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In Baltimore County, we get things done when we work together — improving our schools, making our neighborhoods safer, and growing our economy so it works for all of us. It’s the kind of change I’ve been working for my ...

Tagged with: Baltimore County pension reform Vicki Almond

When Elon Musk tweeted that he had “verbal govt approval” to build a Hyperloop to carry passengers from New York to Washington in half an hour, everyone with a lick of sense about transportation rolled their eyes. It was obviously ...

Health care workers are at an increased risk for workplace violence. Eighty percent of violent incidents in hospitals are by patients on staff. Incidents of serious workplace violence (requiring days off work) are four times more common in health care ...

Cloud computing — where electronic data is stored off-site on servers owned and maintained by a third party — is quite common in 2017. The proliferation of mobile devices, which are essentially useless in the absence of cloud computing, has ...

Tagged with: Nicole Black Tech Tuesday

Maryland reorganized its regulated electric power industry in 1999, seeking to move control away from regulators and utility executives and give more of that control to consumers. The goal was to promote innovation, increase efficiency, and increase customer choices. The ...

Tagged with: Ethan Dursteler Michael Giberson

The mediator’s bible, “Getting to Yes,” by Roger Fisher and William Ury, provides neutrals with a methodology for bringing mediation negotiations to a successful conclusion. Its mantras to “separate the people from the problem”; “focus on interests, not positions”; and ...

The Maryland Court of Appeals’ recent opinion in Rochkind v. Stevenson raises a not-so obvious, but legitimate question: When, if ever, should a trial court apply the Frye-Reed test? Under the analytical framework set forth in Rochkind, the answer would ...

As businesses fortify their data and networks against the next cyberattack, some business owners might be considering cyber insurance to limit their exposure to the uncertain and evolving risk of a network or data breach that could disrupt operations. But ...

Tagged with: Michael Joe Tech Tuesday

Statistically speaking, American women spend more time providing care to family members than do men. A Wall Street Journal article observed in September 2015, “Even in households where women work outside the home, and have similar career demands as their ...

President Donald Trump campaigned on the slogan, “Make America Great Again,” and he has consistently voiced his desire to bring overseas manufacturing jobs back to America. In doing so, he hopes to help boost the economy and increase employment rates. ...

Tagged with: Manufacturing Michael A. Strauss Tech Tuesday