Citigroup investors give thumbs down to exec pay
NEW YORK — Citigroup shareholders are strongly expressing their displeasure with the pay that the bank’s top executives are taking home. At its annual meeting Tuesday, 55 percent of shareholders […]
Conference committee cancels Tuesday meeting
ANNAPOLIS — A committee of lawmakers has put off meeting to resolve budget proposal differences between the state Senate and House of Delegates. Warren Deschenaux, the legislature’s chief budget analyst, […]
Common Cause urges open ethics deliberations on Currie
ANNAPOLIS — A government watchdog group called on the Maryland General Assembly’s ethics panel on Thursday to open proceedings on Sen. Ulysses Currie’s failure to disclose work for a grocery […]
No major Fed moves expected as economy shows gains
WASHINGTON — Let’s wait and see. That’s likely to be the message from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, when its two-day policy meeting ends. Few expect any bold new steps […]
Week in review: 10/28/11
Limit threatens ongoing protest Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday that the city intends to enforce Occupy Baltimore’s permit application, which set a limit beginning that day of two persons staying […]
EBDI head walks out of City Hall during meeting
A meeting to address construction and communication problems between residents of Middle East and East Baltimore Development Inc. was abruptly halted Tuesday after two top executives from EBDI walked out […]
EBDI development plan draws fire from Middle East residents
Residents of Middle East reacted angrily again Wednesday night against efforts to present a new development plan for their community, saying they have been disenfranchised from the process and fear […]
Community challenges new EBDI plan
During a second contentious meeting in two weeks, a group of Middle East residents Thursday night challenged a new plan for the massive redevelopment of their community by East Baltimore […]
Black judges, lawyers gather in Baltimore for National Bar Association’s annual meeting
The nation’s largest association of black judges and attorneys is meeting in Baltimore this week to discuss issues facing the legal community and to honor Maryland’s top jurist and other […]
National Bar Association to meet in Baltimore
The nation’s largest association of black judges and lawyers will meet in Baltimore next week to discuss legal trends and to honor several luminaries of the bench and bar. About […]
Md. lawyers flock to Ocean City for annual MSBA meeting
Leslie Fried has attended state bar association conferences around the country as a senior attorney with the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging. Maryland’s annual meeting is similar […]
Editorial Advisory Board: The role of lawyers in public life
If you are reading this on the beach in Ocean City at the Maryland State Bar Association’s Annual Meeting, pat yourself on the back when you are applying some more […]





