The Daily Record (Baltimore) back issues from June 2008:
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U.S. District Court, Maryland Case Summaries: June 2, 2008
Jun 02, 2008 ... Civil Procedure Testimonial privilege BOTTOM LINE: On remand, district court granted defendant's motionto dismiss on ground of absolute testimonial privilege, finding thatadministrative proceedings in which alleged defamatory statementsoccurred served a paramount public ...
U.S. 4th Circuit Court Of Appeals Case Summaries: June 2, 2008
Jun 02, 2008 ... Commercial Law Duties under Fair Credit Reporting Act BOTTOM LINE: District court properly denied defendant's motionsfor judgment as a matter of law and for remittitur after juryreturned verdict for plaintiff for defendant's violations of itsduties as a furnisher of ...
U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: June 2, 2008
Jun 02, 2008 ... Constitutional Law Pandering statute BOTTOM LINE: Federal statute criminalizing offers to provide andrequests to obtain child pornography is not overbroad under theFirst Amendment. CASE: United States v. Williams, No. 06-694 (decided May 19,2008) (Justices Roberts, ...
Maryland Court of Special Appeals Case Summaries: June 2, 2008
Jun 02, 2008 ... Contracts Construction trust statute BOTTOM LINE: Circuit court erred in finding that constructiontrust statute imposed personal liability on owner of subcontractorwhere funds were not specifically earmarked for payee. CASE: Selby v. Williams Construction Services, No ....
Maryland Court of Appeals Case Summaries: June 2, 2008
Jun 02, 2008 ... Criminal Procedure Appealable orders BOTTOM LINE: Order vacating reconsideration of defendant'sprobationary sentence and re-imposing sentence of incarcerationconstituted new sentence, and thus, was appealable. CASE: Hoile v. State, No. 87, September Term, 2007 (filed ...
Commentary: Legal ADvice: Can you hear the drums Fernando?
Jun 02, 2008; ... Sometimes it's the smallest of details that trip us up. Littlethings we overlook, like dead batteries in a smoke alarm. FernandoTorres-Negron learned this lesson, taught by a United States Courtof Appeals, the hard way. And it cost him dearly. In 1993 Fernando was asked by his ...
Greenbelt jury finds patent infringement not willful
Jun 02, 2008; ... Patent Infringement Maker of vibrating clock awarded $58K A federal jury in Greenbelt has decided a Texas couple'sinfringements of a Hong Kong company's patent and trademark relatedto its "Shake Awake" vibrating alarm clock were not willful, butthat they must pay the Chinese ...
Experts debate electricity use cuts in Maryland
Jun 02, 2008; ... When Malcolm D. Woolf moved into his new home, he immediatelysaved $20,000 by bringing in an energy auditor. Woolf, the director of the Maryland Energy Administration, saidthe saving was automatic once he learned he would not need newwindows to make his home more energy efficient ....
Maryland Court of Special Appeals says paid time off doesn't toll workers' comp time limits
Jun 02, 2008; ... Wages paid for time off to attend an independent medicalexamination (IME) are not "compensation payments" that would toll astatute of limitations and allow for the reopening of a worker'scompensation award, the Court of Special Appeals has held. Under the Worker's Compensation ...
Positive reaction so far to developer's plan for a mixed-use cityscape at town center
Jun 02, 2008; ... In a 30-year project that could cost up to $5.2 billion intoday's dollars, General Growth Properties Inc. has said it wouldcomplete James Rouse's dream for the community he founded in 1967 bytransforming Columbia's downtown into a vibrant, urban core. Theproject is still in its dreamy ...
Paid time off doesn't toll workers' comp time limits
Jun 02, 2008; ... Wages paid for time off to attend an independent medicalexamination (IME) are not "compensation payments" that would toll astatute of limitations and allow for the reopening of a worker'scompensation award, the Court of Special Appeals has held. Under the Worker's Compensation ...
Experts debate electricity use cuts
Jun 02, 2008; ... When Malcolm D. Woolf moved into his new home, he immediatelysaved $20,000 by bringing in an energy auditor. Woolf, the director of the Maryland Energy Administration, saidthe saving was automatic once he learned he would not need newwindows to make his home more energy efficient ....
