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Year in Review 2025

We are pleased to share our Year in Review 2025, an e-magazine highlighting Whiteford’s recent growth, representative matters and other developments at the firm over the past year. 

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Whiteford Names Five New Partners

Baltimore – Whiteford, Taylor & Preston is pleased to announce that Ross C. Allen, Robert N. Drewry, Rafiq R. Gharbi, Claudia Lopez-Knapp and Joshua D. Stiff and have been named Partners of the firm, effective January 1, 2026.

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Client Alert: Snow, Ice, and Exposure – Managing Winter Risk in Community Associations

Winter storms test more than plows and salt supplies – they test an association’s preparedness. When snow and ice accumulate, community associations must act quickly, balancing safety, budgets and legal obligations. Missteps in snow removal can expose associations to fines, resident complaints and costly liability claims. This alert highlights key obligations and best practices for associations in Maryland, D.C., and Virginia.

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Employment Law Update: Fourth Circuit Decision Highlights WARN Act Risks for Employers That Are Part of Broader Corporate Families

Since the late 1980s, employers conducting large layoffs have had to seek to ensure compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Training Notification Act (WARN). WARN requires that covered employers – those with at least 100 employees – provide sixty days’ advance notice prior to implementing a plant closing or mass layoff. WARN defines a “plant closing” as a shutdown of a single site of employment or an operating unit within a single site that affects at least 50 employees. A “mass layoff” is defined as any reduction in force at a single site that affects at least thirty-three percent of employees at the site and at least 50 employees total (or one that affects at least 500 employees). WARN requires that a written notice be provided to the affected employees, as well as certain governmental offices. 

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Client Alert: NYC Pay Data Reporting and Pay Data Analysis Laws Take Effect

On December 4, 2025, the New York City Council overrode Mayor Eric Adams’ veto, enacting two laws that amend NYC’s Administrative Code, to establish a pay data reporting mandate for private-sector employers with 200+ employees working in New York City (Int. 982-A) in order to improve wage transparency and a City-led annual pay equity study using employer-submitted data (Int. 984-A). While both laws took effect immediately, employer filing obligations begin only after New York City designates the implementing agency, issues a standardized reporting form and sets a filing schedule by rule.

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Client Alert: Virginia Court of Appeals Rules on Entitlement to Elective Share for Separated Spouses

In recent decision (Teel v. Teel), the Virginia Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court's decision that Sue Anderson Teel lost her right to a share of her late husband Gene “Bull” Atkins Teel’s estate because she intentionally left the marriage, according to Code § 64.2-308.14(E). Although they married in 1988 and never divorced, Bull died in March 2022, leaving a will that said he had been separated from Sue for many years, that she had “willfully deserted” and “abandoned” him and that he left nothing for her, giving everything to his brother, William Lee Teel, who became the executor. Sue filed in March 2023 to claim her share of the estate, but after a trial in September 2024, the court decided she couldn’t have it because she abandoned the marriage; the Court of Appeals agreed.

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