Today's fast-paced business environment requires that all business organizations - regardless of size - understand both that their intellectual properties are among their most valuable assets and that the efficient use of technology is a powerful tool in staying competitive in an ever-changing global marketplace. The successful identification, protection and commercialization of ideas, technologies and information is no easy undertaking and requires highly specialized legal advice.
Our Intellectual Property & Technology group handles a full range of technology and intellectual property matters for our clients, ranging from individual inventors to small businesses to large publicly-held corporations, across a wide spectrum of industries and technologies. Our IP lawyers work closely with clients to help them identify, protect, expand and leverage their technologies and other IP assets in a number of ways. Our proven experience and capabilities include:
The preparation and prosecution of domestic and foreign patents, trademark and copyright applications and related opinion matters
Conducting intellectual property audits to, among other things, identify all relevant intellectual property assets and ensure non-infringement of third parties' intellectual property
The design and implementation of intellectual property protection strategies
The negotiation of domestic and international technology and content licenses, research and development agreements, technology transfer agreements, strategic alliances, joint ventures and other innovative "partnering" agreements
Counsel regarding innovative software license and distribution models, including ASP, "cloud computing," Software as a Service ("SaaS") and Free/Open Source models
Counsel regarding a wide range of software, computer and Internet law matters, including web site audits, ecommerce issues, domain names and database protection matters
Counsel regarding risks and opportunities specific to social media, including matters involving Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube
Counsel regarding advertising and promotion law and the rights of privacy and publicity
Counsel regarding antitrust, unfair competition and other trade regulation matters
This established substantive experience enables us both to assist businesses in protecting their intellectual property rights and also vigorously defend them from charges of violating the intellectual property or proprietary rights of others. Our IP litigators have successfully represented clients in federal and state trial and appellate courts, including the United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit, and in proceedings before a wide range of administrative agencies and other forums, including the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, the International Trade Commission and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Consistent with our firm's innovative approach to problem solving, our IP lawyers work closely with clients and their other advisers in employing a collaborative "team approach" to addressing a client's intellectual property needs. Additionally, our technology and intellectual property engagements often relate to larger business projects or transactions being undertaken by clients, enabling us to utilize other knowledge within our firm's complementary practice groups, including our Emerging Business and Venture Finance Group, our Corporate and Securities Group and our Employment Law Group, to address ancillary issues that are a key part of structuring a successful technology enterprise or other emerging business.
Patent enforcement has always required two decisions, not one.
The first is the obvious question: can the patent owner prove infringement and survive the expected validity challenges?
The second is the question that often drives the boardroom discussion: if the case goes badly, how much additional exposure does the plaintiff face?
That second question has become harder to answer. Section 285 of the Patent Act allows a court to award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party in “exceptional cases.” Section 1927 can expose counsel personally when an attorney unreasonably and vexatiously multiplies proceedings. Those are serious tools. They are also easy to overstate when a defendant has just won and wants the court to treat the plaintiff’s loss as proof that the case never should have been filed.
Consumer packaged goods companies are good at measuring velocity, margin, distribution, shelf position, and repeat purchase. They are often less disciplined about measuring the intellectual property created while those numbers improve.
That gap matters. In CPG, the most valuable innovation is not always the headline product. It may be the closure that reduces leakage, the formulation tweak that stabilizes shelf life, the refill system that changes unit economics, the manufacturing step that saves twenty seconds per batch, the package geometry that makes a club-store pallet work, or the visual identity that turns a commodity into a premium item.
Just before the close of the 446th legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly passed and sent to Governor Moore HB 352/SB 321, the Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2025 (the “BRFA”). The BRFA, which Gov. Moore is expected to sign, makes significant changes to Maryland’s tax laws, including, among various other changes, expanding the sales tax base, adding new tax brackets to the Maryland income tax, and adding a new tax on capital gains. These changes, in addition to others included in the BRFA, are meant to address the roughly $3 billion budget deficit that was projected when the legislative session began.
