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In Allied Fire Prot., Inc. v. Thai, No. PWG-17-551, 2017 WL 4354802, at *1 (D. Md. Oct. 2, 2017), the plaintiff employer filed suit against its former employee in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, alleging four causes of action: (I)… Read More

Today, the Senate Finance Committee voted unanimously to delay the enforcement of the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act (“HWFA”). The HWFA was supposed to to go into effect on February 11, 2018, however, the Senate Finance Committee v… Read More

The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) adopted a liberal federal policy favoring arbitration agreements. The FAA recognizes that arbitration is an expeditious way to resolve disputes and conserve judicial resources. It accordingly requires that courts sta… Read More

Yesterday, the Maryland General Assembly passed the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act (“HWFA”). The HWFA requires employers with 15 or more workers to provide paid sick leave to employees who work at least 12 hours per week. Employers with 14… Read More

Related to the previous post, in Churchill v. Prince George’s Cty. Pub. Sch., the plaintiff also brought a claim for a hostile work environment based on her gender under Title VII and the MFEPA. In order to successfully bring such a claim, a pl… Read More

In Churchill v. Prince George’s Cty. Pub. Sch., No. PWG-17-980, 2017 BL 430226 (D. Md. Dec. 01, 2017), the plaintiff brought claims of discrimination based on sexual orientation under Title VII and the Maryland Fair Employment Practices Act (&#… Read More

Continuing from our previous article, the Court next analyzed Plaintiff’s claims under the “promissory estoppel” theory. B. Promissory Estoppel Maryland adopted the Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 90 (1979) for promissory estop… Read More

I came across a recent case that presented fascinating and vigorous legal arguments by a Defendant employer regarding a plaintiff prospective employee’s claim of failure to hire. I will present this case in two articles. Plaintiff alleged that… Read More