“Moral hazard” refers to the risks that someone or something becomes more inclined to take because they have reason to believe that an insurer will cover the costs of any damages. The concept describes financial recklessness. It has its roots ...
Tagged with: Banks Cassandra Jones Havard
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Lawyers can create good outcomes for their clients in mediation when they employ strategies that underscore the importance of leverage, contact with participants on other side, and clear communication. Information is the real currency of negotiation. Everything matters and even ...
Tagged with: Jeff Trueman mediation
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The Youth Equity and Safety Act, SB93/HB96, seeks to eliminate the practice of automatically charging minors as adults in Maryland. The proposed bipartisan bill would end the practice by repealing statutory provisions that prevent cases from beginning in the juvenile ...
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Last week The Baltimore Sun and WMAR 2 News reported an unprecedented number of animals being surrendered to local animal shelters because of the rapid rise in evictions. A record-setting 828 pets arrived at the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter in ...
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Cyberattacks are wreaking havoc on government agencies. The U.S. Marshal Service was recently hacked, the agency’s second significant data breach in recent years. And in October, two federal agencies were infiltrated by remote monitoring software. These breaches are just a few of the many ...
Tagged with: Cassandra Shand cybersecurity
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As the rare blind guy with his dog within varied rooms of influence or power, I often think on how we need to advance the disability conversation as a group of untapped people who hold value in their own right. ...
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In a classical Greek drama, when the hero is in grave straits, an immortal comes to save the day. The God is lowered to the stage from above by a machine — hence the term “deus ex machina”(God from the ...
Tagged with: expert witness testimony Paul Mark Sandler
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New York Times v. Sullivan. It was a landmark Supreme Court decision holding that the First Amendment limits the right of public officials to sue media for defamation; to successfully sue, a public plaintiff must prove “constitutional” malice, meaning that ...
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Improving higher education in Maryland would require dramatic change, especially in our most rural and urban counties.
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When we are children, many of us are taught that if something bad happens to us, we should call the police. That lesson often continues into adulthood. If we hear a neighbor was robbed, a first thought is, “Did they ...
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