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Beyond the obvious health and economic dangers associated with COVID-19, the coronavirus pandemic has ushered in a virtual onslaught of online scams. Google reports that during the week of April 13 alone, it identified over 18 million daily malware and ...

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Recently, Maryland Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera wrote in State v. Jones: “[W]e adopt today a new rule that will no longer require that accomplice testimony be corroborated by independent evidence to sustain a conviction. We do so in exercise ...

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While COVID-19 dominates the attention of many these days, there is a pivotal and transformative primary election coming up in Baltimore City on June 2. Seats up for election include those for mayor, city council president, comptroller and city council. ...

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Back in the late 1970s, I was working with Baltimore city on the Community Economic Development Program. Among a number of priorities associated with CEDP was augmenting an already existing program, the city’s Commercial Revitalization initiative. This was an effort ...

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Antitrust laws can be used to prevent mergers that create a monopolistic entity that controls a service in an area and can thereby raise prices or initiate other anti-competitive actions.  However, in the health care context, sometimes monopolies can be ...

I’d like to retire the term ‘crisis’ from current business and economic journalism. While the pandemic has doubtlessly jolted our social and economic realities, it’s important to remember disruption is not a unique or singular occurrence. Disruption is always happening. ...

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As we “flatten the curve” and begin to restart the economy, businesses ready to get back to work should be aware of potential exposure to COVID-19 lawsuits. Just as consumers are eager to return to their favorite restaurant, shop, or ...

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  The COVID-19 pandemic has made videoconferencing an indispensable tool for litigation and alternate dispute resolution. Before the pandemic caused courts to close, some lawyers and mediators used videoconferencing technology to take depositions and conduct mediations, as client budgets might ...

In a cruel twist to media organizations, and despite record-high web traffic and cable news ratings, people just are not purchasing non-essential items during this stunning sheltering, except for essential services. Joe Pompeo of Vanity Fair describes the media landscape ...

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  During these past two months, while we have been safe at home, we have also had a view into some of the greatest demonstration and impact of leadership. The type of leadership that defines a nation, a state, a ...

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