Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) articles from October 2007

Daily Record (Baltimore, MD) archives from October 2007

TRO on child care order stayed by Maryland Court of Special Appeals.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Liz Farmer The Court of Special Appeals delayed the enforcement of a Cecil County judge's temporary restraining order that halted Gov. Martin O'Malley's executive order unionizing child care workers. The attorney general's office...

Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to hold dual language summit Saturday.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Louis Llovio The Mid-Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is reaching out to the parents of Hispanic students in an effort to get them more involved in their children's school life. To help do this, the chamber has partnered...

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield makes a high-tech hire.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Karen Buckelew CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield officials said the nonprofit insurer is looking to the future of health care with the selection of health technology industry veteran Chester "Chet" Burrell as its new president and...

Commentary: Of Service: MLSC celebrates its first quarter century.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Robert J. Rhudy In 1982, the Maryland General Assembly established the Maryland Legal Services Corp. (MLSC) for the purpose of receiving and distributing funds to grantees that provide legal assistance in noncriminal proceedings or...

Maryland Law Digest: October 1, 2007.
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Criminal Procedure, Waiver of counsel: Circuit court did not abuse its discretion in finding that a defendant waived her right to counsel where she appeared before the court numerous...

Maryland Court of Appeals Case Summaries: October 1, 2007.(Case overview)
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Criminal Procedure Waiver of counsel BOTTOM LINE: Circuit court did not abuse its discretion in finding that a defendant waived her right to counsel where she appeared before the court numerous times without...

Maryland Court of Special Appeals Case Summaries: October 1, 2007.(Case overview)
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Criminal Procedure Writ of error coram nobis BOTTOM LINE: Probation before judgment constitutes a conviction for purposes of a writ of error coram nobis where a defendant is facing serious collateral...

U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: October 1, 2007.(Case overview)
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Constitutional Law Burford abstention BOTTOM LINE: Federal court should not have abstained from deciding question involving constitutionality of State gambling statutes where the matter did not involve...

U.S. District Court, Maryland Case Summaries: October 1, 2007.(Case overview)
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Intellectual Property Patent infringement and inducement of infringement BOTTOM LINE: The U.S. District Court denied defendant's motion to dismiss where plaintiff adequately alleged a claim for patent...

Hagerstown flights in question.
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Commercial air service in Hagerstown would be preserved through at least Nov. 15 under a federal funding bill awaiting President Bush's signature. Without the funding, Air Midwest, the only carrier serving...

Montgomery County Planning Board appoints Purple Line advisory committee.
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff The Montgomery County Planning Board said it appointed a committee of 28 area residents to help transportation planners analyze the potential impacts of the proposed Purple Line, a transit corridor that would...

Damascus Community Bank to purchase Baltimore-based Chesapeake Industrial Leasing.
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Damascus Community Bank, of Damascus, said it agreed to purchase Chesapeake Industrial Leasing Co. Inc., of Baltimore, a 25-year-old company that originates and brokers leases for business equipment to...

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust, of Rockville, sells two buildings.
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Washington Real Estate Investment Trust, of Rockville, a real estate investment trust investing in income-producing properties in the Greater Washington metro region, said it completed the sale of Maryland...

Celera Group, of Rockville, receives $2M from Merck & Co.
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Celera Group, of Rockville, a company that specializes in molecular diagnostics, said Friday it received a $2 million payment from Merck & Co. for odanacatib, a drug being developed to treat osteoporosis. The...

Rockville-based HealthExtras Inc. to provide pharmacy services to Medical Card System.
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff HealthExtras Inc., of Rockville, a full-service pharmacy management company, said its pharmacy benefit management division, Catalyst Rx, was selected by Medical Card System Inc., of San Juan, Puerto Rico, one...

Heard this week:.
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record “The high irony of this is that, if the government had never heard of Brandon Mayfield, they would not have this ruling today. They essentially got caught with their pants down.” — Michael...

By the numbers:.
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record 3 - Number of homicides in Calvert County to date this year after 21-year-old Christopher D. Whisman, of Broomes Island, stabbed Rodney B. “Rudy” Gray, 20, of St. Leonard, during a fight among several...

