Attorney Deborah K. Marcuse, Baltimore managing partner of Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP is lead counsel in a $200 million gender bias lawsuit filed against law firm behemoth Jones Day this week.
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Read More »April 4, 2019 Comments Off on Baltimore attorney representing ex-Jones Day associates in $200M bias suit
Attorney Deborah K. Marcuse, Baltimore managing partner of Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP is lead counsel in a $200 million gender bias lawsuit filed against law firm behemoth Jones Day this week.
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Read More »April 3, 2019 Comments Off on Appellate court upholds dismissal of class action over ‘piggyback tax’
An intermediate appellate court has upheld the dismissal of a $38 million lawsuit filed by a class of Maryland taxpayers who sued the state comptroller after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state’s “piggyback tax.” The Court of Special ...
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Read More »April 2, 2019 Comments Off on Court of Appeals disbars NY attorney who sent fake court order
The state’s highest court disbarred an attorney who is licensed in Maryland but based in New York. The Court of Appeals decision is harsher than the two-year suspension the lawyer received in his home state.
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Read More »April 1, 2019 Comments Off on Appellate court finds Facebook identification of defendant did not violate rights
The state’s intermediate appellate court found that a robbery victim’s identification of her assailants through a “be on the lookout” flyer mistakenly posted on the Baltimore Police Department’s social media did not violate the defendant’s due process rights. In an ...
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This is the latest installment of The Daily Record’s Maryland Lawyers Confidence Index, a confidential survey of private attorneys in the state sponsored by the Maryland State Bar Association that explores their views on the economic factors influencing their practices. If ...
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Read More »March 26, 2019 Comments Off on EEOC reaches $31,000 settlement with Laurel company
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has a reached a $31,000 settlement with Protocall Communications Inc. to resolve claims that the Laurel-based marketing company discriminated against an employee with dyslexia, the federal agency announced Tuesday. Protocall Communications brought in the ...
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Read More »March 25, 2019 Comments Off on Using technology to build, nurture relationships with clients
Across industries, service providers – including lawyers — are trying to learn as much as they can about their clients. Thanks to client relationship management software and other tools, such as social media platforms, attorneys are able to build long-term ...
Read More »March 22, 2019 Comments Off on An ethic of care: Book calls for new approach to family courts
When family members go to an emergency room, they expect to leave feeling better than they did when they arrived. The same cannot be said for families who go to family court. In a new book, authors Barbara A. Babb ...
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Read More »March 21, 2019 Comments Off on Chesapeake Beach councilman charged with illegal wiretapping takes Alford plea
Former Maryland state police officer and current Chesapeake Beach Town Council member Stewart Cumbo was charged with illegal wiretapping after he recorded roughly 275 phone calls between July and November 2018 without notifying the other parties that they were being ...
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Read More »March 18, 2019 Comments Off on Md. law firm reaches $250K settlement with U.S. Attorney’s Office
Law firm Meyers, Rodbell & Rosenbaum, P.A., which has offices in Riverdale Park and Gaithersburg, entered a settlement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office to resolve allegations that the firm did not reimburse the U.S. government for Medicare payments made to ...
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