In response to the increased use of sophisticated artificial intelligence (“AI”) technologies capable of producing expressive material, the U.S. Copyright Office (“CO”) published a two-part series on the copyrightability of works made with generative AI: Part 1, issued in March 2023, titled "Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence”; and Part 2, issued in January 2025, titled “Copyright and Artificial Intelligence” (collectively, “Guidance”).
Recent surveys indicate the widespread use of generative AI (artificial intelligence) and other artificial intelligence tools by employees in the workplace. This is hardly surprising, given the astonishing level of efficiencies that AI tools offer for content generation, predictions, recommendations, and a seemingly endless number of other outcomes.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule to amend its Health Breach Notification Rule (HBN Rule). The HBN Rule requires certain entities that handle unsecured personally identifiable health data to notify individuals, the FTC, and sometimes, the media of a breach of security.
On May 9, 2024, Governor Wes Moore signed into law the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 (“MODPA”). MODPA will take effect on October 1, 2025, but will not apply to personal data processing activities occurring before April 1, 2026. MODPA is the latest in a series of state data privacy laws that impose comprehensive obligations on businesses that collect, process, or sell personal data of consumers and otherwise meet certain jurisdictional thresholds.
In addition to its well-publicized move to prohibit more than 150 million Americans from posting embarrassing dance videos of themselves on TikTok (at least while it is Chinese-owned), the U.S. federal government recently adopted two significant federal data transfer prohibitions: (1) the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (“PADFA”); and (2) an Executive Order entitled “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern.” Any organization that currently shares, or is considering sharing, sensitive personally identifiable information with anyone in China, Russia, Iran or any other “foreign adversaries” of the United States should determine whether these new prohibitions require them to change their data transfer activities.
On January 16, 2024, New Jersey became the fourteenth state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation after the passage of the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (“NJDPA”), adding to the growing national focus on consumer personal data protections, albeit at the state level.
On September 11, 2023, Delaware became the latest state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation, following the recent enactments of data privacy laws in Iowa, Indiana, Florida, Montana, Tennessee, Texas, and Oregon.
Under final regulations updated on March 1, 2023 and effective as of September 1, 2023, the National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”) imposed stringent new cyber incident reporting requirements on federally chartered corporate credit unions and federally insured, state-chartered corporate credit unions (“FICUs”). FICUs that experience a cyber incident that rises to the level of a “reportable cyber incident” must now notify the NCUA (a) as soon as possible; and (b) no later than 72 hours after the FICU reasonably believes that it has experienced a reportable cyber incident or received a notification from a third party regarding a reportable cyber incident.
The U.S. data privacy regulatory framework is complex and is becoming more so with each passing day. On July 18, 2023, Oregon became the eleventh state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation, joining five other states (Iowa, Indiana, Montana, Tennessee, and Texas) that have passed “comprehensive” privacy legislation this year.
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is poised to issue updated Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (the “Guides”) following a comment period on the proposed changes. This alert provides an overview of the proposed updates, which will impact all businesses that engage in any form of advertising and especially those advertising through social media and other online advertising channels.
On June 18, 2023, Texas became the eleventh state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation after the recent passage of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”). Texas now joins Tennessee as the latest entry into an increasingly complex web of state privacy laws. On May 11, Gov. Bill Lee signed into law the Tennessee Information Protection Act (“TIPA”), which itself follows recent enactments of data privacy laws in Iowa, Indiana, Florida, and Montana.
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently brought its first enforcement action under the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”). The associated record contains important lessons for app developers, privacy professionals, and other organizations in the health technology industry.