Maryland attorneys discuss negatives of CSI effect.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Liz Farmer Baltimore prosecutor Theresa M. Shaffer thought she had a clear-cut case. DNA evidence linked the defendant to the crime scene, and investigators recovered everything from his bloody fingerprint to his necklace, a...

Maryland law firms announce staffing changes: October 1, 2007.
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record The Women's Law Center of Maryland will celebrate 35 years of legal advocacy for women and recognize three leaders who have worked to advance women's legal rights at its annual meeting and awards ceremony on Oct....

Week in Review - Legal Edition.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Staff and wire reports Drowning verdict: $4M The parents of a 5-year-old boy who drowned in an Anne Arundel County country club pool won a $4 million judgment last Monday against the pool’s management company. Connor...

Letters to the Editor.(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2007... Dear Editor, In today's Daily Record I noticed an error that is becoming more frequent in the lay world, but which I was surprised to find in the Daily Record: the use of “pre-emptory” instead of the correct...

On the Docket.
October 1, 2007... On the Docket: COURTS Maryland Court of Appeals Family Law, Same-sex marriage ban: Because Family Law Art. §2-201, limiting marriage to a man and woman, does not abridge the fundamental right to marriage, does not...

Pokempner takes post-retirement position at Administrative Office of the Courts in Annapolis.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Cynthia Di Pasquale One might think that by age 72, a lawyer would want to take a break from the law. But that hasn't been the case with Joseph K. Pokempner, former partner at Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP. Within weeks of a...

Maryland Court of Special Appeals says inmate can't sue over attack in prison kitchen.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Caryn Tamber A prisoner attacked by a spatula-wielding fellow inmate while working in a prison kitchen cannot pursue a lawsuit against the state, the Court of Special Appeals has affirmed. The court held that Dave Shawn...

Baltimore-based FTI Consulting to sell shares.
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff FTI Consulting Inc., of Baltimore, a national provider of consulting and technology services, said it has filed notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to conduct a public offering...

Owings Mills-based Avatech Solutions reports net loss of $874,000.(Financial report)
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Avatech Solutions Inc., of Owings Mills, a provider of design automation software and technical support for the manufacturing, building design and engineering markets, reported a net loss for its fiscal...

Bethesda-based Lerch, Early & Brewer adds nine attorneys.
October 1, 2007... Byline: The Daily Record Staff Responding to growth in Montgomery County and the surrounding region, Bethesda-based law firm Lerch, Early & Brewer announced it is adding nine new attorneys, including four principals, bringing its staff of...

Kia gets defense verdict in Md. Lemon Law suit.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Liz Farmer Monty Morel Redfern complained of consistent pinging and dinging noises in his new Kia Optima, but the jury sided with the defense which argued that poor maintenance -- not the manufacturer -- was the cause. A lot of...

Giant Food appeals awards to woman truck driver in Maryland.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Liz Farmer A tractor-trailer driver for Giant Food Inc. in Prince George's County who claimed she was discriminated against and ultimately fired because of her race and gender has been awarded more than $1 million in compensatory...

Maryland Court of Special Appeals says too-big house not a hardship.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Liz Farmer An Annapolis couple should have considered their need for a garage before building a 5,000-square-foot house on the Chesapeake Bay waterfront, the Court of Special Appeals held. Robin and William F. Chesley were...

My First/Baltimore attorney discusses first criminal trial.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Cynthia Di Pasquale F. Spencer Gordon, of Henslee & Gordon LLC, has made a name for himself representing criminal defendants in Baltimore. But anyone who knew him in the late 1980s might not have expected such a bright future...

Incentive program aims to encourage support payments in Maryland.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Christina Doran A law going into effect on Monday not only aims to reduce the amount of child support arrearages in Maryland but also hopes to provide an example for states to emulate nationwide. The law directs the Maryland...

C. Justin Brown: From journalist in Kosovo to criminal law in Baltimore.
October 1, 2007... Byline: Brendan Kearney C. Justin Brown was about to go to bed in his room in the five-star Hyatt Regency in Belgrade in April 1999 when he heard a "whistling sound" just outside his window. Looking outside, he saw a NATO Tomahawk...

