http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Thu, 17 May 2012 02:05:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/hodes-exits-hpk-starts-anew/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/hodes-exits-hpk-starts-anew/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 23:55:00 +0000 Kristi Tousignant http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=215552 &via=&related=wpglamour"> Michael C. Hodes will break away from Hodes, Pessin & Katz P.A. to open a new law firm next week, a move that leaves the Towson-based firm without one of its founders and the first name on its masthead. On Friday, Hodes will spend his last day at the 50-lawyer shop he started 24 years [...]

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]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/house-oks-anti-violence-against-women-bill/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/city-approves-5-year-deal-for-grand-prix/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/city-approves-5-year-deal-for-grand-prix/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 23:44:53 +0000 Maria Zilberman http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=215546 &via=&related=wpglamour"> With its first sponsor in hand and online ticket sales slated to start May 28, the new group behind the Baltimore Grand Prix is confident it will be able to pull off the Labor Day weekend street race in record time with good results. Race On LLC officially took over the event Wednesday after the [...]

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]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/amendment-ruling-question-indefinite-detention/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/somali-ex-official-seeks-immunity-from-torture-lawsuits/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/somali-ex-official-seeks-immunity-from-torture-lawsuits/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 23:33:49 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=215542 RICHMOND, Va. — A lawyer for the former prime minister of Somalia told a federal appeals court Wednesday that a judge improperly acquiesced to the State Department’s view that his client can be sued over alleged war crimes. Mohamed Ali Samantar is appealing U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema’s ruling that he is not entitled to [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/somali-ex-official-seeks-immunity-from-torture-lawsuits/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/4th-circuit-hears-mortgage-execs-appeal/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/4th-circuit-hears-mortgage-execs-appeal/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 23:31:27 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=215540 RICHMOND, Va. — A former mortgage company chief executive convicted of orchestrating a nearly $3 billion fraud scheme is asking a federal appeals panel to reverse his conviction and send the case back for a retrial. Former Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. owner Lee B. Farkas was convicted last year of six counts of [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/4th-circuit-hears-mortgage-execs-appeal/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/immigrants-in-frederick-co-bemused-by-g8-summit/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/immigrants-in-frederick-co-bemused-by-g8-summit/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 23:23:43 +0000 The Frederick-News Post http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=215537 FREDERICK — Perhaps it’s fitting that Joe Cohen celebrates his birthday July 4. Cohen owns Classic Cigars and British Goodies on North Market Street in downtown Frederick. He came to America three decades ago, intent on upgrading to the American dream, having lived through rations during World War II as a boy. “People come here [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/immigrants-in-frederick-co-bemused-by-g8-summit/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/atlanta-opens-new-international-terminal/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/atlanta-opens-new-international-terminal/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 23:18:11 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=215533 ATLANTA — A sleek new $1.4 billion international terminal featuring airy windows and eye-popping artwork opened Wednesday at the world’s busiest airport in hopes of positioning Atlanta to attract more globe-trotting travelers. The sparkling launching pad has been in the works for more than a decade at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Besides helping to grab [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/atlanta-opens-new-international-terminal/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/numbers-suggest-housing-market-is-recovering/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/numbers-suggest-housing-market-is-recovering/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 22:06:46 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=215530 WASHINGTON — U.S. builders started work on more homes and apartments last month and requested more permits to build single-family homes. The increases suggest the battered housing market is healing. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that builders broke ground in April at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 717,000 homes. That’s a 2.6 percent increase [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/numbers-suggest-housing-market-is-recovering/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/vt-becomes-first-state-to-ban-hydraulic-fracturing/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/16/vt-becomes-first-state-to-ban-hydraulic-fracturing/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 21:25:19 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=215525 MONTPELIER, Vt. — Gov. Peter Shumlin on Wednesday signed into law the nation’s first ban on a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique that involves blasting chemical-laced water deep into the ground. The Democrat, surrounded at a Statehouse ceremony by environmentalists and Twinfield Union School students who pushed for the ban, said the law may [...]

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