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I’m a fan of the TV sitcom “The Office.” The character who is the manager of Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton office, Michael Scott, is a lovable buffoon who constantly creates compromising situations that would be a nightmare for any human resources ...

Tagged with: Laura Rubenstein The Office

With the increasing focus on diversity & inclusion (D&I) within our work communities, there is a growing acceptance that having a set of people who look, think, talk, act and simply are different from one another creates the most impactful ...

Tagged with: Dorie Fain

Maryland legislators recently passed the Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2019 with the goal of increasing the amount of energy from renewable energy sources. What some Marylanders may find surprising is that embedded among the traditional list of renewables that generate power ...

Litigation arouses competition, an urge to win. Some lawyers have a hard time dialing it down even when the parties want to settle. Many lawyers overemphasize their role as zealous advocate at the expense of other, equally important roles – ...

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How not to be a preferred client? Several years ago, I had a Virginia-based business consulting client who specifically wanted me to help him get his name in The Wall Street Journal. We marketing/public relations types are never thrilled with ...

Tagged with: Glenda LeGendre Modern Marketing

I write this on hour No. 4 of a 13-hour trans-Pacific flight after a five-hour flight from Bangkok to Beijing. Exhausting? Yes! Circadian rhythm completely busted? Yes! But I won’t trade it. The opportunity to explore the world, adventure through ...

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The unpredictability of a witness’ testimony hangs like a cloud over the most confident trial lawyers. The cloud darkens when contemplating the mistakes of your own witness; experiencing them at deposition can be like a thunderstorm in your mind. Imagine ...

Tagged with: Paul Mark Sandler

It may be useful to remind folks that proposed improvements to our network of roadways, bridges, transit services and other elements of the surface transportation system  have to come about through a formal planning process defined in federal law. Each ...

Tagged with: Joe Nathanson

Success in trial often depends on deposition preparation. Here are some guidelines to stay within the bounds of ethics and propriety. First, prepare yourself. Read the Rules of Civil Procedure, both state and federal, that relate to discovery, including depositions. ...

Tagged with: deposition preparation depositions Paul Mark Sandler

As the drumbeat of daily news reminds us, Baltimore continues to see high rates of violent crime for yet another year, especially shootings and homicides. In the past seven days, a 36-year-old man was killed by gunfire in Cherry Hill ...

Tagged with: Donald C. Fry