On Monday, I had a cover story in Maryland Lawyer about an innovative and mildly controversial new program in Baltimore that will bring a service dog into child abuse forensic interviews and courtrooms. If you haven’t checked it out, please ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter can now let the world automatically know your whereabouts as well as your thoughts and activities. A new feature unveiled Thursday gives Twitter users the option of including their location with the assorted musings posted on ...

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Baltimore Deputy Mayor Andrew Frank got back to me via e-mail after my deadline for today’s Google fiber network story. I wanted to pass along his insights because they underscore a point the Baltimore technology leaders went to great lengths ...

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Ohio State law professor Christopher M. Fairman offered his take Sunday about the controversy over the use of the word “retard.” Fairman said he would not be signing a petition championed by the Special Olympics to ban the use of ...

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I’m throwing in the towel. Enough is enough. I’m tired of the promise of something new, the sometimes steep learning curve to find a useful application, and the final disappointment when it does not live up to expectations. The subject: ...

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I’ve come to view the social norms of the courtroom as very similar to a house of worship. You dress up nice, speak in hushed tones and try not to snore during a sermon or closing argument. I also know ...

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Ah, the steady hum of a Bobcat loader, the beep-beep-beep of a snowplow — music to my ears and all audible outside my house Tuesday afternoon as tireless Howard County road crews finally freed my 100-townhome community from another day of ...

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When it comes to text-messaging from court, apparently some people just don’t know when to quit. (And Judge Sweeney thought the reporters at the Dixon trial had a problem…)  HT: Baltimore Sun

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More and more, Google is providing new ways to enhance your small law practice. From its e-mail service to its Web-based document service to, of course, its search engine, Google has become a popular business buzzword in small offices from ...

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I spent last Friday at the State Theater, a popular entertainment venue in Falls Church, Va. – but not at a show. I attended the third (and final) Blog Potomac “unconference,” a congregation of social media marketing enthusiasts from the ...

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