Maryland Daily Record http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Thu, 23 May 2013 02:01:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tesla Motors pays off loan from U.S. early http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/tesla-motors-pays-off-loan-from-u-s-early/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/tesla-motors-pays-off-loan-from-u-s-early/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 22:58:31 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=240336 DETROIT — Tesla Motors, which makes a highly acclaimed $70,000 electric car, has paid off a startup loan from the U.S. government nine years early. The Palo Alto, Calif., company said it wired in a $451.8 million payment to the government on Wednesday. The money, coupled with two prior payments, paid off a $465 million [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/tesla-motors-pays-off-loan-from-u-s-early/feed/ 0 4th Circuit allows capital retrial of alleged drug kingpin http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/4th-circuit-allows-capital-retrial-of-alleged-drug-kingpin/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/4th-circuit-allows-capital-retrial-of-alleged-drug-kingpin/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 22:56:49 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=240334 McLEAN, Va. — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Virginia should be allowed to pursue a capital murder case against an alleged drug kingpin from northern Virginia, overruling a lower court that had sought to put an end to the 12-year legal saga by ordering his unconditional release. In a 2-1 ruling, the 4th [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/4th-circuit-allows-capital-retrial-of-alleged-drug-kingpin/feed/ 0 State settles claim over drop-off near Potomac River dam  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/state-settles-claim-over-drop-off-near-potomac-river-dam/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/state-settles-claim-over-drop-off-near-potomac-river-dam/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 22:48:51 +0000 Beth Moszkowicz http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=240330 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A Maryland woman and her 10-year-old brother who were injured after plummeting off a dam while riding a personal watercraft on the Potomac River will receive a $91,000 settlement from the state. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/state-settles-claim-over-drop-off-near-potomac-river-dam/feed/ 0 Hearing in water rate hike set for June  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/hearing-in-water-rate-hike-set-for-june/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/hearing-in-water-rate-hike-set-for-june/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 22:45:34 +0000 Melody Simmons http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=240326 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> As the city comptroller criticized a plan by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to raise the water rates for Baltimore residents, Baltimore’s spending board on Wednesday set a June 26 public hearing date to discuss the three-year, 37 percent hike. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/hearing-in-water-rate-hike-set-for-june/feed/ 0 Tug’s checked out, B’More Bistro is checking in  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/tugs-checked-out-bmore-bistro-is-checking-in/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/tugs-checked-out-bmore-bistro-is-checking-in/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 22:41:44 +0000 Joseph White http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=240321 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> After six months in the making, a new restaurant, B’More Bistro, will take the place of Tug’s Restaurant at the former Tremont Suites Hotel this June. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/tugs-checked-out-bmore-bistro-is-checking-in/feed/ 0 Poor accounting costs city $1.4 million  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/poor-accounting-costs-city-1-4-million/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/poor-accounting-costs-city-1-4-million/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 21:20:26 +0000 Melody Simmons http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=240318 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Baltimore and its taxpayers had to pay an additional $1.4 million in fiscal 2011 due to faulty accounting procedures, auditors told the Board of Estimates on Wednesday. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/poor-accounting-costs-city-1-4-million/feed/ 0 Maryland Moment – Mirrors, mirrors http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/maryland-moment-mirrors-mirrors/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/maryland-moment-mirrors-mirrors/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 20:55:31 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=240303 Do you like taking photos? The Daily Record wants your photos for print and online. Send us your Maryland Moment. Check out a slideshow of our past Photos of the Day from The Daily Record’s staff photographers. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/maryland-moment-mirrors-mirrors/feed/ 0 Law digest – 5/23/13  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/law-digest-52313/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/law-digest-52313/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 20:47:13 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=240312 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> MARYLAND COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS  Administrative Law, Revocation of license: There was substantial evidence in the record to support the decision of the Commissioner of the Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development to revoke developer’s multiple-family dwelling license pursuant to Baltimore City Code Art. 13, §§5-15. Madison Park North Apartments, L.P. v. The [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/law-digest-52313/feed/ 0 Opinions – 5/23/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/opinions-52313-4th-u-s-circuit-court-of-appeals/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/opinions-52313-4th-u-s-circuit-court-of-appeals/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 20:44:09 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=240310 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Civil Procedure Discovery expenses  BOTTOM LINE: For purposes of federal statute which sets forth costs that may be awarded to prevailing parties in lawsuits brought in federal court, taxable costs related to electronically stored information are limited to converting electronic files to non-editable formats and burning files onto discs as costs of “making copies of [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/opinions-52313-4th-u-s-circuit-court-of-appeals/feed/ 0 Opinions – 5/23/13: Maryland Court of Special Appeals  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/opinions-52313-maryland-court-of-special-appeals/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/opinions-52313-maryland-court-of-special-appeals/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 20:39:37 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=240308 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Administrative Law Revocation of license  BOTTOM LINE: There was substantial evidence in the record to support the decision of the Commissioner of the Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development to revoke developer’s multiple-family dwelling license pursuant to Baltimore City Code Art. 13, §§5-15. CASE: Madison Park North Apartments, L.P. v. The Commissioner of [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/22/opinions-52313-maryland-court-of-special-appeals/feed/ 0