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Daily Record Legal Briefs: July 2, 2009
Jul 02, 2009 ... Builder, sister plead guilty A new homes builder in Owings Mills and his sister pleaded guiltyin Baltimore County Circuit Court to six counts of failure to holdnew home payments in escrow, the Maryland attorney general's officeannounced. According to prosecutors, Walter Osborne Ely ...
Daily Record Business Briefs: July 2, 2009
Jul 02, 2009 ... Sodexo shows sales gain Sodexo, the world's second-largest catering company, said third-quarter revenue climbed 11 percent after winning contracts fromschools, hospitals and corporate customers around the world. Salesrose to $5.3 billion from $4.8 billion a year earlier, the ...
University of Maryland Medical System, Upper Chesapeake merging
Jul 02, 2009; ... The Upper Chesapeake Health System and the University of MarylandMedical System Wednesday announced a merger that they hope to havecompleted by 2013. Upper Chesapeake Health is the largest private employer inHarford County, and will join the third-largest private employer inthe ...
Immigrant sentenced to life in prison for 'brutal' assault on Maryland man
Jul 02, 2009; ... A 21-year-old Honduran immigrant was sentenced to life in prisonWednesday for what a judge called a "brutal" assault that left aHalethorpe man without the use of one eye. Alexander Ronquillo Rivera was found guilty last month inBaltimore County Circuit Court of attempted first- and ...
A more frugal Fourth around Maryland
Jul 02, 2009; ... Tradition is winning out over budget cuts as several areas inMaryland scale back Fourth of July festivities, but preserve theholiday's most iconic and expensive feature: Fireworks. A decrease in private donations from area businesses andindividuals is among the reasons for the ...
Sleepy execs in Maryland hit biotech finish line
Jul 02, 2009; ... Five days of waiting came to an end Wednesday morning, when sleep-deprived biotechnology executives handed in their applications toreceive coveted funding from the state's biotech tax credit fund. Maryland awards the tax credits on a first-come, first-servedbasis, leading 11 firms ...
Developer wants 1,500 residential units near Curtis Bay
Jul 02, 2009; ... Baltimore officials Wednesday went forward with a complex landdeal to sell 98 city-owned acres in Anne Arundel County to adeveloper who wants to eventually build 1,500 new residential unitsthere. Steve McAllister, former national head of the environmental groupGreenpeace, and a ...
Rockville-based developer Opus East files for Ch. 7
Jul 02, 2009; ... Opus East LLC, the developer that until last month was behind oneof the biggest BRAC-related deals in Harford County, filed forChapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy on Wednesday afternoon. Listing $237.9 million in assets and $501.7 million inliabilities, the Rockville-based builder, ...
Judge to rule on Constellation's challenge to Maryland Public Service Commission review
Jul 02, 2009; ... A judge could decide by this afternoon whether the MarylandPublic Service Commission can proceed with its review ofConstellation Energy Group's planned sale of nearly half its nuclearpower generation business to Electricite de France for $4.5 billion. Judge Stuart R. Berger said he ...
Mother of Prince george's County teen seeks $153M for her son's jail killing
Jul 01, 2009; ... The mother of the Prince George's County teen who was strangledwhile in solitary confinement on suspicion of killing a policeofficer has filed a $153.6 million lawsuit against the county andthree correctional officers. The plaintiff's attorneys claim Ronnie L. White, 19, was ...
Daily Record News Legal Briefs: July 1, 2009
Jul 01, 2009 ... Pharmacist faces drug charges U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein announced Tuesday the federalindictment of pharmacist Ketankumar Arvind Patel, 47, of Eldersburg,and Deepa Inc., d/b/a The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in Reisterstown.The six-count indictment charges Patel and Deepa with ...
The Daily Record Business News Briefs: July 1, 2009
Jul 01, 2009 ... T. Rowe's new fund T. Rowe Price Group Inc., of Baltimore, an investment managementcompany, announced the launching of the U.S. Large-Cap Core Fund.The fund, consisting of 50 to 75 companies recommended by T. Roweanalysts, seeks long-term capital growth with moderate risk ...
Baltimore man pleads guilty of kidnapping at light rail
Jul 01, 2009; ... A Baltimore man pleaded guilty Tuesday for his role in kidnappingtwo teenagers last fall at the Timonium light rail station park-and-ride lot and then sexually assaulting the female victim. Brian T. Scott, 18, can receive a maximum of 40 years in prisonafter pleading guilty in ...
Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group's third reactor in Maryland needs EDF deal approval
Jul 01, 2009; ... Constellation Energy Group's plans to build a third nuclearreactor in Maryland are closely tied to state approval of its dealwith a French utility. While Constellation praised the state's Public Service Commissionfor recognizing the benefits of building a new reactor at ...
In Md., not so rapid tax refunds
Jul 01, 2009; ... The state is processing paper personal income tax returns moreslowly this year, which means that some are just getting refundsthat they filed for in April. Comptroller Peter Franchot's office said Tuesday that it is aheadof the pace from last year in processing electronic returns, ...
Ports America, Ceres bidding on Seagirt Marine Terminal, announces Md. Port Administration
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Maryland Port Administration said Tuesday it has twolegitimate bidders competing take over operations at Seagirt MarineTerminal, including the current stevedoring company at the facilityand an international terminal company with several operations in thePort of Baltimore. The ...
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center settles federal False Claims lawsuit
Jul 01, 2009; ... Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Inc. has agreed to pay $2.75million to settle a federal False Claims Act lawsuit over its billsfor government-paid care. The lawsuit stems from an allegation that the Baltimore hospitalinflated its patient-treatment records to get higher ...
Maryland Legal Briefs: July 1, 2009
Jul 01, 2009 ... Pharmacist faces drug charges U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein announced Tuesday the federalindictment of pharmacist Ketankumar Arvind Patel, 47, of Eldersburg,and Deepa Inc., d/b/a The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in Reisterstown.The six-count indictment charges Patel and Deepa with ...
The Daily Record Business News Briefs: June 30, 2009
Jun 30, 2009 ... MuniMae downsizes Municipal Mortgage & Equity LLC, or MuniMae, of Baltimore, one ofthe nation's largest owners of affordable housing, said it hasagreed to sell nearly all of its low income housing tax creditbusiness, one of its principal income generators. The buyer, anaffiliate ...
Widow files $20M suit against Ocean City, Maryland
Jun 30, 2009; ... A woman who lost her husband and daughter to carbon monoxidepoisoning at an Ocean City hotel has filed a $20 million lawsuitagainst the town's Fire/EMS Division for failing to come to theiraid for more than four hours. Yvonne Boughter, who settled another lawsuit against the ...