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A rare breakup within a well-known Annapolis lobbying firm could lead to a rare lawsuit between that firm and its defecting employees. The departure of Hannah Powers Garagiola and at least four other lobbyists from Alexander & Cleaver has caught the attention of other State Circle power brokers and raises as many questions as it answers. ...

Rock Springs Apartments LLC plans to build a mixed-use project on roughly five acres of land it purchased for $2 million in Harford County. The developer, according to commercial real estate services firm Lee & Associates, plans a mix of affordable multifamily and retail at 2000 Rock Spring Road. The project, called Rock Spring Station, will ...

Baltimore’s Board of Estimates on Wednesday will consider a recommendation that the city pay more than $1 million in attorney’s fees to a Christian-based health organization that successfully challenged an ordinance that required pregnancy centers opposed to abortion and artificial birth control to notify patients the facilities do not offer services for terminating or preventing ...

The plaintiffs in ongoing litigation over conditions at the Baltimore City Detention Center will file a motion later this month to extend a 2016 settlement agreement beyond its original four years due to the state’s alleged lack of substantial compliance with a 2016 settlement agreement. After asking the court to reopen proceedings in February, the plaintiffs say ...

The Office of the Attorney General is seeking applicants for a part-time Assistant Attorney General to the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System.

Capitol Heights-based Midas Companies announced Monday it acquired Culy Contracting Inc., an underground utilities company located in Winchester, Indiana with operations in many complementary markets within the midwest and East Coast. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Culy specializes in pipe infrastructure services related to water, stormwater and wastewater in both government and industrial settings. ...

Maryland’s bid to lower health care premiums on the individual market through a reinsurance program could be paying off as Kaiser Permanente has refiled its rate request for 2019.

The following is an excerpt of a conversation with Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera from “Appellate Practice for the Maryland Lawyer: State and Federal, Fifth Edition,” edited by Paul Mark Sandler, Andrew D. Levy and Steven M. Klepper and published by the Maryland State Bar Association, which will be released at the ...

The Baltimore-based nonprofit Institutes for Behavior Resources renamed its REACH (Recovery Enhanced by Access to Comprehensive Healthcare) Intensive Outpatient Program after Terrie A. Alexander during a dedication ceremony Monday at the center, 2104 Maryland Ave. Alexander, now a community leader in the fight against opioid abuse and in long-term recovery from 17 years of cocaine and heroin abuse, grew ...

A Baltimore Airbnb host has launched a campaign urging the city not to be rash in regulating short-term rentals Patrick T. Campbell, who bought his first home in Baltimore in 1998 and moved to Patterson Park from Washington more than a year ago, recently created a campaign with the slogan “pay the tax, get the facts.” ...

Richard Wasserman of Offit Kurman was named a Lawyer of the Year in the 2019 Best Lawyers in America rankings and joined 13 other Maryland-based attorneys from the firm who were recognized. Wasserman, who works in the firm’s Baltimore office, received the honor in the category of bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights / insolvency and reorganization law. ...

OCEAN CITY —  A state effort to update smart growth policies in Maryland is highlighting divisions between advocates who want to a statewide land use policy and county leaders who are concerned such efforts take away decisions traditionally left to local governments. The discussion at the Maryland Association of Counties summer conference on the Eastern Shore ...

The state’s highest court has indefinitely suspended two Prince George’s County attorneys and former law partners for each breaking more than a dozen Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct.

The Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office is asking to be dismissed from two federal lawsuits against former Gun Trace Task Force members that name the office as a co-defendant.

Journalist Lyle Denniston, who covered the Supreme Court for more than a half-century, will host the eight-week online course.

Non-traditional students at Maryland's law schools have different reasons for returning to the classroom, from a desire for a career change to fulfillment of a long-time goal.

Both Maryland law schools are welcoming larger classes of students this fall, signaling a renewed interest among prospective lawyers that wavered in recent years.

Business at the immigration clinics at Maryland’s two law schools has been brisk.

It’s 2018, yet the legal industry is facing a “gigantic” female talent drain, according to a partially released recent study commissioned by the American Bar Association, as women are leaving the profession in larger numbers and quicker than men.