If your organization collects or uses, or is thinking about collecting or using, biometric data, such as fingerprints, DNA scans, retinal scans or voice prints obtained from customers, employees or others, the Maryland Biometric Data Privacy Act (the “Biometric Act”) currently under consideration by the Maryland General Assembly should be of keen interest to you. If adopted, House Bill 33 (“HB 33”) (and its companion, Senate Bill 169), would regulate “private entities’” which collect or possess biometric data and subject those who violate those regulations to investigations and claims brought by the Maryland Attorney General or private litigants.
Parties to a bargain typically make representations and warranties (“RWs”) to one another. RWs expressly record the parties’ understanding as to the conditions and facts under which they enter into a deal. In an asset purchase or an M&A deal, they form a material part of the transaction and account for a significant portion of the negotiations.
The Maryland Personal Information Protection Act was amended by House Bill 962 during the 2022 legislative session; the amendment goes into effect on October 1, 2022 and expands the definition of personal information to include genetic information about individuals.
With the passage of the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (Va. Code Ann. §§ 59.1-575 to 59.1-585) (“VCDPA”) on March 2, 2021, Virginia residents now have certain rights regarding their personal information, while business entities conducting business in Virginia may have new and additional data collection and protection obligations, if they meet certain jurisdictional thresholds.
VCDPA will become effective on January 1, 2023. As a result, organizations conducting business in Virginia may need to review their data collection and processing obligations for applicability of the VCDPA, and in preparation for the VCDPA taking effect.
This brief article is intended to highlight certain key requirements of the VCDPA.
If you operate a mobile app or any other online platform that features consumer reviews, there are important rules you need to know when it comes to procuring, organizing, or editing consumer reviews of your products or services.
The risks are real. Any actions you take that have the effect of distorting or misrepresenting consumer reviews may give rise to allegations of potentially deceptive conduct and enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) under Section 5 of the FTC Act.
As a matter of general guidelines, a few key principles emerge from Section 5 of the FTC Act. Namely, companies (1) should be transparent about their review-related practices and (2) should treat consumer reviews in a way that truly reflects the feedback received from legitimate customers, presenting a true and holistic picture of the consumers’ experiences and interactions with the companies’ goods or services.
While these guiding principles may seem straightforward enough, many companies have engaged in practices that are, in fact, illegal. It’s important to know that, if adopted, these practices can give rise to significant liabilities. This brief article is intended to highlight, and help you avoid, some common pitfalls.
On September 8, 2021, an ordinance prohibiting use of facial recognition technology in Baltimore City took effect. The law, City of Baltimore Ordinance 21-038: Surveillance Technology in Baltimore, was passed by the Baltimore City Council in June and signed by Mayor Brandon Scott on August 9. In passing the law, Baltimore joins a small number of local jurisdictions – including Portland, Oregon and New York City – and states – including Illinois, Texas and Washington – in regulating the use of certain biometric technology.
Europe began the trend, California followed suit shortly after, and now the flood gates have opened. Colorado is the third state that is on the brink of enacting a strict and extensive privacy law that has significant implications for a wide variety of organizations that control or process personal data.
In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline Hack, on May 12, 2021, the Biden Administration issued an Executive Order (EO) on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. The Government is proposing broad changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) in two areas. What do government contractors need to know?
Effective March 14, 2021, the Maryland General Assembly overrode Governor Larry Hogan’s veto and enacted a digital products tax as part of the “21st Century Economy Fairness Act” (the “Act”). See House Bill 932 (2020 Legislative Session). Simply stated, the Act extends Maryland’s existing 6% sales and use taxes to digital goods.
CRISPR, or “Clustered Regularly Interspersed Short Palindromic Repeats,” is a revolutionary DNA cutting technique that promises to make gene therapy of diseases a reality. Groups headed by the Broad Institute and the University of California have been battling over which was the first to invent the technology.
Judge Ryan Holte of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, formerly professor of IP law at the University of Akron School of Law, has injected some clarity into pleading under the second part of the Supreme Court’s Alice test, the part of the test that asks, once the court determines that the claimed invention is directed to an abstract idea, law of nature or the like, whether the invention adds “something more” in the way of an “inventive concept” to that abstract idea or law of nature so as to make the invention patentable subject matter under 35 USC 101.
