Howard Bank v. Compu-Link Corporation

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND HOWARD BANK, as successor to FRIST MARINER BANK, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. ELH-20-314 COMPU-LINK CORPORATION, d/b/a CELINK, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION This case concerns the timeliness of removal. But it is not a mundane dispute. Rather, it presents the novel issue of whether a contract’s notice provision delineates the exclusive methods for effecting service of process, which in turn determines when the time period for removal begins to run. Plaintiff Howard Bank, as successor to First Mariner Bank (“First Mariner”),1…