The Maryland State Bar Association is bringing big-name keynote speakers and a range of programming back to Ocean City this week at its multi-day Legal Summit & Annual Meeting. The 2019 meeting, to run Wednesday through Saturday, is likely to ...

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OCEAN CITY — The legal profession has made important strides to combat gender discrimination and sexual harassment in recent years, but there remains work to be done, according to a panel discussion at the Maryland State Bar Association’s Legal Summit and ...

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Lawyers spend years building their practice but even when business is booming, it is important to plan for a day when they may not be able to maintain their practice due to illness or death.

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OCEAN CITY — Alberto Gonzales and Preet Bharara worked for different political administrations, but both were united in their rebukes of some of President Donald Trump’s and his representatives’ attacks on the justice system Wednesday. Gonzales, a former U.S. attorney ...

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OCEAN CITY – Nearly three million people in the United States work for companies such as Uber, Lyft and Airbnb, companies with business models allowing workers put in their own capital on their respective internet platforms to make money. As ...

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OCEAN CITY – It’s no secret that lawyers have high-stress jobs, so the convergence of 700 lawyers at the beach for the Maryland State Bar Association annual meeting was a good time to remind them to take a break. “The ...

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Panel explored the ways internet communications can impact the practice of law.

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The Maryland State Bar Association’s Technology Committee has unique way to attract attendees to its education session Thursday in Ocean City: a free virtual reality headset. Lawyers will be able to take home the foldable, plastic eyewear that works with your ...

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Greetings from Ocean City! I am reporting live from the Clarion hotel, which is the host of the 2015 MSBA Annual Meeting. This is my first trip to the Annual Meeting and I am already having a blast, especially because ...

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I was flattered to hear that my blogging had been used as an example — thankfully a “how to,” not a “how not to” example — during a presentation at the Professional Development Consortium’s Summer Conference that addressed ...

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