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Do credit bureaus have constitutional right to report negative information about customers -- forever?
Interesting case going on in a federal district court in eastern district of Pennsylvania. A woman sued General Information Services, Inc., a credit reporting agency, for reporting dismissed criminal charges against her that were more than seven years...Tags: Laws, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Former teacher sues Anne Arundel school system, claims age discrimination
A former Anne Arundel County teacher has filed an age-discrimination lawsuit against the school system, contending that she was systematically bypassed for promotion in favor of younger applicants and faced retribution when she complained. Christine...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Anne Arundel County, Glen Burnie, Discrimination, Teaching and Learning
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Put 'em out
If the smoking ban on Harford County government properties applies to parks and recreation ball fields, there's no reason why it can't apply to the County Courthouse, official excuses notwithstanding. Beginning Jan. 1, smoking on county property was...Tags: Courtland, Hospitals and Clinics, Laws, Harford County, Human Rights
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A threat to Maryland's progressive prisoner representation law
Why is a conservative foundation in Iowa seeking to roll back a civil rights law in Maryland?
Three weeks ago, a federal lawsuit funded by the Legacy Foundation was filed against Maryland's proposed congressional redistricting plan. But the lawyers...Tags: Civil Rights, Hospitals and Clinics, Wars and Interventions, Prisoners and Detainees, Minority Groups
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GOP's anti-democratic tantrum
"Balanced." "Fair-minded." Showing "great personal integrity." These are some of the terms a bipartisan group of 37 state attorneys general used to describe former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, President Barack Obama's nominee for director of the...Tags: Republican Party, Richard Shelby, Richard Cordray, U.S. Senate, Douglas F. Gansler
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November: Harford sets tobacco ban; Joppa teen marches in Macy's parade
Former Fallston Psychologist David Wayne Schrumpf, 56, was sentenced to 18 months in jail for sexually abusing three girls in his care. Although in his plea agreement, Schrumpf agreed to six years, Harford Circuit Judge Maurice Baldwin modified the...Tags: Protest, Kohl's, Aberdeen, Laws, Local Elections
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For the smoking ban
Regarding the letter to the editor published Dec. 9 in the Open Forum, "Steaming over smoking ban:" I find all of your arguments faulty. First let me speak to "how would enforcement work?" It's simple, when someone, who is not a smoker, sees a person...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Quitting Smoking, Laws, WebMD Corporation, Lung Cancer
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Nobody here is imposing Sharia on anyone
It is regrettable that you allow a forum for the kind of casual, stupid bigotry shown in letters such as Dana Ely's and Will Placek's The defects of their kind of thinking rest in a cluster of false, indeed absurd assumptions about private religion and...Tags: Islam, Civil Rights, Laws, Judaism, Labor Legislation
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Smoking ban could complicate downtown Bel Air events
The smoking ban planned around all Harford County buildings could make for a convoluted situation around the Bel Air courthouses. County spokesman Bob Thomas said Wednesday the large parking lot at the Mary E. W. Risteau Multi-Service Center, facing...Tags: Laws, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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Wish list for new director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
To: Richard Cordray, Director
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Dear Mr. Cordray:
First, congratulations on your appointment to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Unless the banking interests have their way, your appointment is expected...Tags: Finance, Students, Laws, Federal Trade Commission, Richard Cordray
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Trial begins in federal lawsuit alleging continued segregation at Md. universities
Alumni and students from Maryland's four historically black universities took their long-held view that the state perpetuates racial segregation to court Tuesday, arguing that their institutions are underfunded. The federal lawsuit calls on the state...Tags: Towson, Students, Racism, Laws, Colleges and Universities
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Q&A: Why bank reforms lead to bank fees
The first reports of big banks instituting new fees for using debit cards and for certain checking accounts really riled customers. Clifford Rossi, a professor at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, is well suited to...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., File Sharing, Laws, Finance, Corporate Crime
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