The Daily Record (Baltimore) back issues from March 2009:
Businesses more cautious, conservative in planning events, say Baltimore-area event-planning firms
Mar 02, 2009; ... The national economic downturn is impacting the convention andevents industries in Baltimore enough to be felt, but not enough tocause serious problems, at least not yet, according to industryexecutives. "We're holding our own," says Gia Magliano, owner and presidentof ...
U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals: In Re: National Gas Distributors, LLC
Mar 02, 2009; ... Bankruptcy Interpretation of "swap agreement" BOTTOM LINE: Bankruptcy court erred in granting motions todismiss where grounds for finding that contracts were not "swapagreements" were not supported by the relevant statutorydefinitions. CASE: In Re National Gas ...
U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals: United States v. Jadhav
Mar 02, 2009 ... Civil Procedure False Claims Act BOTTOM LINE: In a qui tam action filed under the False ClaimsAct, 31 U.S.C. [section][section]3729, et seq., district courtproperly dismissed the action for lack of subject matterjurisdiction where relator failed to meet his burden of ...
U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals: Waller v. City of Danville, et al.
Mar 02, 2009; ... Civil Rights Reasonable accommodation BOTTOM LINE: Duty of reasonable accommodation under the Americanswith Disabilities Act was satisfied where officers engaged inextensive negotiations with mentally ill man holding woman hostageprior to gaining access by forced entry ....
U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals: Fernando Quinteros-Mendoza v. Holder
Mar 02, 2009; ... Immigration Asylum BOTTOM LINE: Immigration Judge properly denied petition seekingasylum where petitioner failed to allege persecution solely on thebasis of his religious or political beliefs and evidence supportedfinding that those beliefs were not central to the persecution ...
U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals: Rowzie v. Allstate Insurance Company
Mar 02, 2009; ... Insurance Underinsured motorist benefits BOTTOM LINE: District court properly granted summary judgment infavor of insurer where its policy of offsetting payments ofunderinsured motorist benefits by amounts paid for medical benefitsdid not violate South Carolina law ....
Commentary: Of Service: New film will help balance scales of justice in Baltimore City rent court
Mar 02, 2009; ... One of the most disturbing statistics from a city full ofdisturbing statistics is this: More than 140,000 tenants -- most ofthem poor and most of them black -- are sued for eviction in theBaltimore City District Court every year. But here's another fact that is even scarier: Almost ...
Week in Review - Legal Edition
Mar 02, 2009 ... Jury finds officer acted reasonably A Baltimore police officer acted reasonably when he shot andkilled a Cherry Hill man who was fleeing from a traffic stop, a cityjury decided. Attorneys for the family of Ernest Oliver, 39, hadargued Oliver did nothing to justify the use of lethal ...
The Daily Record Business News Briefs: March 2, 2009
Mar 02, 2009; ... Osiris narrows loss Osiris Therapeutics Inc., of Columbia, said its fourth-quarterloss narrowed on a boost in revenue from development partnershipsand lower costs. The company lost $7.8 million, or 24 cents pershare, compared to a loss of $21.6 million, or 73 cents per share,in ...
Maryland employers work to comply with Genetic Information Non- Discrimination Act
Mar 02, 2009; ... The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission opened a 60-daypublic comment period last week on its proposed regulations forenforcement of the federal 2008 Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act, which is aimed at preventing geneticdiscrimination. The law, otherwise known ...
Recreation Pier deal gets 30-day extension from city of Baltimore
Mar 02, 2009; ... City officials and the managers of Moran Towing Inc. have another30 days to reach a solution on the fate of the Recreation Pier, acentury-old landmark in Fells Point that the city says is in direneed of structural improvements. In a closed-door meeting Wednesday, which sources say ...
Md. Court of Appeals divided on cross-racial ID instruction
Mar 02, 2009; ... The judge in a burglary trial was wrong to instruct the jury that"there is no particular reason" to think research on cross-racialidentification applies in real-life criminal cases, the state's topcourt has held. A strong dissent in the case, meanwhile, called for lawyers ...
Lawyer mom in Maryland flips over skateboarding son
Mar 02, 2009; ... One moment that sticks out in Isabel Mercedes Cumming's mindabout her son, Joey "Jett" Hornish, is when he wowed a sold-outaudience last summer at Camden Yards. "To hear the crowd go crazy ... to me that was just amazing," shesaid. "Just to have your child perform at Camden Yards, ...