The Daily Record News Summary: June 2, 2008
Jun 02, 2008 ... Reading of transcript OK, CSA holds A lower court did not err in allowing the transcript of avideotaped deposition to be read into evidence during a jury trial,the Court of Special Appeals has held. Lanay Brown appealed after losing a lead paint case in BaltimoreCity Circuit ...
Positive reaction so far to plan for mixed-use cityscape in Columbia
Jun 02, 2008; ... In a 30-year project that could cost up to $5.2 billion intoday's dollars, General Growth Properties Inc. has said it wouldcomplete James Rouse's dream for the community he founded in 1967 bytransforming Columbia's downtown into a vibrant, urban core. The project is still in its ...
Legal Opinions - Court of Appeals
Jun 02, 2008 ... Criminal Procedure Appealable orders BOTTOM LINE: Order vacating reconsideration of defendant'sprobationary sentence and re-imposing sentence of incarcerationconstituted new sentence, and thus, was appealable. CASE: Hoile v. State, No. 87, September Term, 2007 (filed ...
Legal Opinions - Court of Special Appeals
Jun 02, 2008 ... Contracts Construction trust statute BOTTOM LINE: Circuit court erred in finding that constructiontrust statute imposed personal liability on owner of subcontractorwhere funds were not specifically earmarked for payee. CASE: Selby v. Williams Construction Services, No ....
Legal Opinions - Supreme Court
Jun 02, 2008 ... Constitutional Law Pandering statute BOTTOM LINE: Federal statute criminalizing offers to provide andrequests to obtain child pornography is not overbroad under theFirst Amendment. CASE: United States v. Williams, No. 06-694 (decided May 19,2008) (Justices Roberts, ...
Law Digest
Jun 02, 2008 ... MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Criminal Procedure, Appealable orders: Order vacatingreconsideration of defendant's probationary sentence and re-imposing sentence of incarceration constituted new sentence, andthus, was appealable. Hoile v. State, No. 87, Sept. Term 2007.RecordFax No ....
Legal Opinions - U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Jun 02, 2008 ... Commercial Law Duties under Fair Credit Reporting Act BOTTOM LINE: District court properly denied defendant's motionsfor judgment as a matter of law and for remittitur after juryreturned verdict for plaintiff for defendant's violations of itsduties as a furnisher of ...
Legal ADvice: Can you hear the drums Fernando?
Jun 02, 2008; ... Sometimes it's the smallest of details that trip us up. Littlethings we overlook, like dead batteries in a smoke alarm. FernandoTorres-Negron learned this lesson, taught by a United States Courtof Appeals, the hard way. And it cost him dearly. In 1993 Fernando was asked by his ...
Week in Review - Legal Edition
Jun 02, 2008 ... Criminal lawyer disbarred by top court An attorney who continued to practice law after he wasdecertified, including briefly representing his own co-defendant ondrug and weapon charges, has been disbarred. The Court of Appealsadopted the Attorney Grievance Commission's ...
Man must pay child support, despite test, rules Md. Court of Special Appeals
Jun 03, 2008; ... A man who claimed for almost 13 years that he was the father of achild born during his marriage, despite evidence to the contrary,remains responsible for child support even after a paternity testproved otherwise, the Court of Special Appeals has held. A judge in Garrett County ...
Maryland regulators say 'reliability pricing model' at fault for $2B power overpayment
Jun 03, 2008; ... Marylanders will pay $2 billion more for electricity over thenext three years than state regulators think they should because thetransition to new energy-buying rules is flawed, officials saidMonday. And, they said, consumers in Washington and the 13 states --including Maryland ...
Md. Transit Administration passengers to shuttle to northernmost stops on light rail for six weeks
Jun 03, 2008; ... Maryland Transit Administration passengers will have to shuttleto get to the northernmost stops on the light rail for about sixweeks, beginning June 16. The MTA announced Monday that it is preparing to replace acrossing at the Warren Road stop in Baltimore County, and work ...
The Daily Record News Summaries: June 3, 2008
Jun 03, 2008 ... Marriott cuts revenue outlook Marriott International Inc., of Bethesda, the world's largestlodging chain, saw its shares slip 2.2 percent in New York StockExchange trading Monday after the company said second-quarterrevenue would be below its previous forecast because of ...