Baltimore-based Daily Record wins top prize in U.S. contest.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff The Daily Record has been named the best newspaper of its size in the country in the annual Better Newspaper contest of the National Newspaper Association. The General Excellence award for daily newspapers...

Workers prepare Mercy Hospital garage on St. Paul Street in Baltimore for its implosion.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Maximilian Franz Workers prepare the Mercy Hospital garage on St. Paul Street for its implosion, which will take place Sunday at 7:30 a.m. In its place will be an 18-story inpatient tower, with construction due to start in the...

Baltimore City Circuit Court judge rules for officer in laptop fight.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Brendan Kearney Baltimore's police department must return the personal laptop computer seized from a lieutenant suspected of using it to send offensive e-mails through the department's network during working hours. In a...

News Summary.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Staff and wire reports Vertis: Merger called off Vertis Communications Inc., of Baltimore, a provider of targeted advertising, media and marketing services, said it has called off its proposed merger with American Color...

For first time, VFW is using TV to raise money.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Louis Llovio Feeling the financial strain of caring for soldiers returning from wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is advertising on television for donations for the first time in...

Rockville-based electronics firm delivers battlefield PDA.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Ben Mook Encased in rugged plastic and rubber with a shatter-proof screen and features including the ability to be viewed through night vision goggles, InHand Electronics' Soldier Flex PDA is a personal digital assistant built for...

Baltimore's population is rising.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon said the city increased its population last year -- for the first time in nearly a half-century. Based on U.S. Census Bureau statistics, Dixon's office estimated that...

Md. company acquired by Ultralife Batteries Inc. of Newark, N.J.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Ultralife Batteries Inc., of Newark, N.J., which develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of non-rechargeable and rechargeable batteries, charging systems and accessories, said it completed...

Leadership Council created by Maryland's governor.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Gov. Martin O'Malley on Monday moved to set up a leadership council that will focus on doing more to prepare Maryland students for highly skilled jobs. O'Malley issued an executive order to create...

Hagerstown air flights end.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Twice daily commercial passenger flights at Hagerstown Regional Airport have ended, at least temporarily, despite some late-breaking federal help. The airport said Air Midwest ended its US Airways...

Dr. Bruce Smoller named new Maryland State Medical Society president.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Dr. Bruce Smoller, a Chevy Chase psychiatrist, has succeeded Dr. Scott D. Hagaman of Catonsville as president of MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society. Smoller is a past president of the...

Conmed Healthcare Management Inc. signs medical services agreement with Wicomico County.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Conmed Healthcare Management Inc., of La Plata, a provider of health care services for correctional institutions, said it signed a medical services agreement with Wicomico County valued at up to $10...

Maryland ranks 17th in nation in terms of the total number of "insourced" jobs.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports With 102,700 Marylanders working for U.S. subsidiaries of companies headquartered abroad, Maryland ranks 17th in the nation in terms of the total number of "insourced" jobs, according to the...

Carroll Community College in Westminster grows.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Carroll Community College in Westminster said full-time enrollment jumped more than 12 percent this fall and part-time enrollment grew nearly 3 percent. More than 3,400 students are now enrolled at...

Washington Savings Bank of Bowie to reorganize.
October 2, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports The Washington Savings Bank, of Bowie, announced its board of directors has approved a reorganization to form a bank holding company. The reorganization will enable the bank to offer additional...

Baltimore-based Vertis Communications calls off proposed merger.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Vertis Communications Inc., of Baltimore, a provider of targeted advertising, media and marketing services, said it has called off its proposed merger with American Color Graphics, of Brentwood, Tenn., a major...

Baltimore-based WYPO-FM debuts in Ocean City.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Your Public Radio Corp., a nonprofit community-owned broadcasting company based in Baltimore, announced the startup on Monday of WYPO-FM 106.9, a public radio station in Ocean City. The company, parent of WYPR-FM...

Salisbury-based Marshall Management Inc. announces new contracts.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Marshall Management Inc., of Salisbury, a management company for mid-size hotels, announced the addition of five management contracts, consisting of a 144-room Aloft Hotel now under construction near Washington...

