According to gb.tc Baltimore is a national leader in Civic Hacking. Civic hackers are everyday people (designers, entrepreneurs, engineers, technologists, civil servants… anybody) who are willing to collaborate with others to address challenges relevant to our neighborhoods, cities, states, and country. In Baltimore, civic hackers are already working to open the city’s legal code, help the...Read More

The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly, and with strong bipartisan support, passed the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 (the Act) by a vote of 69-27. The bill would allow a state to require certain remote sellers to collect sales and use tax on sales made to customers in the state. States that are members of the...Read More

BALTIMORE, MD (FEBRUARY 11, 2013) — Today during her State of the City Address, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake proposed a bold set of major reforms as part of the City’s first Ten-Year Financial Plan to confront serious financial challenges facing the City over the next decade. The tough reforms, including proposed changes to City employee pensions and...Read More

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting comments on the final public draft of Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, Special Publication (SP)800-53, Revision 4. The document, two years in the making, is the latest revision to a document that is considered the principal catalog of security safeguards and...Read More

Ever wondered how to register for government contracting?  Federal, state and local governments offer businesses the opportunity to sell billions of dollars worth of products and services. Many government agencies require that some percentage of their procurements be set aside for small businesses. Once you have classified your company based on the established size standards, you...Read More

SBA Small Business?      You may take it for granted that your company is a “small business.” The distinction is important if you wish to register for government contracting as a small business. Once you register as a government contractor, you must adhere to industry size standards established by the U.S. Small Business Administration....Read More

President Obama recently signed the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which appropriates funds for military activities of the Department of Defense and other national security programs. You may be asking yourself, “Why does this matter”  Well, if you’re a small business and are doing business with the government, the NDAA includes a...Read More

[frame src=”http://dondiwestlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/business-legal-services.jpg” width=”IMAGE_WIDTH” height=”IMAGE_HEIGHT” lightbox=”on” title=”IMAGE_TITLE” align=”left” ] Forming a Maryland business, or creating an entity for an existing business, is a complex series of tasks that require expert legal advice.  Our firm is trained to ask the right questions of the business owner(s) to ensure entity is properly created and/or the existing business is...Read More

Landlord  Unusual entity or capacity (manager or agent signing)? Represent that is authorized. Premises Address of building, square footage and exhibit attached showing space? Right to re-measure?  By Landlord or by Tenant? Does pro-rata share adjust? Any parking ratio guarantee or certain number of reserved spaces? Signs May Tenant erect any signs?  Where?  Specs? What...Read More