Baltimore public defender settles his strip club loitering suit
Mar 02, 2009; ... The Baltimore public defender who was arrested and jailed forloitering outside Larry Flynt's Hustler Club early one morning twoyears ago has settled his lawsuit against the arresting officer for$15,000. Nicholas Panteleakis, 36, had alleged false imprisonment,defamation and ...
The Daily Record News Briefs: March 2, 2009
Mar 02, 2009; ... Zorzit wants his property, money back John Zorzit, the Cockeysville man whose properties and bankaccounts were seized in late January as part of a wide-ranginginvestigation into an alleged illegal slot-machine gamblingenterprise, officially wants his stuff back. In court ...
New York court censures lemon law firm partners
Mar 02, 2009; ... The name partners in embattled consumer-rights law firm Kimmel &Silverman P.C. have been censured in New York for mismanagement oftheir Maryland office. Craig T. Kimmel and Robert M. Silverman, proprietors of aPennsylvania-based firm that handles automobile lemon law cases,were ...
Md. Court of Appeals tackles free-speech rights in cyberspace
Mar 02, 2009; ... The Court of Appeals on Friday announced new First Amendmentjurisprudence for cyberspace. In a 4-3 decision, the high court created a five-part test fortrial judges to apply in deciding when the constitutional right ofWeb site commenters to remain anonymous should be trumped by ...
Deliberations begin in Exxon leak trial in Baltimore County Circuit Court
Mar 02, 2009; ... It's up to the jury now. Four women and two men began deliberations Friday afternoon inJacksonville residents' billion-dollar lawsuit against ExxonMobilCorp. stemming from a massive 2006 gasoline leak. Judge Maurice W.Baldwin Jr. impaneled the six jurors after dismissing ...
Pittsburgh-based construction co. files for lien against Angelos garage in downtown Baltimore
Mar 02, 2009; ... A Pittsburgh-based construction company has filed a petition fora lien against an underground parking garage in downtown Baltimoreowned by Peter Angelos, claiming the prominent personal injuryattorney and his co-defendants owe more than $1.2 million for recentrepair ...
Fine dining restaurants in Baltimore try co-op promotions to beat the recession
Mar 02, 2009; ... Falling revenue from business dinners and events has some upscaleBaltimore restaurants pooling their money for a collaborativeapproach to marketing that experts say could be the wave of thefuture. Dubbed the Circle of Fine Dining, about 15 restaurants includingthe Rusty Scupper, ...
Maryland businesses may not get full federal tax breaks
Mar 02, 2009; ... Businesses in general should benefit significantly from taxincentives in President Barack Obama's stimulus package, butMaryland's businesses may lose out because of laws that do notrequire the state to follow federal income tax laws. "It used to be that Maryland taxes were easy to ...
After two years, AST Dew Tour will bypass Baltimore in '09
Mar 03, 2009; ... After kicking off its season in Baltimore for the last two years,the 2009 AST Dew Tour will bypass Baltimore, state officialsannounced Monday. Last June's stop drew more than 52,500 fans to the parking lotssurrounding M&T Bank Stadium over four days and generated about $10million ...
University of Baltimore School of Law launches Institute for Sports and the Law
Mar 03, 2009; ... A new program at the University of Baltimore School of Law wantsto prove "sports law" is not necessarily synonymous with "sportsagent." It can also mean helping a university comply with anoversight agency's regulations, providing counsel to a pro team orensuring an Olympian's ...
Md. General Assembly looking at three versions of measures on independent contractors
Mar 03, 2009; ... A major workplace reform proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley to stopcompanies from wrongly classifying workers as independentcontractors remains up in the air as lawmakers begin studyingproposals on the issue Tuesday. O'Malley has proposed a far-reaching change to employment law ...
Md. Court of Special Appeals vacates life without parole sentence
Mar 03, 2009; ... Failure of prosecutors to timely file written notice of theirintent to seek a sentence of life without parole prior to the secondtrial of a man who stood accused of bludgeoning a 68-year-oldWashington County woman to death entitled him to a new sentencinghearing, the Court of Special ...
Report: Chicago-based General Growth Properties Inc. has offers for properties
Mar 04, 2009; ... Financially troubled mall owner General Growth Properties Inc.has received more than 10 offers, some as high as $400 million, forkey properties including Harborplace and the Gallery located atBaltimore's Inner Harbor, according to a wire service report. Citing an unnamed source ...