Md. law firm settling its 9/11 cases.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Brendan Kearney A Baltimore County law firm has reached a settlement for its clients in the longstanding Sept. 11 litigation in New York, The Daily Record has learned. The plaintiffs, each of whom lost family members at either...

Easton-based Shore Bancshares closes on two acquisitions.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Shore Bancshares Inc., of Easton, parent company of three community banks and two retail insurance agencies serving the Delmarva peninsula, said it has closed on two acquisitions, both in the insurance field....

Maryland's Court of Appeals questions definition of rape.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Caryn Tamber Several judges on Maryland's Court of Appeals Tuesday seemed open to reversing a controversial decision which held that continuing to have sex after a woman has withdrawn her consent is not rape. Maouloud Baby was...

Ethanol plant in Somerset County unfazed.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff The company hoping to open an ethanol plant in Somerset County is moving forward with its plans, despite a recent drop in ethanol prices. An overproduction of ethanol has sent prices about 30 percent lower over...

Linthicum-based Ciena shares rise sharply.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Ciena Corp., of Linthicum, a manufacturer of computer-networking equipment for telephone companies such as BT Group plc, climbed the most in four months in Nasdaq Stock Market trading after raising its...

Baltimore-based Legg Mason Inc. reports gobal funds not so hot.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff A majority of money managers who opened mutual funds that invest globally suffered declining or little-changed earnings because of increased expenses, according to a survey by Legg Mason Inc. and Citigroup Inc....

More orders for Hunt Valley-based AAI Corp.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff AAI Corp., of Hunt Valley, a subsidiary of United Industrial Corp., said it received orders totaling $19.9 million from the U.S. Army for production of 613 additional One System remote video terminals -- small,...

Rockville-based Innovative Biosensors Inc. awarded $1.6M contract.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Innovative Biosensors Inc., of Rockville, a developer of rapid diagnostic technologies, said it has been awarded a $1.6 million contract to provide reagents and technical support for the proprietary CANARY...

Rockville-based Emergent BioSolutions Inc. boosted.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff Emergent BioSolutions Inc., of Rockville, which develops and manufactures products that harness the immune system to treat and prevent disease, said it completed on Sept. 28 an initial delivery of its BioThrax...

Gaithersburg-based GenVec Inc. excercises options.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff GenVec Inc., of Gaithersburg, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel gene-based drugs and vaccines, said the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, part of the National Institutes of Health,...

Md's Department of Business and Economic Development soft sail.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Louis Llovio With the Statute of Liberty standing guard on the horizon and the buildings of lower Manhattan looming overhead, Maryland's Department of Business and Economic Development put on an $11,000 soft sale Tuesday aboard the...

Former Army scientist employed at Fort Detrick pursues journalists.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff A former Army scientist asked a federal judge Tuesday to hold two journalist in contempt for refusing to identify the government officials who leaked details about the investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks....

Drunk driver sentenced in death of a Maryland physicist.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff A Fairbanks, Alaska, man found guilty of drunk driving and manslaughter in the death of a Maryland physicist was sentenced on Monday to more than 18 years in prison. Authorities said Byron Frank Geisinger, 47,...

Maryland bank robberies suspect to be extradited.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff A suspect in a series of Maryland bank robberies has waived extradition from Florida. Authorities with the Cecil County Bureau of Investigation say 40-year-old John Burton was arrested Sept. 21 by Miami-Dade...

Md. Court of Special Appeals revives smoke-detector suit.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Barbara Grzincic and Christina Doran Three families whose children were killed or injured in a Montgomery County house fire can sue the builder, several smoke-detector manufacturers and the landlords of the home where the June 1998...

Md. Court of Appeals hears Bruce Bereano's challenge to the suspension of his lobbying license.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Caryn Tamber A Court of Appeals constituted of two active judges and five retired judges heard influential lobbyist Bruce Bereano's challenge to the suspension of his lobbying license. The State Ethics Commission imposed a...

