have Different ValuesCisco's midyear report showed that CEO fraud netted cybercrime five times more money than ransomware 1 over the last three years.United StatesCriminal LawMiles & Stockbridge
Article4 Reasons Why PACE Bonds Are A Good Opportunity To Finance Energy Efficiency Upgrades Or Renewable Energy ProjectsProperty Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Bonds are a financing tool used to finance energy efficiency upgrades or renewable energy projects in residential...United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleLand Use Lessons From The Eye Of The HurricaneAs I write this article, powerful Hurricane Irma is bearing down on Florida, and Hurricane Jose is close behind it, farther out in the Atlantic Ocean.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionMiles & Stockbridge