Lots of options during the first educational session at the Maryland State Bar Association’s Annual Meeting in Ocean City. But, this being a blog, I felt I would not have been doing my duty if I did not attend the ...

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LONDON — Business social network LinkedIn said Wednesday it is investigating reports that more than six million passwords have been stolen and leaked onto the Internet. Graham Cluley, a consultant with U.K. web security company Sophos, said in a blog ...

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NEW YORK — Facebook updated its status to “public company” on Friday. After an anxiety-filled half-hour delay, its stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time as investors were finally able to put a dollar value ...

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I just finished putting together my materials for the MSBA Annual Meeting. I will be speaking Thursday morning during the conference about how lawyers can use social media effectively and without getting themselves into trouble. My presentation will be part ...

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Maryland workers will soon be able to tweet, update their Facebook status and post information in LinkedIn without worrying about their bosses seeing any of it. The General Assembly passed a bill on Monday that would ban employers from asking ...

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NEW YORK — Facebook will list its shares with Nasdaq, according to media reports. That would be a big win for the Nasdaq, which competes fiercely with NYSE Euronext Inc., especially for an initial public offering as large as Facebook’s, ...

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NEW YORK — Facebook made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard University. That means anyone with the right amount of cash ...

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NEW YORK — Google, Facebook and other big tech companies are jointly designing a system for combating email scams known as phishing. Such scams try to trick people into giving away passwords and other personal information by sending emails that ...

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In response to Cara’s “In praise of working during the last week of the year,” I, respectfully, dissent. This is a perfect time to enjoy family and friends and to reenergize yourself for the upcoming new year. Sure, most offices ...

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Most offices are ghost towns during the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. With partners on vacation and annual billables already calculated, it seems like the perfect time for a young lawyer to escape, right? Well, maybe. It’s certainly ...

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