The Paley Rothman Blog
Paley Rothman shares this library of resources with clients and friends of the firm to help them stay ahead of legal and business developments and trends. Here, you will find helpful tips and tools written by our attorneys. The information in the blogs and articles is not a substitute for legal advice and should not be relied on as such. Should you have any questions or want legal advice, please contact the attorney who wrote the blog or article.
June 11, 2013
By
Michelle Chapin on June 11, 2013
Virginia Code §20-111.1(A) and (D) revokes a beneficiary designation in any contract naming a former spouse as the beneficiary of death benefit proceeds. If the revocation is preempted by federal law, the statute stipulates that the former spouse is personally liable to the person who would have received the death benefit. This law was intended to prevent divorced individuals from inadvertently granting a windfall to an ex-spouse.
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June 10, 2013
By
Trish Weaver on June 10, 2013
So, you thought you had a good case going into trial, but things did not go quite the way you anticipated. Rest assured that the trial court’s decision need not be the end of the line. The appellate courts exist because the trial courts do not always get it right.
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June 3, 2013
On May 20, 2013, the Court of Appeals of Maryland in Zei v. Maryland Transit Administration, held that a bus operator employed by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), and who suffered from cardiovascular disease was, as a matter of law, not a “qualified individual” under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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June 3, 2013
By on June 3, 2013
As I have written in the past, for all of us family law practitioners wedding season equates to prenuptial agreement season. While we prefer to begin the process of negotiating and drafting those agreements several months prior to the special day, we often receive these calls only a few weeks before the wedding day.
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May 23, 2013
On May 16, 2013, a Maryland law was approved which substantially modifies existing protections against pregnancy-related discrimination and appears to create something resembling “most favored nation” status for pregnant workers. All Maryland employers with more than 15 employees need to pay close attention to the new law because it changes human resource management protocol for dealing with pregnant employees, requires more posters be displayed in the workplace and mandates modifications to employee handbooks. The law is scheduled to take effect October 1, 2013.
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