The Daily Record (Baltimore, MD)

The Daily Record is a business and legal newspaper based in Baltimore, Maryland. It is published five days a week throughout the entire year, with a few exceptions for holidays. This newspaper covers topics such as commerce, finance, law, business, construction, and real estate, primarily focusing on Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Every Friday, readers can enjoy the Maryland Business section, which provides a deeper insight into the latest business news in the area.

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Divorce law and economic stability: Insights from Capital Family & Divorce Law Group

6 days ago | thedailyrecord.com | Jon Stojan

Divorce often represents one of the most significant financial transitions an individual can experience. The process carries heightened complexity and potential disruption for business owners, executives, and professionals with substantial assets in Maryland. Navigating Maryland’s legal framework for dividing marital property requires legal knowledge and financial acumen.
4th Circuit rejects fee award in MD wage dispute, says matrices alone insufficient

6 days ago | thedailyrecord.com | Rachel Konieczny

Fee matrices for awarding attorneys’ fees cannot be the sole tool used by courts in determining the amount a winning party is owed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled Tuesday. In a published opinion written by Judge Toby Heytens, a three-judge panel for the 4th Circuit overturned a $167,115.49 fee award to attorneys of Melehy & Associates LLC in Silver Spring, a firm that has been at the center of another highly publicized dispute over its fees.
Why Moore's plan to reform MD's wealth transfer taxes ran aground

1 week ago | thedailyrecord.com | Jack Harlon Hogan

Gov. Wes Moore‘s proposal to end Maryland’s status as the only state with two taxes on the transfer of wealth after death — by eliminating the inheritance tax and requiring more people to pay the estate tax — failed during the recent legislative session after facing strong opposition from estate planners, personal accountants and local registers of wills.
Critics say states' fetal rights measures may pave a path for outlawing abortions

1 week ago | thedailyrecord.com | Kate Payne |John Hanna

A new Kansas law and a Florida bill outline policies backed by abortion opponents that critics see as moves toward giving embryos and fetuses the same rights as the women carrying them. The Kansas Legislature’s Republican supermajorities last week overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill to require that child support payments cover embryos and fetuses and to grant an income tax break for a pregnancy or stillbirth.
Recordings not admissible in Anne Arundel orphans' judge wiretapping case, court rules

1 week ago | thedailyrecord.com | Rachel Konieczny

ANNAPOLIS—State prosecutors cannot use recordings seized by Anne Arundel County police in the trial of an Anne Arundel County Orphans’ Court judge accused of illegally recording his judicial colleagues, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Officials hope continued pressure on PJM will lead to changes, lower energy costs

1 week ago | thedailyrecord.com | Jack Harlon Hogan

Officials in Maryland, New Jersey and other states belonging to the regional energy grid are hoping that a new report will bolster their campaigns of pressuring the private grid operator to change its process for approving new energy projects.
BGE did not ensure pipeline safety after falsified inspections

1 week ago | thedailyrecord.com | Ian Round

The Maryland Public Service Commission validated the primary allegation made by former Baltimore Gas and Electric employees, who came forward in December to say a gas pipeline inspector falsified reports for years. The PSC’s engineering division “identified gaps in BGE‘s quality assurance and compliance oversight as it relates to the inspector in question,” states an investigative report released April 11.
MD prescription board's power expanded, but wait for price caps continues

1 week ago | thedailyrecord.com | Jack Harlon Hogan

Maryland lawmakers have expanded a state board’s authority to set statewide upper-payment limits on high-cost prescriptions, a significant win for advocates and legislators who for years have promoted the authority as a way to protect the government and health care enrollees from exorbitant drug prices. Gov.
More than two dozen men sue Calvert Hall under Child Victims Act

1 week ago | thedailyrecord.com | Ian Round

More than two dozen men have come forward with allegations of child sexual abuse by faculty and clergy at Calvert Hall College High School, the all-boys Catholic school in Towson. The lawsuits come days after the Maryland General Assembly passed a law limiting institutions’ financial liability for claims under the 2023 Child Victims Act, the landmark law passed after the Maryland Attorney General’s Office published a report alleging decades of abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Goodell DeVries attorneys open business, cannabis law firm in MD

1 week ago | thedailyrecord.com | Rachel Konieczny

Attorneys from Baltimore-based Goodell DeVries have formed a new firm specializing in business and cannabis law. The new firm, Corey Tepe, LLC, launched Monday and maintains an office in Columbia. Justin Tepe, managing attorney at Corey Tepe, said he and Kaitlin Corey previously worked as partners at Goodell DeVries and have complementary practices that allow their new firm to be a full-service practice.