Vacation of Confessed Judgment

In March 2014, Stewart A. Sutton represented a client who had signed a promissory note with a confessed judgment provision with her former attorney.  The former attorney obtained a confessed judgment in the amount of $9,300 against the client.  Stewart A. Sutton was...

Maryland’s new wage lien law

In 2013, Maryland enacted a law that authorizes an employee who is owed wages to file a lien against his or her employer’s property.  Maryland Labor & Employment Code section 3-1101 et seq.   An employee asserts a lien for wages owed by preparing a Notice of...