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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 ...

Family court judges in Maryland follow the frequent practice of sua sponte adding a nondisparagement provision to divorce decrees, simply announcing that fact to the parties. While parties to a divorce can always enter into nondisparagement agreements voluntarily and have them enforced by ...

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Judge Emmett Sullivan is not letting self-convicted Gen. Michael Flynn off the hook Flynn hung himself on, at least not yet. The Department of Justice seeks to erase Flynn’s prosecution, but Sullivan, the judge who took Flynn’s confession of guilt, ...

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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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While we recognize the tremendous challenges facing the Maryland courts during the pandemic and court closure, we raise a troubling issue regarding some district courts that are issuing affidavit judgments during the court closure. Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera’s administrative ...

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States that are reopening their economies even as cases of COVID-19 are still rising are threatening their own residents and the whole country. But they are also running into two challenges that all states will face: Employees don’t want to ...

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To The Editor: The coronavirus has caused both a health crisis and an economic one, pushing families into poverty and hunger across Maryland. Our schools and nonprofits have been working hard to make sure children are fed and nearly 8 ...