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LawMatters- July 2016

This content has been archived. It may no longer be relevantEvery day, the law impacts our lives in ways big and small. We see its large-scale reverberations in political debates, news headlines, pop culture, as well as in our personal interactions with coworkers, spouses, neighbors, and employees. Whether you are planning for your family’s future,…

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Offit Kurman Attorney Reports in From the Maryland Cannabis Industry Association

Maryland is one of several states in the past few years to legalize the sale of medical cannabis, and local entrepreneurs are eager to obtain their licenses. Permission to sell, however, is only one detail among a larger set of challenges, opportunities, and questions facing cultivators, dispensary owners, health care providers, and other stakeholders in…

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Read | Delete: Twitter’s Role in the Presidential Election

In this election year, Twitter is a battleground. This data shows how the candidates – and their campaigns – tweet in very different ways. Source: Wall Street Journal   Got an interesting Fast Fact for a business audience? Please send and share it with our 1,653 subscribers. Click here to subscribe to Read|Delete and receive fast facts…

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M & A Nuggets: Drill Down on Earnings

To determine a purchase price to offer to the seller, purchasers most often analyze some form of the target’s earnings, whether EBITDA, net cash flow or some other measure.  When analyzing the seller’s income statement and statement of cash flows, care must be taken to make sure that the earnings number you use supports your…

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What Buyers Need to Know About Closing a M&A Transaction

This is Part V in my six-part series on the anatomy of an M&A deal from the buyer’s perspective. To read Part IV, which covers financing and negotiation, click here. In the world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), there is one basic, unstoppable factor that derails transactions right before they would otherwise close: lack of…

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The Entrepreneur’s Lab Video Series: D.I.T.C.H

“The Entrepreneur’s Lab,” a one-minute video series aimed at offering practical guidance and thought leadership to entrepreneurs and business owners. Videos are adapted from business law and transactions practice group chair Michael N. Mercurio’s recurring segment every Tuesday night from 6–7pm on AHA! Business Radio, a show produced for WJZ (CBS Sports Radio 1300). Each installment of “The…

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Ramifications of Social Security Benefits in Divorce or Annulment

Maryland’s Court of Appeals, the highest Court of our state, issued an opinion on July 19, 2016, which directs trial courts to consider Social Security benefits when making a monetary award relating to the equitable distribution of marital property, notwithstanding that the benefit itself cannot be divided and that there can be no direct set…

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Friday Factoid: Increased Criticism for YouTube

Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“DMCA”), websites like YouTube are exempt from copyright infringement liability if they merely provide a platform to host third-party material and follow the DMCA’s procedures for taking down infringing content. Many in the music industry are demanding that the DMCA be changed to require sites like YouTube…

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The Weekly Scenario: Long Term Care Insurance

Question: Why is the spouse who is in better health (the “healthy” spouse) at risk without long term care insurance? Answer: If the unhealthy or disabled spouse has long term care needs and is uninsured they are still likely to have their care needs taken care of by the healthy spouse. The individual will either be…

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A Video Conversation with Avner Spector, CEO and Co-founder of Medispec- Part 4- On His Israeli Heritage

Click Here for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Setting new standards of treatment with shockwave therapy Avner Spector is the CEO and co-founder of Medispec, a medical technology company that specializes in extracorporeal shockwave therapy solutions. At clinics, medical centers, and hospitals in over 80 countries around the world, health care providers use Medispec’s…

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