Former Prince George’s housing director sentenced to 3 years

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 16, 2012
Tags: bribes, corruption, developers, extortion, jack johnson, james johnson, Prince George's County, sentence, u..s district court

GREENBELT — A former Prince George’s County housing director has been sentenced to three years and one month in prison for his role in a corruption scheme involving former county executive Jack Johnson. James Johnson pleaded guilty to asking for and accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes from developers. The 67-year-old Johnson was [...]

New life for old Hampden mill 

BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: April 16, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, David F. Tufaro, Development, hampden, housing, jones falls, maryland, mill, Terra Nova Ventures LLC, union mill

As the lazy waters of the Jones Falls drift nearby, the hum of activity at Chestnut Avenue and Falls Road has created a clash of cultures as part of the ongoing $43 million, mixed-use redevelopment of a historic former mill site in Hampden. The 139-year-old former cotton mill and two other buildings will soon morph [...]

First Mariner files false-advertising suit 

BY: Ben Mook
POSTED: April 16, 2012
Tags: Astrachan Gunst Thomas & Rubin PC, connecticut, false advertising, First Mariner, lawsuit, letter, The Resolution Law Group P.C.

First Mariner Bank is crying foul in a federal lawsuit over letters sent to its customers by a Connecticut-based law firm that claims the bank is facing litigation for fraudulent lending practices. Baltimore-based First Mariner denies the allegations of improper lending as being patently false. It says the letter sent by The Resolution Law Group [...]

Supreme Court will hear appeal in textbook copyright case

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 16, 2012
Tags: copyright case, Supreme Court, textbook, united states

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide a copyright case with important implications for the large and growing markets in discount and Internet sales. The justices said they will hear an appeal from a Thai student doing graduate work in the United States who tried to make ends meet by re-selling textbooks that [...]

Justices weigh overtime pay for drug sales reps

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 16, 2012
Tags: drug, justices, lawsuit, overtime, pay, sales reps, Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — A seemingly divided Supreme Court on Monday weighed a potentially costly challenge to the pharmaceutical industry’s practice of not paying overtime to its sales representatives. The justices questioned whether the federal law governing overtime pay should apply to the roughly 90,000 people who try to persuade doctors to prescribe certain drugs to their [...]

Christopher Summers: Put the brakes on gas tax special session 

BY: Christopher Summers
POSTED: April 16, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, christopher summers, gas tax, General Assembly, legislative session, maryland, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., special session

With talk of a special legislative session to increase Maryland’s gas tax, one could be forgiven for having an unwelcome sense of déjà vu. If the rationale from special session advocates sounds eerily familiar I suggest you Google the phrase, “The state is going to be very well positioned for the next few years.” That’s [...]

Judges named in Baltimore, Prince George’s 

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: April 16, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, baltimore city circuit court, Court of Appeals, court of special appeals, Gov. Martin O’Malley, Judges, Maryland District Court, Miles & Stockbridge PC, Prince George's County

Gov. Martin O’Malley has appointed attorney Jeffrey M. Geller to the Baltimore City Circuit Court. Geller, a partner at Miles & Stockbridge PC in Towson, will succeed Judge Stuart R. Berger, whom O’Malley elevated to the intermediate Court of Special Appeals in December. In his law practice, Geller focused on representing businesses and banks in [...]

Sarbanes: Environmental education must be priority

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 16, 2012
Tags: Energy, environmental education, environmental protection agency, john p. sarbanes, outdoor educational activities, task force, white house summit on envioronmental education

WASHINGTON — Maryland Congressman John P. Sarbanes says environmental education must be a national priority. Sarbanes made the comments Monday after participating in a White House Summit on Environmental Education. Sarbanes says research shows hands-on, outdoor environmental education helps student performance not only in science and math, but also in reading and social studies. Sarbanes [...]

Judges, journalists clash over courtroom tweets

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 16, 2012
Tags: american civil liberties union, chicago, courtroom, jennifer hudson, journalists, Judges, Law, trial, tweets, twitter

CHICAGO — Getting news from a big trial once took days, moving at the speed of a carrier pigeon or an express pony. The telegraph and telephone cut that time dramatically, as did live television broadcasts. Now comes Twitter with more changes, breaking up courtroom journalism into bite-size reports that take shape as fast as [...]

Baltimore bacteria tracker keeping tabs on harbor

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 16, 2012
Tags: bacteria, Baltimore, Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper Tina Meyers, biology, harbor, maryland, patapsco, river, samples, science

Baltimoreans have a new tool for keeping track of water conditions in the harbor and other city waterways. Blue Water Baltimore says it is monitoring water conditions at 30 sites and posting the results online. Samples taken from the locations in the harbor and the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River are analyzed for bacteria [...]

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