Md. legislative budget analysts seek cuts in funding for arts, tourism
Mar 04, 2009; ... The General Assembly is considering deeper, longer-term cuts toplanned art and tourism spending than what Gov. Martin O'Malley hasproposed in his fiscal 2010 budget. The House Appropriations Committee, working through a complexbill that would ease mandated spending, heard ...
Proposed bill in Md. House would require restaurants to post nutritional information next to food
Mar 04, 2009; ... That rainbow cookie you're eyeing in line at Starbucks might notlook so enticing if it had its 420-calorie label posted below theprice. That's one of the hopes of health advocates who are supportingnew legislation they say would help people at risk for diabetes andobesity make ...
Opponents urge defeat of Md. Governor Martin O'Malley's re- regulation plan
Mar 04, 2009; ... A day after the governor said he supports partial re-regulationof the state's energy market, the debate raged Tuesday as severalbusiness groups urged the Senate Finance Committee to reject theidea. Under Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposal, dubbed "rational re-regulation," new power ...
Divergent bills on Maryland police surveillance considered
Mar 04, 2009; ... A Democratic senator battled Gov. Martin O'Malley'sadministration Tuesday over competing legislative proposals toensure that Maryland police never again conduct unreasonablesurveillance of peaceful protest groups. Sen. Jamin B. "Jamie" Raskin's measure, SB 256, would ...
FBI arrests former Baltimore County teacher
Mar 04, 2009; ... A former Baltimore County teacher sentenced to 18 months inprison for sexually abusing a 13-year old student has been arrestedby the FBI on charges he was downloading and sharing childpornography from his home computer. Timothy N. Gounaris, 52, was arrested Friday by the FBI ...
Stephen L. Miles splits from Baltimore law firm Saiontz and Kirk
Mar 04, 2009; ... If you have a phone, you still have a lawyer -- it's just notStephen L. Miles. Miles has broken away from the high-profile personal injury lawfirm Saiontz, Kirk & Miles P.A., whose ubiquitous televisioncatchphrase is, "If you have a phone, you have a lawyer." Miles merged ...
Maryland Senate votes to amend death penalty bill
Mar 04, 2009; ... The Senate voted for an amendment Tuesday to preserve capitalpunishment in the state so long as the condemned was convicted withDNA evidence and not solely on the testimony of eyewitnesses. Senators pressing for outright abolition of the death penaltytook little comfort in the ...
The Daily Record News Briefs: March 4, 2009
Mar 04, 2009; ... Md. export picture brightens Maryland's rate of exports was more than twice the national ratelast year, according to the Department of Business and EconomicDevelopment. In 2008, the department said Maryland exported $11.4billion in goods, mostly to Canada, Belgium, the ...
CareFirst unveils its version of a Universal Health Care bill to Md. lawmakers
Mar 05, 2009; ... Legislators and representatives from CareFirst BlueCrossBlueShield unveiled companion bills Wednesday aimed at providinghealth care for more than 800,000 Maryland residents who areuninsured, the second piece of legislation of its kind introducedthis session.Titled the Health ...
Maryland Senate reaches compromise on death penalty
Mar 05, 2009; ... A legislative effort to repeal Maryland's death penalty appearsall but over for this year, as the Senate on Wednesday approved acompromise measure that preserves capital punishment but wouldimpose strict evidentiary requirements before it could be handeddown. Under the amended ...
Re-regulation in Md. could cost government more
Mar 05, 2009; ... Since 2004, the state has saved nearly $50 million by bidding forits electricity supply. But the savings the state has racked up over the past few yearscould disappear if lawmakers vote to push through legislation thatwould re-regulate the state's energy market and deny consumers ...
Canadian-based Magna Entertainment Corp.'s stock delisted
Mar 05, 2009; ... On the day before many believe it will declare bankruptcy, theCanadian-based company that owns Laurel and Pimlico racetracks hasnotified the federal government its stock will be delisted from theToronto Stock Exchange. Magna Entertainment Corp.'s stock, which opened at 30 cents ...
Advocates say Maryland's heritage tax credit is worth the cost
Mar 05, 2009; ... Economic development, real estate and environmental advocatespushed Wednesday for a key Senate committee to go along with Gov.Martin O'Malley's plan to extend the state's tax credit forrebuilding historic structures, arguing that the high price tag onthe proposal will help the state's ...