High school shooting suit stays in county, rules Md. Court of Special Appeals
Jun 03, 2008; ... A lawsuit over the May 2004 shooting at Randallstown High Schoolbelongs in Baltimore County, not the city, the Court of SpecialAppeals held. William J. Thomas III was partially paralyzed by the shots firedinto a crowd of students outside the Baltimore County school byTyrone D ....
Bigger Maryland businesses to be eligible for new insurance subsidy
Jun 03, 2008; ... Maryland health care regulators are planning to increase the sizeof businesses that will be eligible for a new health insurancesubsidy that will become available in October. The $15 million small business premium subsidy, created duringlast fall's special legislative session, will ...
The Daily Record News Summaries: June 4, 2008
Jun 04, 2008 ... S&P gives PG bonds top rating Prince George's County officials said bond rating agency Standard& Poor's upgraded the county's bonds to the top rating of AAA, whichwill likely make it easier and cheaper for the county to borrowmoney. County Executive Jack Johnson said the move came ...
Developer of new sports drink banking on national buzz
Jun 04, 2008; ... In the sports drink world there are Gatorade and Powerade -- andthe rest. But Mark Rampolla, founder of a company that sells an all-natural drink made from coconut water, is out to create a nationalbuzz about his product -- without spending a dime on advertising. "We do zero ...
Annapolis-based Synergics Wind Energy to sell power to Delmarva Power & Light
Jun 04, 2008; ... A company that hopes to build wind turbines in Western Marylandhas signed a deal to sell that power. In the state's first renewable electricity distribution contract,Delmarva Power & Light Co. agreed to purchase the power fromAnnapolis-based Synergics Wind Energy LLC, although the ...
Federal judge in Baltimore rules e-discovery error waives attorney- client privilege
Jun 04, 2008; ... Federal and state rules regarding electronic discovery may stillbe evolving, but the consequences for falling short of the newstandards are already real. In an opinion lawyers and observers have labeled "a cautionarytale" and a "wake-up call" to members of the bar, a federal judge ...
Effort by downtown Baltimore's West Side gains momentum as PMS proposes Mulberry St. apartments
Jun 05, 2008; ... Downtown Baltimore's West Side redevelopment effort gainedmomentum with the recent issue of a request for proposals by theBaltimore Development Corp. for several properties along MulberryStreet, meant to generate interest in revitalizing the city'shistoric retail district. The ...
Eli Lilly, widow square off in Maryland Court of Appeals
Jun 05, 2008; ... The state's top court will hear arguments Thursday on a claim byformer Prince George's County Councilman Isaac J. "Ike" Gourdine'swidow that a major drug company is responsible for her husband'sdeath in a 2002 Capital Beltway car crash. Mary Gourdine says Eli Lilly and Co. failed ...
Undergraduate tuition to stay steady in University of Maryland system
Jun 05, 2008; ... The University System of Maryland will hold in-stateundergraduate tuition rates steady for the third straight year undera plan approved Wednesday by the system's Board of Regents. Many student fees will rise at many of the system's 11universities, and out-of-state tuition will go ...
The Daily Record News Summaries: June 5, 2008
Jun 05, 2008 ... Martek's profit soars Martek Biosciences Corp., of Columbia, a manufacturer ofnutritional oils for foods and baby formula, said second-quarterprofit jumped 89 percent on global infant formula sales. Net incomewas $9.2 million, or 28 cents per diluted share, compared with ...
Md. Insurance Administration moving to St. Paul Plaza in Baltimore
Jun 05, 2008; ... With the relocation of the Maryland Insurance Administration fromits Mount Vernon office to St. Paul Plaza, a 28-story office tower afew blocks to the south, the state agency has committed to keepingabout 300 jobs in Baltimore's central business district, thebuilding's owner said ....
On the Move
Jun 06, 2008 ... ARCHITECTURE The architectural/engineering firm of Becker Morgan Group Inc.recently welcomed various new staff members to their team. HeatherM. Smith joins Becker Morgan Group as a civil designer in theSalisbury office. Mark T. Preziosi joins as an architecturaldesigner, with 24 ...
