On the Record
Legal and business news, largely focused on Maryland in general and Baltimore in particular.
Author: This is the blog of The Daily Record, "a daily statewide source for business and legal news in Maryland."
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Recent Posts from On the Record
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UB’s alma mater mystery solved
Back in September, I wrote about the University of Baltimore bringing back its long-forgotten alma mater. At the time, the only evidence of the song was a piece of paper from 1958 that included the…
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Will there be tests on Baltimore street lingo?
Harvard will offer a course on The Wire next year. From The Harvard Crimson: “‘The Wire’ has done more to enhance our understanding of the systemic urban inequality that constrains the lives of the poor…
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Towson deli update IV
I walked past what used to be the Court Towers Deli today in Towson and saw something I haven’t seen in 19 months: people eating. The Perring Place Express Deli was doing a dry run…
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Foreclosure filings follow-up
In my story Monday about Baltimore County Circuit Court, I mentioned that foreclosure filings have inundated clerks’ offices at courthouses around the state, and that Prince George’s County has led the state in foreclosures for…
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Mississippi killer dodges death
Back in 2007, I wrote about the fascinating case of a Mississippi convicted killer and the Ober Kaler lawyers who were helping with his post-conviction appeals. At first, Alan Michael Rubenstein claimed to have stumbled…
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Monday law blog round-up
Happy Monday! The Sun’s doing a little exchange program, prompted by The Wire, where their crime reporter goes to London and The Independent’s crime reporter comes here. Check out the blog set up for the…
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Keenan joins Davis in 4th Circuit waiting room
The Senate Judiciary Committee has unanimously approved the nomination of Virginia Supreme Court Justice Barbara Keenan for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Keenan must still be approved by the full Senate — just…
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A hot date… at the courthouse?
Fifty-five years of marriage is darned impressive. So if Ed and Harriet Neufeld of Aspen Hill have found a fun date activity that gets them out of the house together, more power to them. That…
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Best expert witness ever
Legendary comedian Soupy Sales died last week at the age of 83. Sales is perhaps best known as the master of the pie-in-the-face and estimated he had been hit more than 19,000 times, according to…
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“Superstitious nonsense” comment heads to appeals court
If your kid’s teacher makes disparaging comments about religion, is it a First Amendment Establishment Clause violation? The 9th Circuit will consider that question. The WSJ Law Blog writes: The teacher, James Corbett of Capistrano…