Most people by now have had experience purchasing or using a coupon from Groupon, Living Social, Plum District and similar websites. Aside from a couple of incredibly annoying experiences with two purchases from Living Social, I have been a content ...

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After about 10 years and $500,000 in research and development, Joe Foley hopes his explosive-neutralizing technology will be ready to come to market within a year and a half. Foley, who co-founded Boonsboro-based ES&T Inc. in 2005, has been working ...

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Since January 1, I have been a partner at Bowie & Jensen LLC. As I previously posted, this is the promotion that I have worked for since starting at the firm in 2004. When asked to join the partnership, there ...

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In just a few short months I’ll be getting married, and that means I’m in full-on planning mode. Turns out that planning a wedding is basically a full-time job, so when I’m not at the courthouse, I’m emailing my caterer, ...

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One of the benefits of striking out on your own is that you can finally have the law firm you’ve always wanted. All of those experiences from prior jobs can be distilled into your firm’s philosophy, used to create your ...

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In an effort to become more organized and more environmentally friendly, I am attempting to make my life paperless (or at least, my work life paperless). Throughout the course of any attorney’s day, he or she will review documents, draft ...

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As of a couple weeks ago, I am no longer a solo practitioner. Although I’m joining a great firm, there are many things I’ll miss about solo practice, including the opportunity it gave me to grow as a leader, test ...

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ANNAPOLIS — At least two new energy companies have expressed interest in leasing land off Maryland’s coast for the development of wind turbines to power an offshore wind program. Renewable energy company enXco, a subsidiary of French-owned EDF Energies Nouvelles ...

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Forgive me for what will be a short post. Forgive me for any lack of wit. I’m tired. Why? I was really sick for a week in January and had to take a week off at the beginning of this ...

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When I began preparations to go solo four months ago, the most important thing I did was to create a business plan. I didn’t think I had time to do it— I would have rather continued to prepare my forms, ...

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