Analysis of current enforcement actions, investigations and business disputes in the District of Columbia, Maryland and New York, written for the companies, boards and executives on the receiving end of them. Each piece explains what the matter requires of a business, not what it means for the people accused.
On September 8, 2026, Silver Diner sued Fraport, the company that manages food and beverage concessions at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Compass Coffee co-founder Harrison Suarez is suing co-founder Michael Haft, Haft’s father Robert Haft, and the company in federal court in Washington, DC (Suarez v. Compass Coffee LLC, No. 1:25-cv-00089).
When the D.C. Attorney General sues a nonprofit, the Superior Court is not limited to ordering it to stop. Under D.C. Code § 29–412.20 the court may dissolve the corporation, place it in receivership, or impose a constructive trust on compensation already paid to a director or officer, and the Attorney General may subpoena documents before any suit is filed.
