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From the Baltimore Sun: City, Howard Co. weighing expansion of growler beer sales

From Explore Howard: On Route 40, Latin Market's liquor application gives hope, draws critics

From Explore Howard: Farmers disagree over proposal to relax zoning rules for pick-your-own operations

From the ABA Journal: Lawyer Loses License for Lying to FBI About Gift of Small Dog to Girlfriend of Zoning Board Member

From the Baltimore Sun: Along with jobs, Fort Meade growth brings traffic concerns

Andrea LeWinter was sworn in this morning as a member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court. Katherine Taylor, already a member of the Supreme Court Bar, joined Andrea and 9 other members of the Howard County Chapter of the Women's Bar Association of Maryland for the swearing in at the Su...

Lawsuit: Lawsuit against Creig Northrop Team, Long & Foster alleges "scheme of fraud" - baltimoresun.com

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From the Baltimore Sun: Howard moves to stem erosion, pollution in Ellicott City waterway

Recently, there have been a few articles in the local press discussing forest sustainability. The Baltimore Sun wrote about complaints from forest advocates regarding development around Patapsco Valley State Park on both December 6 and December 7. After reading these articles, and driving by the ...

The Howard County Board of Appeals approve the use of a farm on Jennings Chapel Road as a wedding venue and antiques store

I was recently gifted an iPad 2, an item with which I am mildly in love. I have discovered a few apps which I am using regularly in my law practice. Since I have had so many people ask about the utility of tablets in the practice of law, I thought I would blog about my favorite apps. I should pre...

In October, Healthy Howard, Inc., certified 46 local businesses as "Healthy Workplaces". "The Healthy Workplaces program, a part of the County's overall Healthy Howard Initiative, certifies county businesses that meet specific criteria in six main areas of worksite wellness-physical activity, men...

The ABA has a great article on urban farming and the zoning issues that affect it:http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/plowing_over_can_urban_farming_save_detroit_and_other_declining_cities_will

Just when I thought Halloween was over, zombie ground rents seem to have risen from the dead.The Baltimore Sun had a great article detailing the recent Maryland Court of Appeals ruling which overturned the method of extinguishing ground rents created by the Maryland Legislature in 2007. Ground re...

From ExploreHoward.com: Liquor board weighs changes to county alcohol regulations

Earlier in the week, the Washington Post reported that some banks are giving away foreclosed properties rather than trying to maintain and sell homes in blighted areas. The article highlighted the efforts in Cleveland to minimize the damage an abandoned home can do to an already depressed neighbo...

In June, Maryland saw the creation of America's first benefit LLC, Clean Currents, a green energy company. Clean Currents was created under the recently passed SB 595, a follow up to the state's benefit corporation law passed last year. SB 595 was sponsored by State Senator Jamie B. Raskin (D-Mon...

Last week, I read an interesting article in the Baltimore Sun entitled "Green jobs economy has hits and misses in Maryland". The article said that "(c)lean jobs locally grew 2.6 percent annually from 2003 through last year..." - a rate which is apparently indicative of an uneven pattern of growth...

Howard Magazine has a great article in it's September 2011 edition on local businesses with purpose driven profits.

The Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program was created to allow equal access to federal contracts by women-owned small businesses (WOSBs), and to economically disadvantaged women-owned small businesses (EDWOSBs). This program allows contracting agencies to set aside certain federal c...

Consider this blog a forum to discuss legal issues for Howard County and the State of Maryland. Our practice at Taylor Legal™ focuses on land use and zoning, small business and corporate law, local and state government law, alcoholic beverage licensing, contract drafting, and succession planning....