SAN FRANCISCO — Online coupon seller Groupon Inc. may delay its plans to go public due to concerns about the stock market’s stability, according to a report. Citing an unnamed source who is familiar with the matter, a Tuesday story ...

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Could some of the country’s biggest law firms have misstated their average profits per partner, inflating values as a major lender to law firms suggests? According to a story this week in the Wall Street Journal, an analysis of the ...

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NEW YORK — Bank of America Corp., the nation’s largest bank, said Friday that it plans to cut 3,500 jobs by the end of September. The cuts amount to a little more than 1 percent of the bank’s workforce of ...

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I don’t profess to be an expert on the legal job market, but it appears business is still booming for bankruptcy lawyers. (Are you listening, Recent law school grads looking for a job?) Legal fees in the Tribune Co.’s bankruptcy ...

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Privacy is certainly a hot topic in Congress these days. However, as fast as bills are introduced to address the potential harm from ubiquitous gathering of personal information (five this year so far), new and seemingly more insidious methods of ...

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A prominent New York attorney with a Maryland link has died. Joseph Flom, the last living name partner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, has died at 87 of heart failure. Flom, who the Wall Street Journal said was ...

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You can ask anyone that knows me — there are not that many things that can bring me as much joy as shopping. I know, it sounds shallow, but I can’t help it. I adore shopping, and all the tasks ...

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Average tuition at a Maryland public university has increased by a little more than 70 percent during the past decade, and family income and student financial aid have not kept up with these increasing costs. This gap is forcing students ...

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It’s not often that a Daily Record alum appears on cable television talking up one of the biggest ongoing business stories of the last couple of years, so we thought it was worth sharing. Robbie Whelan appeared on “On the ...

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Sometimes, it seems like there isn’t room for much creativity in the legal profession. You have to be right—not creative—because you are fighting for the rights and interests of other people. People who are paying you. But the truth is, practicing law ...

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