The Daily Record News Summaries: June 6, 2008
Jun 06, 2008 ... Next up: Mulberry Street Downtown Baltimore's West Side redevelopment effort gainedmomentum with the recent issue of a request for proposals by theBaltimore Development Corp. for several properties along MulberryStreet. The RFP opens up four properties -- 410 and 422 W ....
Commentary: Charitable Giving: Rosenberg set a new standard for increasing charitable contributions
Jun 06, 2008; ... One of the great champions of philanthropy died recently. It isnow up to us to make sure that Claude Rosenberg's vision forincreasing charitable giving lives on. A very successful businessman, Rosenberg retired as chairman ofRCM, a corporation that managed billions in ...
Commentary: Tech Talk: With cell phone proliferation, more firms stealing customers
Jun 06, 2008; ... Take a moment to consider the number of people you know withoutcell phones. That thought may leave you stumped. For the first time since cell phone technology began to take off,the overall growth of service contracts and phones has started toslow. Approximately 83 percent ...
Carnival to cruise year-round from Baltimore
Jun 06, 2008; ... The Port of Baltimore will gain its first year-round cruisetenant when Carnival Cruise Lines drops anchor there in September2009, officials said Thursday, bringing an economic boost to thestate. The "Carnival Pride" will embark on seven-day cruises fromBaltimore every week ...
News Summary - 6/06
Jun 06, 2008 ... Ciena's profit up 83 percent Ciena Corp., of Linthicum, a manufacturer of network equipment,said second-quarter profit rose 83 percent as phone carriers boughtmore fiber-optic gear to speed up and expand their networks. Netincome climbed to $23.8 million, or 23 cents a share, from ...
Former WTC tenant in Md. challenging $317,500 in rent add-ons
Jun 06, 2008; ... The bitter battle over alleged unpaid charges between Marylandand one of its former tenants at the World Trade Center is about toenter what could be its final stage, as the legal fight between thelaw firm Gebhardt & Smith LLP and the Maryland Port Administrationheads to ...
Baltimore-based Trahan, Burden & Charles wins Hair Cuttery account
Jun 06, 2008; ... When Hair Cuttery executives pulled up to the Trahan, Burden &Charles Inc. offices in Fells Point for their final meeting and sawyellow school buses with the slogan "We stop for Hair Cuttery"painted on them, they knew they had found their new advertisingagency. "We ... gave them ...
Battle over benefits for home-based care in Md.
Jun 06, 2008; ... A battle over how Maryland should care for its indigent older anddisabled residents was waged Thursday in the Court of Appeals, withthe state defending its decision to deny Medicaid benefits for amentally and physically impaired woman in her 80s who does not needconstant attention from a ...
Linthicum-based Ciena's profit up 83 percent
Jun 06, 2008 ... Ciena Corp., of Linthicum, a manufacturer of network equipment,said second-quarter profit rose 83 percent as phone carriers boughtmore fiber-optic gear to speed up and expand their networks. Netincome climbed to $23.8 million, or 23 cents a share, from $13million, or 14 cents, a year ...
Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price Group Inc.: Price boosts buyback program
Jun 06, 2008 ... T. Rowe Price Group Inc., of Baltimore, an investment managementcompany, said its board of directors increased the company's sharebuyback program by about $875 million. The decision raises the totalauthorized for repurchase by 15 million shares to 21.1 million, thecompany said. The ...
Hiring underway at Gaithersburg-based MedImmune
Jun 06, 2008 ... MedImmune Inc., of Gaithersburg, a biotechnology company focusedon developing and manufacturing products to combat infectiousdisease, autoimmune disease and cancer, announced that it is lookingto fill more than 800 jobs, mostly in research and development andclinical positions, by the ...
UniStar mulls reactor choice
Jun 06, 2008 ... UniStar Nuclear Energy, of Baltimore, a joint venture betweenBaltimore-based Constellation Energy Group and European electricityproducer EDF Group, said it plans to decide by the end of the yearwhether to proceed with early site work for a third reactor next ...
Germantown-based Telkonet gets $3.5M funding
Jun 06, 2008 ... Telkonet Inc., of Germantown, a provider of in-building broadbandaccess and energy management services over existing electricalwiring, announced a financing agreement with YA Global InvestmentsLP, a New Jersey-based private equity fund. Under the terms of theagreement, Telkonet will ...
