litigation and regulation

Gifted students: Recent push to assist low-performing students has neglected the needs of high achievers in Maryland and elsewhere

Carole Catalfo named executive director of the Maryland Board of Physicians

Several medical systems in Maryland keep lists of vetted lawyers who will accept patient cases for lower fees, often with the expectation that the claims will be resolved quickly through a settlement.

Augustus F. "Gus" Brown, principal in the law firm of Brown, Brown & Young, P.A., in Bel Air, was a featured professor recently in a combined University of Maryland Carey School of Law and University of Baltimore School of Law third-year law student Litigation Skills Program.

Fair housing: New consumer watchdog agency means that for the first time in decades, fair housing laws can be effectively enforced

Environmental regulations intended to clean up the Chesapeake Bay could create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the region, according to a report from an environmental group released Tuesday.

In response to concerns raised by a high-profile applicant for a downtown Baltimore slots casino, Maryland officials have relaxed a rule designed to keep people with past gambling transgressions from winning licenses to operate such facilities.

Opponents of the $1.5 billion State Center project asked a Circuit Court judge Wednesday to dismiss the state's legal action against them, arguing they have a First Amendment right to go to court to protest redevelopment plans for the aging government office complex.

Lawmakers asking consumer bureau to look at whether credit card regulation is hurting stay-at-home spouses

Harford County government says it plans to impose a complete smoking ban on its properties, though it isn't clear how many actually will be affected.

American Airlines' filing for a Chapter 11 reorganization leaves Southwest as the only major airline that has not filed for bankruptcy.

Growth of government, loss of liberty go hand in hand

Clinic's lawsuit a threat to Maryland farmers and Gov. Martin O'Malley is right to question it

Governor calls action against Eastern Shore farmer and Perdue 'costly litigation of questionable merit'

State regulators said Wednesday that they have ordered Allied Home Mortgage to stop making loans to Marylanders after federal investigators alleged the company violated the law.

Cal Thomas argues against a North Carolina federal judge's ruling that forcing a woman to view an ultrasound of the fetus before an abortion is a violation of her First Amendment rights.

The governor is pushing state energy regulators to consider renewable energy resources in their efforts to seek potential new power generation in Maryland.

Fracking: Properly regulated, drilling for natural gas using hydraulic fracturing could create jobs and boost tax revenues in Md.

The Baltimore Sun recently spoke with Mark Kaufman about the health of state-chartered banks and consumer complaints about loan modification companies and debt collectors.

Towson law firm bills nearly $6,000 just for travel time in May and June

Aegis editorial

Jay Hancock: Exelon, which seeks approval to buy Baltimore-based Constellation Energy, shows it can play the deregulated energy game just as well as Constellation ever did.

Excessive regulation: Congress should get to approve any rule costing more than $100 million, Maryland business owner says

Hope House is seeking a merger with Reality Inc. on Laurel's Main Street, in hopes of reopening the now closed substance abuse addiction treatment agency.

Hopkins expert says Supreme Court ruling leaves consumers vulnerable; federal regulations are necessary

Legal scholar says 'Separation of campaign and state' misunderstands the Constitution and harms the country; it's time for a constitutional amendment

Maryland officials are pitching the state's talent pool —corporate executives, academics and consultants that regularly deal with the federal government — as a resource for supporting existing companies and attracting new ones.

Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin is gaining national attention for his stance against a bill in Congress that would reduce federal regulation of pesticides. It is the latest in a series of moves intended to raise his profile on environmental issues in advance of his re-election bid next year.

Blunders and outright misconduct by the companies servicing Americans' home loans are so common — and so difficult for homeowners to resolve — that the system is effectively broken, borrower advocates and an increasing number of regulators say.

Constellation Energy Group CEO Mayo A. Shattuck III and other top executives of the Baltimore company are eligible to receive more than $36 million in cash severance and previously-owned incentive awards if the proposed merger with Chicago-based Exelon Corp. is successful.

Baltimore activist says sale of Constellation is likely to leave BGE customers worse off

Recent crashes and crackdown on unsafe operators demonstrate the need to more closely regulate the charter bus industry

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