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Imagine you’re an employee in a hospital. While you’re at work, an anonymous, untraceable phone threat is placed with a message that bombs have been placed throughout the medical facility. Also, after you report on a co-worker for repeated errors ...

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In a period in American history that has seen a dramatic increase in public awareness of sexual assault, it was about time Maryland finally passed a law that permits rape victims to go to court to terminate the parental rights of a rapist.

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Most employers do not know they have a legal obligation to ensure their employees are protected from harassment by third parties.

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Maryland is on the verge of a major clean, modern transportation revolution: the new Statewide Electric Vehicle Portfolio. The portfolio would enable electric utilities to make significant investments to support charging station installations, to educate customers on the benefits of ...

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Three pieces of advice I believe are important no matter where you are in your career.

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It's important to understand how to be successful in searching for a first home by understanding the process.

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In high school, we were taught there were three separate but equal branches of government. But in practice, separation of powers, this year’s theme for the American Bar Association’s Law Day (celebrated each year May 1), has been more of an ephemeral goal than reality.

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In this age of data breaches, malware, ransomware, and phishing attempts, small and mid-sized businesses can no longer operate under the premise that th

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Thirty years ago in the Maryland Bar Journal, David Fishman and Daniel Higham asked whether it was time to throw out your sealing wax. The answer today?

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Fifty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was gunned down in Memphis, the scars of the riots that followed are only now fully healed in Washington. In other cities, they still aren’t. And we still don’t know exactly ...

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