By: Danielle Ulman

It’s Monday and we’re back at it again. Before we get to the law links, here’s a little law love for The Daily Record’s business news. Development reporter Melody Simmons and freelancer Joan Jacobson really hit it out of the park with their first piece in a five-day series on what’s going on with the massive redevelopment project in East Baltimore. Do check it out. The numbers alone are staggering.

Without further adieu…

• A local lawyer is refusing to overreact to President Obama’s new “parameters” for medical malpractice reform.
• Baltimore community tracks local court cases of defendants accused of crimes in the neighborhood.
• Recalling the life of the Baltimore County Bar Association’s most famous — and infamous — member, Spiro Agnew.
• Despite promises to cut lobbyists out of the picture in Washington, the government is becoming more entangled with special interests. Forbes blogger Avik Roy says that’s because the more government gets involved with the private sector, the more businesses need lobbyists to protect their interests.
• Page Croyder talks the de novo appeal.
• A Texas lawyer can sue her local newspaper for libelous claims that she skimmed 10 percent off the top of an Indian tribe’s casino.
• Tennessee grapples with the possibility of judicial elections.