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Under Armour hit by data breach affecting 150 million users

Sports apparel merchant Under Armour has become the latest victim of a massive digital theft of sensitive information about tens of millions of customers. The Baltimore company disclosed Thursday that an intruder grabbed the email addresses and login information during ...

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US Senate confirms Robert K. Hur as Maryland US attorney

The U.S. Senate has unanimously confirmed Robert K. Hur as Maryland’s U.S. attorney, succeeding Rod Rosenstein, who left the post to become deputy attorney general. Hur, a former assistant U.S. attorney in Maryland, was supported by Republicans and Democrats when ...

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For some defrauded Corinthian students, only partial loan forgiveness

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Education has begun notifying some former Corinthian Colleges students that it will forgive only one-half or less of their federal student loans, even though the students were defrauded by the now-defunct schools, The Associated ...

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Frosh won’t immediately weigh in on cross dispute, angering Hogan

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has infuriated Gov. Larry Hogan by declining, for the moment, to join a legal fight against a ruling that a prominent cross-shaped war monument on public violates the U.S. Constitution. Frosh, a ...

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Ex-Md. lawyer in fraud scheme gets Conn. law license suspended

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Maryland man convicted for his role in a foreclosure fraud scheme in Connecticut has been suspended from practicing law in the state for six years. The Day reports a judge ordered the suspension on 51-year-old Bradford Barneys’ license ...

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Hospitals now tap lawyers to fulfill patients’ legal needs

As health care systems continue to shift toward becoming comprehensive medical homes for patients, health care providers are increasingly incorporating lawyers into the team of professionals who are on hand to help people at no additional charge to patients. Roughly ...

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Maryland to receive $600K in Target data breach settlement

Maryland will receive more than $600,000 from an $18.5 million settlement with Target Corp. over a massive data breach that occurred before Christmas in 2013. Maryland joined 46 other states and the District of Columbia in the settlement, announced Tuesday, which ...

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