ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley will be swearing in the state’s new insurance commissioner. Therese Goldsmith will be sworn in Friday in Annapolis on Friday. Goldsmith as appointed by O’Malley to be a commissioner on the Public Service Commission in ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley appointed a new insurance commissioner, top property tax assessor and a new health care board Thursday. Therese Goldsmith, a member of the Public Service Commission and formerly a white-collar litigation attorney with Hogan & Hartson, will take ...

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Enjoy today’s sunshine while you can… looks like Maryland’s going to have a doozy of a weather week. And, if you’re technologically inclined, head outside and catch up on these legal links. Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher had the name, ...

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The Vault rankings of law firm prestige are out. The Vault rankings are based on surveys filled out by 15,000 law firm associates who rate firms on perceived status. No matter how you feel about rankings, these are an interesting ...

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Hogan & Hartson has not been having a good week. Last Friday, word got out that the firm had shown 30 senior associates the door. (I’ve made three calls to the firm since then to find out whether anyone in ...

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Just a couple of years ago, big-firm associates would have rejoiced at the news of a cut in their minimum billable hour requirement. In my reporting on the business of law beat, I got the impression that some of them ...

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