The Daily Record News Briefs: March 5, 2009
Mar 05, 2009; ... Martek sees profit rise Columbia-based Martek Biosciences Corp., which makes an infantformula supplement derived from algae, said net income for itsfiscal first quarter that ended Jan. 31 was $9.6 million, or 29cents per diluted share. Last year, in the corresponding quarter,net ...
this is a test for mddr
Mar 05, 2009; ... only a little test i would ...
Week in review:
Mar 06, 2009; ... Harborplace offers Financially troubled mall owner General Growth Properties Inc.has received more than 10 offers, some as high as $400 million, forkey properties including Harborplace and the Gallery located atBaltimore's Inner Harbor, according to a wire service report ....
Report: 6 statewide transportation projects could make Md. less car- dependent
Mar 06, 2009; ... A new report has outlined six statewide transportation projectsfrom Southern Maryland to Frederick -- including building a $1.6billion Red Line in Baltimore -- that supporters say will helpMarylanders become less dependent on their cars while eventuallyboosting transportation revenues ...
Baltimore, a mini Silicon Valley?
Mar 06, 2009; ... As Scott Ferber looks over his spacious office at the back of anondescript Fells Point warehouse, he reflects about how it allstarted. Ferber, an Owings Mills native, launched little-knownTeknoSurf.com with his younger brother, John, out of a townhouse offof Burke Avenue in ...
In Md. Court of Appeals, borrowers defend win on loan law's statute of limitations
Mar 06, 2009; ... Banks battled borrowers Thursday at the Court of Appeals overwhether a three-year limit for challenging allegedly excessiveclosing costs is restarted each time the borrower makes a mortgagepayment. Gerard J. Gaeng, representing more than a dozen banks, told thehigh court that the ...
Md. Public Service Commission chairman not sure a moratorium on shut- offs is the right answer
Mar 06, 2009; ... The Maryland Public Service Commission is weighing a possiblemoratorium on electric service shutoffs as part of its inquiry intospiking consumer energy costs, Chairman Douglas R.M. Nazarian saidThursday. Nazarian and several utility industry officials came before ajoint meeting ...
Some Baltimore-area customers have concerns over Eastern, Bradford banks
Mar 06, 2009; ... Some customers of Eastern Savings Bank said they were worriedThursday because the bank recently fell under deep federal scrutinybecause of its loan practices. "This definitely is cause for concern," said Ken Schaffer,outside of Eastern's Ellicott City branch. Schaffer, who ...
Maryland Senate passes death-penalty reform bill, 34-13
Mar 06, 2009; ... The Senate voted 34-13 on Thursday to approve a bill that wouldlimit the use of capital punishment but not ban it. Under the amended bill, SB 279, the death penalty could beimposed only if the murderer's conviction is based on DNA evidence;a videotaped, voluntary confession; or a ...
After bankruptcy filing, Magna Entertainment to seek approval to sell all its assets
Mar 06, 2009; ... The future of horse racing in Maryland lurched further towarduncertainty Thursday after the owner of Laurel Park and Pimlico RaceCourse filed for bankruptcy. To raise cash, Magna Entertainment Corp. said it was selling itsrace tracks in Florida, California and Texas to its parent ...
Baltimore City councilwoman Helen L. Holton seeks dismissal of indictment, claims immunity
Mar 06, 2009; ... Lawyers for indicted Baltimore City councilwoman Helen L. Holtonfiled a motion to dismiss the charges against her Friday.Holton is seeking dismissal based on the "Speech or DebateClause" of the federal and state constitutions, according to themotion filed in Baltimore City ...
Marylanders on the Move: March 6, 2009
Mar 06, 2009 ... ACCOUNTING RSM McGladrey announced that Kevin Duval has been named adirector of operations and technology services in the mid-Atlanticregion. Duval has more than 20 years experience in management andtechnology. As director, he will provide leadership in the areas ofproject ...
Commentary: Philanthropy will have a role to play in Baltimore's sustainability agenda
Mar 06, 2009; ... A packed room of philanthropists listened recently to a detaileddescription of how Baltimore has gone about developing asustainability plan. The city's process, which took place over thelast summer and fall, has culminated in the publishing of a 100-page document, with 29 goals and ...
