At Thursday’s “Are you smarter than a law clerk?” session at the MSBA conference in Ocean City, Court of Appeals Judge Lynne A. Battaglia’s law clerks proved that they are pretty darn smart. They answered all but one question correctly. ...

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I am attending the 2011 MSBA Annual Meeting in Ocean City. This is my first Annual Meeting, and the first bar conference to which I have brought my husband and kids. This is also the kids’ first extended vacation and ...

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One of my favorite things about being a journalist is that I can become an expert on a different topic each day. At the MSBA annual meeting, however, I can become an expert on a different topic each hour. Here’s ...

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In legal circles there are always stories of ethical dilemmas. But one session at the Maryland State Bar Association convention in Ocean City sets out to help sharpen the focus on some gray areas. Several members of the ethics committee ...

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According to Bucky Lasek’s Twitter account, the famous skateboarder was touring around Maryland Tuesday to promote the Dew Tour coming to Ocean City this summer. The Dundalk native was in and around Baltimore, even paying a visit to radio station ...

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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 to other states’, she said, except for one big difference. ...

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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 sunscreen. If you participate in other bar activities, political organizations, ...

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Ah, the MSBA’s Annual Meeting. A chance to mingle with the Who’s Who of the Maryland Bar and see lawyers in Hawaiian shirts. The Daily Record, as usual, will be well represented “downy ocean” starting Wednesday. We’ll have our booth ...

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OCEAN CITY — The Maryland Department of the Environment now estimates that 100,000 dead menhaden have washed up on Maryland and Delaware beaches. Department spokeswoman Dawn Stoltzfus says many of the fish found Sunday were missing their heads and appeared ...

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I have been frantically trying to complete two weeks of work in a four-day time frame. For those of us lucky enough to get out of the office (for vacation or otherwise), a few days or full week away from ...

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