Ober Kaler is officially no more after completing its merger with Memphis-based Baker Donelson. The deal was originally announced in late October and the combined firm maintains the Baker Donelson name. Formerly Baltimore’s fourth-largest firm with 110 attorneys and more than 100 staff members, Ober Kaler’s merger with Baker Donelson makes the combined firm one of the 50 largest in the U.S. with more than 800 attorneys and advisers. Baker Donelson has 380 shareholders and nearly 1,600 total employees.…
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Happy 2017! The extended New Year’s weekend is over and it’s back to reality. Expect rain to continue throughout Tuesday, with temperatures approaching 50 degrees. Here are eight things to know as you get the work week started. • Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. says it’s elevated its cyber monitoring in light of news regarding alleged Russian hacking of a utility company in Vermont. [WBAL-TV] • As the Ravens cleared out their lockers on Monday following a disappointing 8-8 season, players seemed…
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From food, to real estate, to sports, I tried to cover a variety of topics with my new weekly feature, “5 minutes with.” Throughout 2016, I completed a number of short getting-to-know you interviews as part of the new series, designed to bring people who usually work behind the scenes to the forefront. These profiles will continue into 2017, and run every Monday morning in the daily newsletter. Since I first launched “5 minutes with” this summer, I have published just under 40 interviews. Of those,…
The University of Maryland, College Park and University of Maryland, Baltimore will be partners in a new institute to advance U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturing, supported by a $250 million investment. The creation of the National Institute for Innovation of Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals was announced by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker this month. A team of more than 150 companies, educational institutions — including the two Maryland universities — nonprofits and state governments…