Commentary: A guide to green gadgetry
Mar 06, 2009; ... Vegetated Retaining Walls Furbish Company sells, installs and maintains vegetated retainingwalls. This approach replaces vertical hardscapes with verticallandscapes and the benefits are profound: it results in the use of55 percent less concrete and a reduced heat island effect, ...
Green building in Maryland expands along with work force
Mar 06, 2009; ... In a statement that swims against the economic current of therest of the country, Prescott Gaylord, president of Baltimore GreenConstruction, says 2008 was his "best year ever." What's more, heexpects 2009 to be even better. While so many businesses are clinging to life, industries ...
Going green can be costly consideration for Maryland businesses
Mar 06, 2009; ... The economic downturn notwithstanding, Maryland businessexecutives and other authorities agree that it still makes goodbusiness sense, under the right circumstances, to "go green," andmany businesses are doing it in small but meaningful ways. But the circumstances are not right for ...
Commentary: Death penalty revolt shakes Senate
Mar 06, 2009; ... Stop the presses! Rivers run upstream! Sun sets in the East! Mike Miller loses one (sort of) on the Senate floor! No one can remember the last time Senate President Thomas V. MikeMiller lost control of the 47-member body he has commanded for thelast quarter ...
The Daily Record News Briefs: March 6, 2009
Mar 06, 2009; ... Dialysis Corp.'s profit dips Dialysis Corporation of America, of Linthicum, saw a slight dropin profit in the fourth quarter. The company, which operates free-standing kidney hemodialysis centers, said net income fell to$858,000, or 9 cents per diluted share, from $1 million, or 11 ...
Legal briefs 03_09
Mar 09, 2009 ... Woman sentenced in brothel bust BALTIMORE (AP) -- A federal judge has sentenced a Frederick womanto prison for a prostitution scheme organized at Maryland andVirginia brothels. Forty-two-year-old Adriana Delcid was sentencedFriday to 15 months in prison after she pleaded guilty to ...
Buffalo, New York-based M & T is cutting more than 500 jobs at Provident Bankshares in Maryland
Mar 09, 2009; ... Nearly 30 percent of employees at Provident Bankshares Corp. willlose their jobs when the company merges with M & T Bank in May. M & T, based in Buffalo, N.Y., will reduce Provident's staff by521 and keep 1,305 employees, said Atwood "Woody" Collins III,president of M & T Bank's ...
New building's architect addresses University of Baltimore Law LEED symposium
Mar 09, 2009; ... Stefan Behnisch showed the audience at the University ofBaltimore School of Law photographs of several buildings his Germanarchitecture firm designed before stopping on a rendering of agleaming, glass structure that sent murmurs through the crowd. "You all know this one," he ...
Bill in Maryland General Assembly marks consensus on campaign finance
Mar 09, 2009; ... A legislative effort to bring campaign finance reform to theGeneral Assembly removed a larger-than-life obstacle this week whenSenate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., a powerful opponent ofprior attempts, signed on to a proposal that would give candidatesthe choice of accepting ...
Baltimore City Councilwoman Helen Holton moves to dismiss indictment
Mar 09, 2009; ... Lawyers for an indicted Baltimore City Councilwoman have filed amotion to dismiss the charges against her. Helen L. Holton is seeking dismissal based on the Speech andDebate Clause of the federal and state constitutions, according tothe motion filed Friday in Baltimore City Circuit ...
Baltimore's House delegates back lead-pigment bill
Mar 09, 2009; ... Baltimore's House delegation on Friday gave a thumbs-up tocontroversial legislation that would enable the city's victims oflead-paint poisoning, as well as landlords hurt economically by thepoison, to sue manufacturers of the lead pigment used in paint --without having to identify the ...
Md Court Of Appeals: Strickland v. State
Mar 09, 2009 ... Administrative Law Assignment of judges BOTTOM LINE: Circuit court's order overruling AdministrativeJudge's assignment of new judge was improper because the authorityof the Administrative Judge entirely encompasses internal managementof the courts. CASE: Strickland v ....
Md. Court of Appeals: University System of Maryland v. Mooney, et al.
Mar 09, 2009; ... Civil Procedure Exhaustion of administrative remedies BOTTOM LINE: Circuit court properly granted motion to dismisswhere assignees of accounts receivable under a contract wererequired to exhaust available administrative remedies before seekingjudicial relief. CASE: ...