Cloud computing is beginning to gain traction with local lawyers despite broader concerns about the security of storing documents and programs on remote servers. The practice allows businesses to access files and programs through the Internet (the "cloud") instead of installing the software onto their own server or individual workstations. Firms can cut costs by paying a monthly fee rather than buying and maintaining hardware or paying licensing fees for products. For a small firm, the cost savings of not having to own or maintain the server hardware or have an IT person on staff could have a big impact.
The Carroll Hospital Center Board of Directors appointed Niles, Barton & Wilmer LLP Managing Partner Jeffrey A. Wothers as chair of the hospital's risk, audit & compliance committee. The committee advises the board on issues associated with risk for the hospital. Wothers was recently recognized by Super Lawyers magazine in its 2008 listing of the top 5 percent of attorneys in Maryland. His litigation practice focuses on property insurance law, related first party insurance matters, insurance coverage and commercial litigation. Wothers often teaches client seminars on compliance and risk management to avoid future litigation. Celebrating its 170th anniversary, Niles, Barton & Wilmer is a full-service mid-Atlantic law firm providing quality legal services since 1838. Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf...
Linda S. Woolf doesn't go around thinking of herself as a "female managing partner. The head of Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann LLP said she doesn't go out of her way to talk about being a female law firm leader and relates just fine to her fellow managing partners, almost all of whom are male. She said she doesn't feel lonely among all those men.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP announced that 32 WTP attorneys have been selected among the 2008 Maryland Super Lawyers: Thomas C. Barbuti, Anne T. Brennan, Mary Claire Chesshire, Jonathan E. Claiborne, Robert B. Curran, William M. Davidow, Deborah H. Diehl, Edwin G. Fee, Martin T. Fletcher, James P. Gillece, John Gontrum, Peter D. Guattery, Harry S. Johnson, Frank S. Jones Jr., George S. Lawler, Natalie C. Magdeburger, Jonathan Z. May, Kevin C. McCormick, M. Natalie McSherry, Albert J. Mezzanotte Jr., Paul M. Nussbaum, Kenneth Oestreicher, Herman B. Rosenthal, William F. Ryan Jr., Catherine M. Steiner, Brent C. Strickland, Steven E. Tiller, Warren N. Weaver, William B. Whiteford, Larry M. Wolf (ret.), Robert M. Wright, and Thurman W. Zollicoffer Jr. Special recognition was given to Nu...
With the amendments to the federal rules regarding electronic discovery just over a year old and the amendments to the Maryland rules effective this month, the courts are adjusting to the reality that most business and personal communications -- potential evidence in litigation -- originate in and travel by computer. Maryland's Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm called striking the balance between timely justice and the rising cost of performing e-discovery, where potentially millions of pages of documents are prospective evidence, "a bigger challenge now than the system itself has ever faced.
On the journey from business concept to solid business, technology entrepreneurs often can't afford the high-quality legal and fundraising guidance they need. But in a region ripe with technology giants in the making, law firms looking to stand out from the crowd see now as an opportune time to grab hold of those companies as clients through innovative free or risk-sharing programs.
Venable LLP announced that longtime Washington environmental and regulatory attorneys Douglas H. Green and William R. Weissman have joined as partners in the firm's environmental practice group. They join from the Washington, D.C. office of DLA Piper. In more than two decades of working together, Green and Weissman have developed one of the country's leading legal and regulatory practices for the utility industry on matters involving solid and hazardous waste and chemical product management. The pair represents the Utility Solid Waste Activities Group (USWAG), a national consortium representing more than 80 utility companies and related utility trade associations. Green is also expected to contribute to Venable's well- established environmental group and its homeland security practice, ...
When Vickie J. Gray saw that 48 attorneys from Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver P.C. belonged to LinkedIn, she knew it was time for the firm to weigh in on lawyers' use of the social networking Web site. Gray, chief marketing officer for Ober|Kaler, found herself in the same position as law firm managers and marketers across the country. As Internet-based social media like LinkedIn grow in popularity, some law firms are developing policies to govern how their employees use the services.
David S. Musgrave, a principal in Ober|Kaler, has been appointed president-elect of the Turnaround Management Association's (TMA) Chesapeake Chapter. His term will begin June 1. A longtime TMA member, he also serves on the chapter's board of directors. Musgrave practices in Ober|Kaler's creditors' rights, workouts & bankruptcy group. He has more than 20 years experience in bankruptcy law and represents banks and other financial institutions in a wide range of creditors' rights matters. Musgrave is active in the American, Maryland and Virginia bar associations and serves on the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education. For the past two years, he has been named in Maryland Super Lawyers for bankruptcy & creditor/ debtor rights. TMA's Chesapeake Chapter serves more than 120 turnaround an...
Vaughn Comeau has joined the Baltimore office of McGuireWoods LLP as an associate in the firm's real estate department. He was previously a law clerk to the Hon. Marvin J. Garbis, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. McGuireWoods' real estate lawyers provide a range of traditional and nontraditional real estate assistance with acquisitions, sales, leasing and financing transactions, as well as project finance, synthetic leases, sale- leasebacks, public-private partnerships, negotiation of local and state incentives, and privatization transactions. The full-service law firm has approximately 750 lawyers in 15 offices in the United States, Europe and Central Asia providing legal counsel to clients around the world. The Law Offices of Kirk Halpin & Associates P.A. has added Te...
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