News & Insights

The Trustee Is Suing Me For A Transfer I Received How Many Years Ago?

Any creditor that has experienced more than a few customers or borrowers filing for bankruptcy is aware that there is a risk of being sued by a trustee to avoid transfers that the creditor received prior to the bankruptcy filing.  Bankruptcy Code Section 547 empowers a trustee to recover a transfer made in the 90…

IRS Highlights New Policies to Aid Those with Existing Tax Debts

Changes Include Beneficial Payment Plan Options, Less Financial Disclosure for Many with Balances Due, and Ability to Delay Collection Actions This has been a difficult year for many American taxpayers.  In recognition of the job losses, business closures, and other uncertainties caused by COVID-19 and the related shutdowns, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has taken…

COVID-19, Economic Uncertainty, and Local Real Estate Issues Present Beneficial Opportunities for Out-of-Cycle Appeals of Real Property Tax Assessments in Maryland

In Maryland, all real property is assessed to reflect updated market values on a triennial basis.  The location of the property determines the year in which specific real property is re-assessed.  An appeal of a proposed triennial re-assessment must be filed with the Supervisor of Assessments within 45 days of the applicable assessment notice; however,…

SBA Gathering Info on “Economic Uncertainty”: What Form 3509 May Mean for Borrowers in the Paycheck Protection Program

The U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) recently released additional details relevant to those participating in the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”).  In particular, on October 26, 2020, the SBA posted a notice seeking comment regarding drafts or revisions of various forms to be used by the agency in reviewing both loan and forgiveness applications from the…

When Can I Redeem My Pennsylvania Property From Tax Sale? It Depends On Where The Property Is…

Renowned Pennsylvanian Benjamin Franklin famously wrote that “in this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.”  A recent decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court demonstrates that, even in the certain realm of taxes, there is still room for uncertainty. At issue in Fouse v. Saratoga Partners was the difference between…

Consumer Lending Laws May Be A Trap For Even The Wary

It is no surprise to anyone involved in consumer lending that laws designed to protect consumers from inception of the loan relationship through collection of the loan following default vary greatly from state to state and even by loan type within a state. Not staying on top of these variations can get even an experienced…

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP Elects Five New Partners

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP is pleased to announce the election of five of its attorneys as partners of the firm, effective September 10, 2020. The new partners are R. Kelvin Antill, Adam D. Baker, Jamar R. Brown, John A. Carpenter, Jr. and Jeffrey M. Lichtstein. “I am very proud of our new partners, all of…

RMG’s Building Black-Owned Businesses in Baltimore Initiative Selects Five Clients for 2020 Engagement

In July, we announced that, as a Baltimore-based business law firm, one way in which the attorneys and staff at Rosenberg Martin Greenberg are uniquely suited to assist in addressing some of the drivers of economic disparity in Baltimore City’s Black community is by expanding access to legal representation for early-stage Black-owned businesses. In turn,…

Neither Separate Nor Equal: How Thurgood Marshall’s Challenge of Baltimore County’s Segregated School System on Behalf of an RMG Partner’s Relative Relates to Baltimore’s Current Racial Inequality, and Informs RMG’s Efforts to Address It

In 1935, my great aunt, Margaret Williams, then a teenager from Cowdensville, a tiny all-Black enclave in southwest Baltimore County, was denied admittance to Catonsville High School. This was not unusual. To discourage Black migration from the City, Baltimore County refused to provide an education to Black students past the seventh grade. Black pupils seeking…

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Clarifies Applicability of Act 6 To Residential Mortgage Foreclosures (Sort Of)

When the loan documents provide for confession of judgment and the collateral encumbered by the mortgage securing the loan is commercial real property, the foreclosure process in Pennsylvania is straightforward.  The lender first obtains a judgment by confession against the property owner.  Assuming that the property owner does not succeed in having the judgment opened…