Rockville-based Vanda, LabCorp form alliance
Jun 06, 2008 ... Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Rockville, a biopharmaceuticalcompany that is developing drugs to treat disorders of the centralnervous system, and Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, ofBurlington, N.C., one of the world's largest providers of laboratorytesting services, announced ...
Antiterror training completed by Hanover-based Brekford International Corp.
Jun 06, 2008 ... Brekford International Corp., a Hanover-based company formerlyknown as Tactical Solution Partners Inc. that provides equipment,training and consulting services to the first responder, lawenforcement and antiterrorism industries, said it completed acomprehensive ...
Columbia-based COPT signs large lease
Jun 06, 2008 ... Corporate Office Properties Trust, of Columbia, said a long-termlease has been signed by an unidentified, "credit worthy tenant" foran entire 123,000-square-foot, four-story, Class A office buildingat M Square Research Park in College Park. The building'santicipated completion ...
University of Maryland University College, Cal State unveil pact
Jun 06, 2008 ... University of Maryland University College, the second-largestpublic university in the United States and one of the largest publicproviders of online higher education in the nation, announced thatit has signed an agreement with the California State University, thelargest senior university ...
Owings Mills-based Avatech forms new group
Jun 06, 2008 ... Avatech Solutions Inc., of Owings Mills, a provider of designautomation software and technical support for the manufacturing,building design and engineering markets, announced ...
State disciplines three Md. home builders
Jun 06, 2008 ... The state registrations of three Maryland home builders have beensuspended for separately violating the Home Builder RegistrationAct, the Maryland attorney general's office said Thursday. TheConsumer Protection Division suspended the registration of JamesRichard Hooper, of Greensboro, ...
Md. company agrees to pay rebates
Jun 06, 2008 ... The Iowa attorney general's office said it has settled a disputewith a Maryland-based marketing company accused of deceivingconsumers by offering free credit card protection but then chargingtheir accounts. Under the agreement announced Thursday, ...
Butler pathologist honored for DNA work
Jun 06, 2008 ... Dr. Rudiger Breitenecker, of Butler, a retired forensicpathologist who served in the Department of Pathology at GreaterBaltimore Medical Center from 1967-1998, is to be honored at aluncheon at GBMC Friday for his pioneering work in the field of DNAand forensic medicine. More than three ...
Maryland architectural firms announce staffing changes: June 6, 2008
Jun 06, 2008 ... The architectural/engineering firm of Becker Morgan Group Inc.recently welcomed various new staff members to their team. HeatherM. Smith joins Becker Morgan Group as a civil designer in theSalisbury office. Mark T. Preziosi joins as an architecturaldesigner, with 24 years in the ...
Marylanders receive awards: June 6, 2008
Jun 06, 2008 ... The Community College of Baltimore County honored employees fortheir years of service to the college. They include: Amanda L.Smith, 40 years; Bernadette Flynn Low, 35 years; Carol A. Sullivanand Linda M. Price, 30 years; and Catherine M. Birkelien and SharonCasey, 25 years. Employees ...
Maryland boards announce staffing changes: June 6, 2008
Jun 06, 2008 ... The board of directors of the Maryland Taxpayers Associationelected Herb McMillan as president of the nonprofit, all-volunteer,nonpartisan organization. Also, Dee Hodges, previously the presidentsince 2001, moved to chair. McMillan is a former General Assemblydelegate from Anne Arundel ...
Three join BlueRidge Bank in Baltimore
Jun 06, 2008 ... BlueRidge Bank announced the following new personnelappointments: Cathy L. Smith, vice president and banking officemanager; Donna Clayburn, assistant manager; and Todd M. Bear,assistant manager. Smith's ...
Maryland education institutions announce staffing changes: June 6, 2008
Jun 06, 2008 ... Goucher College has hired Michael J. O'Leary as vice presidentfor enrollment management and a member of the senior staff. In thisposition, he will have overall responsibility for coordinating thecollege's student retention policies and initiatives. In his variousroles at George ...
Searing joins Greenhorne & O'Mara in Baltimore
Jun 06, 2008 ... Engineering consulting firm Greenhorne & O'Mara announced thehiring of Mary L. Searing as the new division manager and waterresources service director. Searing will be based in the Laurelnational ...