On November 15, 2019, the Federal Circuit offered a ray of hope, and in doing so some pointers, in what has been a dismal outlook for patentability under 35 USC 101 for computer-related inventions since the Supreme Court’s Alice decision. In Koninklijke KPN N.V. v. Gemalto M2M GmbH, CAFC App. No. 2018-1863, a CAFC panel (Dyk, Chen and Stoll, JJ., opinion by Judge Chen) delivered a rare reversal of a judgment of patent ineligibility under 35 USC 101 on the pleadings.
On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) creating a cause of action under federal law for trade secret misappropriation which previously had been governed by state common law and each state’s adoption of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. The law took effect immediately upon signing.
The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently held that a potential competitor has suffered a “competitive injury” within the meaning of the revised False Marking Statute, 35 U. S.C. § 292, only if it has attempted to enter the relevant market by displaying an intent to enter the market with a reasonable possibility of success and taken action to enter the market.
Following last year’s Supreme Court decision in Alice v. CLS Bank, the United States Patent and Trademark Office continues its struggle for clarity and consistency in establishing patent eligibility for software related patents. Meanwhile, the future of technological innovation hangs in limbo, as patents for software related inventions are being deemed ineligible at an excessive rate.
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Commil USA LLC v. Cisco Systems Inc. overturned Federal Circuit precedent allowing defendants to avoid liability for inducing third parties to infringe a patent based on a good-faith belief that the asserted patent is invalid. Noting that infringement and validity are separate issues, the Supreme Court held:
On March 2, 2015, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC” or “the Court”) addressed directly for the first time whether the offering of a service, without the actual provision of a service, is sufficient to constitute use in commerce under Lanham Act § 45. In deciding that it is not, the Court clarified that a registrant must both (1) offer as well as (2) provide the service at issue. Ultimately the Court affirmed the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) that appellant’s registration was void ab initio.
In a win for Teva Pharmaceuticals, the U.S. Supreme Court abandoned the Federal Circuit's long established rule that the patent claim construction rulings of trial courts are not to be accorded any deference upon appeal. On January 20, 2015, the Court held in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. that to the extent these decisions are based on factual findings, such findings should only be overruled upon a showing of clear error. This marks a sizeable shift that should provide a bit more certainty for successful parties on appeal.
The US Patent and Trademark Office submitted a report to Congress outlining the progress and underutilization of virtual patent marking in the three years since it became available under the America Invents Act (AIA). The report was directed at analyzing the effectiveness of “virtual marking” as a viable substitute to the physical marking of articles.
A trademark protects a company’s goodwill and reputation. The owner of a legitimate trademark may prevent others from using a similar mark that is likely to cause confusion among consumers as to the relationship or affiliation of the two entities or their products or services. A company cannot, however, monopolize a generic term under the auspices of trademark law. This concept will be tested in a recently filed matter pending in the Southern District of New York.
The current economic market of low interest rates has sparked a revival of securitization of risky assets. Traditionally, lenders secure loans with tangible assets; however, intellectual property assets are becoming increasingly popular with both lenders and borrowers as a means to close a deal.
Many people are pointing to 3D printing as the next big thing. This has led many others to point to intellectual property issues that will almost certainly become hot button questions in the near future.
With the arrival of accessible 3D printing comes the capacity to alter business and effect social change. Yet, it also raises issues regarding the unauthorized reproduction of products protected by intellectual property laws.
The United States’ patent system has become a popular target for criticism with some claiming that far too many obvious products and methods are being patented, while others contend that the Patent Office is far too restrictive in issuing patents. The only thing that each side can agree on is that the system appears broken. However, fixing the problem to the satisfaction of all will not be easy.
The world of top-level domain names is about to expand hugely, increasing the risk that your trademark will be used in some form. You will need to be on the alert this summer and fall to be aware of possible problems and be ready to use important new procedures to protect your rights.
