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For anyone who grew up in the ’70s or ’80s, Toys R Us was a sort of a magic kingdom, like a candy store in its powers to enchant. So many aisles of delightful things to play with. You could ...

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There is good news worth noting in the fight against violent crime in Baltimore. The number of homicides and non-fatal shootings have been trending downward over the past four months. It’s too early to identify the specific factors that have ...

Tagged with: Baltimore crime Donald C. Fry

Coming to arbitration practice from years on the bench, I was somewhat surprised to encounter party-appointed arbitrators who were not entirely impartial. Because commercial arbitration has its roots in labor arbitration and collective bargaining negotiations with company and union representatives ...

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Today’s retail marketplace is changing dramatically and exponentially. The growth in online ordering is causing malls and even big-box stores to fall to the wayside. Small businesses are equally challenged. What’s a business to do to compete in the digitally ...

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Most small business owners don’t believe that fraud can happen to them. However, they are extremely vulnerable to occupational fraud.  Most of the time, believing in the honest of your employees is well founded, but not always. This article concentrates ...

Tagged with: Accounting for Success Robert N. Cantor

Let us praise the polystyrene food container. With its perforated hinges and recyclable plastic, that clamshell-shaped symbol of insulation does more to keep the street food I relish (including hot dogs with relish) fresh; it does more to keep the ...

In response to various legislative proposals from Gov. Larry Hogan, Maryland is on a fast track to pass a poorly conceived law that, if enacted, will grow Maryland’s prison population with little impact on our safety. The full Senate on ...

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A columnist must write concisely. Concision forced me to omit much from my previous column, in which I discussed the mechanics of white privilege. I got to tell readers privilege can be rolled along from one generation to another, as ...

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In my career representing victims sexually abused by powerful people, I have come to understand one thing clearly: we will never change the culture of complicity until executives are held accountable through criminal prosecution. This is true for the United ...

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Telemedicine, or more generally telehealth, is not new. It has been around for decades but historically has not been a service modality commonly used by health care providers due to limited coverage and reimbursement imposed by Medicare. Restrictions on rendering ...

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