Vertis Communications Inc. of Baltimore: Merger called off.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Vertis Communications Inc., of Baltimore, a provider of targeted advertising, media and marketing services, said it has called off its proposed merger with American Color Graphics, of Brentwood,...

News Summary.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Staff and wire reports WYPO-FM debuts in O.C. Your Public Radio Corp., a nonprofit community-owned broadcasting company based in Baltimore, announced the startup on Monday of WYPO-FM 106.9, a public radio station in Ocean City....

Progressive Maryland: Tax study discounts state spending.
October 3, 2007... Byline: Andy Rosen A study by business groups that projected job losses to accompany increases in state taxation should have included more information about the economic effect of state spending, according to the advocacy group Progressive...

Filing ends delay in estate of starved Baltimore teen.
October 4, 2007... Byline: Brendan Kearney The grandmother of Ciara Jobes, the 15-year-old girl who was abused, imprisoned and starved to death by her mentally ill guardian in 2002, will remain the personal representative of Jobes' estate. The Orphans'...

WilmerHale to exit Baltimore.
October 4, 2007... Byline: Caryn Tamber The decade-long presence of law firm Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr LLP in Baltimore will virtually disappear at the end of the year. While one partner in the Baltimore office will head to Los Angeles to...

Pricey Pro-Am spots help build relationships.
October 4, 2007... Byline: Louis Llovio Bob Reid lined up at the tee box on the 18th hole at the Baltimore Country Club Wednesday, spectators on each side of the fairway, the flag on the green waving gently in the wind. But Bob Reid is no professional...

V-Empower tops list of 50 fastest-growing technology companies in Maryland.
October 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports With revenue growth of 9,268 percent over the past five years, V-Empower Inc., of Bowie, which makes software used by small political organizations, topped the list of the 50 fastest-growing...

News Summary - 10/4.
October 4, 2007... Byline: Staff and wire reports V-Empower tops Fast 50 With revenue growth of 9,268 percent over the past five years, V-Empower Inc., of Bowie, which makes software used by small political organizations, topped the list of the 50...

Surgeon at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore train surgeons using robotic program.
October 4, 2007... Byline: Karen Buckelew Dr. Alex Gandsas has never met the two surgeons from Argentina whom he trained to perform a new procedure. Gandsas, a bariatric surgeon at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, even observed in the Argentinean operating...

Timonium-based Let's Dish! launches Pink Dish! Campaign for breast cancer awareness.
October 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Let's Dish!, a Timonium-based franchise company that supplies food ingredients and helps customers prepare homemade meals that can be frozen until ready to be cooked, announced the launch of the...

Baltimore-based Bully! Entertainment completes work on spots for PBS Kids feature.
October 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Bully! Entertainment, a Baltimore-based animation and game design company, said it completed work on three animated spots for "Dot's Story Factory," PBS Kids' new kid-created content feature that...

Towson University and National Sheriffs' Association to cooperate.
October 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Towson University and the National Sheriffs' Association have scheduled an announcement on Oct. 10 at the university of a partnership between the two organizations. As their first order of business,...

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to hold classes for judges.
October 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports More than a dozen Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine faculty members, fellows and residents, along with brain science experts from around the country, will lead lectures and hands-on...

Dean of University of Md. School of Law to receive award from Equal Justice Works.
October 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Karen H. Rothenberg, dean of the University of Maryland School of Law, will receive Equal Justice Works' Dean John R. Kramer Award for 2007 at the organization's awards dinner in Washington, D.C.,...

Production problems for Foundation Coal Holdings Inc. of Linthicum Heights.
October 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports Foundation Coal Holdings Inc., of Linthicum Heights, the nation's fourth largest coal producer, said production at one of its mines slowed over the last two months because rock obstructions delayed...

Costs mount for Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin Corp.
October 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports A program headed by Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin Corp., the world's largest defense company, to replace the 30-year-old U.S. system of early warning satellites faces up to $1 billion more in cost...

Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland presents Torch Award winners.
October 4, 2007... Byline: Daily Record Staff & Wire Reports The Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland presented six area businesses with its Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics at ceremonies last week at the Museum of Industry in Baltimore. Those honored...