Trademark owners should be aware that the .xxx domain name will soon be available to the general public for registration on December 6, 2011. Although the .xxx domain name is designed specifically for the adult entertainment industry, trademark owners that are not in the industry can prevent their registered marks from being registered as .xxx domain names during the "Sunrise B" period, which ends on October 28, 2011.
On September 8, 2011, the U.S. Senate passed the House version of the Leahy Smith America Invents Act (H.R. 1249) by margin of 89 to 9. The President will sign the bill into law within the next 10 days. The Leahy Smith America Invents Act is the result of more than ten years of attempts at patent reform and represents the most sweeping change of U.S. Patent laws in over 50 years. The law makes significant changes to a number of areas of the patent law, and brings the U.S.
It would seem that rumors of the death of business method patents have been highly exaggerated. Despite cries over the years from across the economic spectrum of the stifling effect that business method patents may have on new innovations in software development, medical diagnostics, and other fields, and that more formulaic clarity is required in determining what should be eligible for patent protection, the Supreme Court refused earlier this week to recognize a flat-out proscription against patents for business processes and other methods.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was passed in 2009 with the goal of stimulating the economy. Twenty-eight different agencies were allocated a portion of the Recovery Act funds and they awarded grants and contracts to different entities. Beginning in October, recipients of money from the Act are required to report quarterly on how they spend funds they received. These reports will be made available to the public on the Recovery.gov website to "achieve an unprecedented level of transparency into how Federal funds are spent." (See NSF's Recovery Act Recipient Reporting Information, http://www.nsf.gov/recovery/reporting.jsp.) While it is important for the public to know how the Recovery money is being spent, this unparalleled level of transparency may be harmful to some recipients.
On October 1, 2002, Maryland joined a growing number of states that have enacted laws to limit unsolicited e-mail or so-called “spam.” This new law (Md. Commercial Law Code Ann. § 14-3001 - 14-300) applies to any unsolicited e-mail sent from Maryland or to an e-mail address located in Maryland. A brief summary of the law follows.
Each year the Maryland Legislature enacts a number of laws which impact in various degrees on the personal and business lives of people living in or doing business in the State of Maryland. The General Assembly adjourned on April 8, 2002, and the Session actively concluded when the Governor enacted legislation into State law during four separate signing ceremonies on April 9, April 25, May 6 and May 16.
Immediately upon signing Maryland’s version of the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act (UCITA) into law this past April, Governor Parris Glendening declared that this Act, among another dozen or so recently passed bills, would make Maryland a national leader in e-commerce. The Governor then hopped a plane bound for Silicon Valley to draw further attention to this claim. But perhaps the only claim that anyone can make with any certainty about both UCITA and Maryland’s version of the model act (MCITA), Md. Code Ann., Comm. Law, §21-101 et.
Artificial intelligence is transforming the workplace, enhancing efficiency and innovation. However, its growing role in business operations, hiring and employment presents significant legal challenges.
Whiteford is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has once again ranked the firm highly in its 2026 list of leading firms and business lawyers. This year’s recognition includes 31 attorneys in 16 practice areas at the National and State level.
Whiteford is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Schell has joined the firm and will lead its new office in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Schell is a highly regarded patent attorney and a prominent figure in the Colorado tech sector. For many years he has played a leading role in the dynamic Denver-Boulder venture ecosystem.
Whiteford is pleased to announce that “Best Law Firms” has awarded the firm exemplary rankings for 2026. Twenty-three of the firm’s practices are ranked at the national level, with the firm’s Bankruptcy, Construction Litigation and Real Estate Litigation practices receiving national Tier 1 rankings.
83 lawyers from Whiteford have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026. The lawyers selected are based in the firm’s Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Virginia and Washington, DC offices. Client comments are posted on the Best Lawyers website, at bestlawfirms.com.
