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Howard Community College President Hetherington to retire Oct. 1
Dr. Kathleen Hetherington Thursday announced plans to retire as president of Howard Community College, a post she had held for the past 14 years. Hetherington’s retirement will become effective Oct. 1. She was the first in the college’s history to be a community college graduate. She dedicated her career in higher education to advancing the ...
Baltimore law firm assists in $852M abuse settlement with USC
A Baltimore personal injury law firm that helped reach a $190 million settlement with Johns Hopkins Hospital over a gynecologist accused of secretly recording his patients has helped secure another multimillion-dollar settlement against a university health care facility more than 2,500 miles away. Janet, Janet & Suggs LLC was among many law firms that reached ...
Dr. Nikita Sharma | AAMC
Dr. Nikita Sharma has joined Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center as a physician. Sharma is triple board-certified in hematology, medical oncology and internal medicine. She joins the hospital from Vidant Medical Center, where she previously served as the medical director and lead physician of thoracic oncology. She completed her internal medicine residency at AtlantiCare ...
Judges, experts: Federal judiciary lacks racial and gender diversity
Judges from all levels of the U.S. court system and legal experts told a congressional panel in Washington Thursday that the federal judiciary needed greater racial and gender diversity. “I feel there is a cost when voices are missing from the room,” U.S. District Judge Edward Chen told the House Judiciary subcommittee on courts, intellectual ...
Maryland extends health insurance enrollment period
Maryland is extending the state’s health insurance special enrollment period until the middle of August. Gov. Larry Hogan and the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange announced Friday that uninsured state residents will have the chance to enroll in health coverage until Aug. 15. This deadline aligns with the federal special enrollment period extension announced by President ...
Hunter Rief | Continental Realty Corp.
Continental Realty Corporation announced that Hunter Rief has joined the firm in retail acquisition. Formerly a director with Newmark in New York City, Rief brings more than nine years of diversified commercial real estate experience to his new role. Rief will work in the organization’s Baltimore and New York City offices, supporting finance, acquisitions, investor ...
ABA’s latest guidance on practicing law virtually
Because of the pandemic, lawyers are working remotely more than ever before, and many will likely continue to do so — at least occasionally — even after the pandemic is behind us. Now that practicing law virtually is more commonplace than ever, many different bar associations have recently handed down ethics opinions that address the ...
High court mulls police power to enter homes without warrant
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed when police can enter homes without a warrant, with the justices making up scenarios involving elderly neighbors, a cat in a tree, a mask-less social gathering and even a Van Gogh painting to help them resolve the case. While some of the examples were lighthearted, the case ...
Port Covington breaks ground on next phase of the project
The Port Covington development team broke ground on Wednesday for the vertical construction of the neighborhood’s next leg, which will consist of 1.1 million square feet of office, retail, residential and parking space, in a hybrid virtual and in-person ceremony. This phase of the project, which cost $650 million, was fully financed as of January ...
M&T Bank donates $333,500 to Baltimore-area nonprofits
M&T Bank, one of the Baltimore area’s largest corporate givers, committed $333,500 in charitable donations, the majority of which is intended for more than a dozen nonprofit organizations helping Baltimore’s residents and businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The bank’s contributions approved during its initial grant-making round of 2021 include: $50,000 to the Associated Jewish ...
The Daily Record announces 2021 Maryland’s Top 100 Women winners
The Daily Record announced the names of the 2021 Maryland’s Top 100 Women winners. This is the 26th year for the awards celebration and nearly 1,600 women have been honored in that time. This year, 12 women are joining the Circle of Excellence for winning the award for a third and final time. For a ...
UI Legal Officer I
The Department of Labor, MD Unemployment Insurance Division is currently accepting applications from qualified candidates for the following positions of: UI Legal Officer I
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS AND ADVICE DIVISION
Office of the Attorney General is seeking applicants for an Assistant Attorney General for the Opinions and Advice Division.
DEPUTY COUNSEL MARYLAND STATE POLICE
Office of the Attorney General is seeking applicants for a Deputy Counsel for the Maryland State Police.