Whiteford is pleased to announce that Managing Intellectual Property has recognized three of the firm’s intellectual property partners for their patent work in the publication’s 2025 IP STARS rankings.
Whiteford is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has once again ranked the firm highly in its 2025 list of leading firms and business lawyers. This year’s recognition includes 31 attorneys in a record 15 practice areas at the National and State level.
Whiteford is pleased to announce that “Best Law Firms” has awarded the firm exemplary rankings for 2025. Twenty-two of the firm’s practices are ranked at the national level, and the firm’s Bankruptcy, Construction and Labor & Employment litigation practices have been recognized with national Tier 1 rankings.
Whiteford is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has once again ranked the firm highly in its 2024 list of leading firms and business lawyers.
87 lawyers from Whiteford, Taylor & Preston have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 (copyright 2023 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken S.C.). New practice areas of recognition include CleanTech Law and Entertainment and Sports Law. The lawyers selected are based in the firm’s Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington offices. Client comments are posted on the Best Lawyers website, at bestlawfirms.com.
Whiteford is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has once again ranked the firm highly in its 2023 list of leading firms and business lawyers.
Whiteford, Taylor and Preston is pleased to announce that U.S. News and World Report - Best Lawyers ® “Best Law Firms” has awarded the firm exemplary rankings for 2023.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP is honored to be nominated for the Cyber Resource of the Year Award by the Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc. (CAMI).
73 lawyers from Whiteford, Taylor & Preston have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 (copyright 2022 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken S.C.). The lawyers selected are based in the firm’s Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C. offices. Client comments are posted on the U.S. News & Best Lawyers web site, at bestlawfirms.com.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has once again ranked the firm highly in its 2022 list of leading firms and business lawyers. This year’s recognition includes 29 attorneys in 14 practice areas at the National and State level.
Whiteford, Taylor and Preston is pleased to announce that U.S. News and World Report - Best Lawyers ® “Best Law Firms” has awarded the firm exemplary rankings for 2022. Twenty-one of the firm’s practices are ranked at the national level, and the firm’s bankruptcy and Construction Litigation practices have been recognized with national Tier 1 rankings. At the state level, new recognitions include Admiralty & Maritime Law, Nonprofit/Charities Law, Patent Law and Privacy and Data Security Law.
A record 75 lawyers from Whiteford, Taylor & Preston have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 (copyright 2021 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken S.C.). The lawyers selected are based in the firm’s Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington offices. Client comments are posted on the U.S. News & Best Lawyers web site, at bestlawfirms.com.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has once again ranked the firm highly in its 2021 list of leading firms and business lawyers. This year’s recognition includes 25 attorneys in 11 practice areas in 3 states and the District of Columbia.
Whiteford, Taylor and Preston is pleased to announce that U.S. News and World Report - Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” has awarded the firm exemplary rankings for 2021. Twenty-two of the firm’s practices are ranked at the national level, and the firm’s Bankruptcy and Environmental Law practices have been recognized with national Tier 1 rankings.
A record 71 lawyers from Whiteford, Taylor & Preston have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2021 (copyright 2020 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken S.C.). The lawyers selected are based in the firm’s Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington offices. Client comments are posted on the U.S. News & Best Lawyers web site, at bestlawfirms.com.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has once again ranked the firm highly in its 2020 list of leading firms and business lawyers. This year’s recognition includes 23 attorneys in 10 practice areas in 3 states and the District of Columbia.
Whiteford, Taylor and Preston is pleased to announce that U.S. News and World Report - Best Lawyers ® “Best Law Firms” has awarded the firm exemplary rankings for 2020. Twenty of the firm’s practices are ranked at the national level, including two bankruptcy practices with national Tier 1 rankings. At the state level, an additional forty-two practices have been ranked in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and VA.
64 lawyers from Whiteford, Taylor & Preston have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2020. The lawyers selected are based in the firm’s Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington offices. Client comments are posted on the U.S. News & Best Lawyers web site, at bestlawfirms.com.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has once again ranked the firm highly in its 2019 list of leading firms and business lawyers.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston is pleased to announce that U.S. News and World Report - Best Lawyers ® “Best Law Firms” has awarded the firm exemplary rankings for 2019. Eighteen of the firm’s practices are ranked at the national level, including two practices with national Tier 1 rankings: Litigation and Bankruptcy. At the state level, an additional forty-six practices have been ranked in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and VA.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has once again ranked the firm highly in its 2018 list of leading firms and business lawyers. This year’s recognition includes 29 attorneys in a record 12 practice areas in 4 states, the District of Columbia and Afghanistan.
Baltimore – Whiteford, Taylor & Preston is pleased to announce that U.S. News and World Report - Best Lawyers ® “Best Law Firms” has awarded the firm exemplary rankings for 2018. Nineteen of the firm’s practices are ranked at the national level, including three practices with national Tier 1 rankings: Litigation, Bankruptcy and Real Estate. At the state level, an additional fifty practices have been ranked in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and VA.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has once again ranked the firm highly in its 2017 list of leading firms and business lawyers. This year’s recognition includes a record 29 attorneys in 4 states, the District of Columbia and Afghanistan.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston is pleased to announce that 41 of its attorneys are listed among the 2017 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars in Maryland and Kentucky joining the sixteen who were listed earlier this year in Delaware, D.C., Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The 2017 edition of U.S. News and World Report - Best Lawyers ® “Best Law Firms” has awarded Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP exemplary ratings in its seventh annual rankings of law firms.
Twenty of the firm’s practices were ranked at the national level, as well as thirty-seven in Maryland, ten in Washington, D.C., and two in Roanoke, VA.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston is pleased to announce that, in addition to ranking the firm highly in its 2016 list of Maryland’s leading firms and business lawyers, Chambers and Partners have added new Whiteford lawyers in Maryland and Delaware.
The practice group rankings are based on the high rankings of 21 individual lawyers.
Fifty-nine lawyers from Whiteford, Taylor & Preston have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2016 (copyright 2015 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken S.C.). The lawyers selected are based in the firm’s Maryland, Washington and Virginia offices.
Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP is very gratified to announce that the firm has once again received exemplary ratings in the fifth annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of law firms.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston is pleased to announce that Managing Intellectual Property has given the firm’s Maryland Intellectual Property practice its highest rating and has singled out six partners for individual recognition in Maryland.
In their commentary, the editors noted that the firm is “highly respected” and that the IP lawyers in the group “handle a split of contentious and non-contentious matters crossing over patent trademark and copyright matters.”
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston lawyers have written a new book titled Intellectual Property for Nonprofit Organizations and Associations, which is now the definitive publication in the field.
Jeff Glassie, Eileen Morgan Johnson, and Dana Lynch, partners with WTP, are co-editors of the new book, published by the American Society of Association Executives and released at the ASAE convention in Dallas, August 11-15, 2012.
Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP is very gratified to announce that the firm has received exemplary ratings in the second annual U.S. News & World Report rankings of law firms. In Maryland, WTP was rated highly in 34 practice areas, more than any other firm in the state.
The Maryland Chamber of Commerce's State Taxation Consultant Karen T. Syrylo will join the list of presenters for Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP and Watkins, Meegan, Drury & Company LLC's Computer Services Tax Event on Tuesday, March 11, 2008. Held on the eve of Maryland's hearings on measures to revise, limit or repeal the Computer Services Tax from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. at WTP's offices (7 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202), the event will be moderated by Heather A.
In its four-volume edition evaluating U.S. lawyers, the highly respected European publisher LegalEase has ranked Whiteford, Taylor & Preston’s (WTP) Technology and Intellectual Property section as one of the leading IT practices in the United States. WTP is one of only 18 firms chosen nationwide.
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