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Workplace violence Lawsuits filed Shootings have small-business owners Two Md. families join other accusers keyed on recognizing warning signs. 7A against maker of Roundup weed killer. 8A Wednesday, August 28, 2019 Volume 130 | Number 228 TheDailyRecord.com Maryland’s trusted source of business, legal and government news for 130 years. Bias lawsuit filed against Baltimore Co. by DOJ Screening tool allegedly excludes black applicants BY HEATHER COBUN [email protected] The U.S. Department of Justice filed an employment discrimination suit against Baltimore County on Tuesday, alleging the county police department uses a screening tool that disproportionately excluded African American applicants. The complaint, filed in U.S. Dis- THE DAILY RECORD/FILE PHOTO trict Court in Baltimore, claims the Despite some recent evidence of improvement in Baltimore’s residential housing market, a new survey concludes that it’s almost the worst among major U.S. cities. department’s practices violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and seeks a court order requiring the department to use procedures that comply with the law and provide remedies to pre- viously rejected applicants. Scraping the bottom County Executive Johnny Olsze- wski Jr. said Tuesday that the county had stopped using the test in question, Survey concludes that only Detroit’s housing market is worse than Baltimore’s though it continues to deny liability for the actions of prior administra- BY ADAM BEDNAR one of the worst in the nation. decade of economic expansion and a tions. He took office in December. [email protected] Baltimore placed No. 293 out of corresponding boost to the Baltimore “A law enforcement agency 300 markets Wallethub researchers metro area’s real estate market. In re- should look like the community it altimore’s residential housing mar- analyzed. Charm City’s residential real cent years the median home sale price serves,” Olszewski said in a state- ket ranked among the worst in the estate market outperformed only De- in the region, because of supply con- ment. “As I have said repeatedly nation amid rising prices in the troit among cities with populations of straint, has increased from $250,000 since taking office, I am committed B surrounding areas, according to a re- at least 300,000 people. in July of 2010 to $299,900 last month, to increasing diversity in the county’s cent survey. The city fared the worst in catego- according to data from MarketStats by police department.” On Tuesday financial advice website ries such as the number of properties ShowingTime, based on listings with The exam cited in the complaint WalletHub released its rankings of the with negative equity; foreclosure rate; Bright MLS. was required for entry-level and po- best real estate markets in the nation. population growth; and number of un- That’s in line with the median price lice cadet positions with the Balti- Baltimore, based on economic, demo- sold homes owned by banks. in June, which was the highest price SEE DOJ 9A graphic and real estate data, ranked as The struggles come after roughly a SEE HOUSING 3A J. Charles Smith, vice chairman of the Maryland Vote on cannabis testing is delayed Medical Cannabis Commission, said BY BRYAN P. SEARS the state’s medical cannabis program. public comment on [email protected] The effort stalled Tuesday as patient proposed testing advocates raised concerns about how changes raised ‘le- eliminating a round of testing might gitimate concerns.’ ANNAPOLIS — A subcommittee of Said Smith: ‘Any the state’s medical cannabis committee adversely affect consumer health and time there’s an issue delayed a vote Tuesday on a proposal safety. of … consumer to eliminate a round of testing of mar- J. Charles Smith, chair of the pol- safety, I think we ijuana plants before they are sent for icy committee and vice chairman of need to vet it just a processing. the Maryland Medical Cannabis Com- little bit more.’ The proposed change, which was mission, said public comment on the THE DAILY RECORD/ sought by some growers, was seen as BRYAN P. 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Eye on Annapolis goal-setting, verbalizing Aug. 30 The University of Maryland, College Park, will open a your goals and asking for Way to Be Generation J.D. “Discovery Center” in Crystal City, Virginia, next year, the what you need to accom- Ground Up university announced last week. The university said the plish them. I invite you to 8,000-square-foot space will “aim to foster innovation and On the Record take it one step further and collaboration among UMD students and faculty, Crystal City TWITTER think intentionally about residents and employees, and alumni in the area.” the trajectory of your The center will help the university maintain ties with FOLLOW career and the lawyer you Amazon once it moves into Arlington, Virginia, President Sept. 16 would like to be 10 years Wallace Loh said in a statement. 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You @TomBaden computer, mathematical, and natural sciences, school of barely know what it means engineering, college of information studies, and school of FACEBOOK to be a lawyer, let alone business. what it means to be a good LIKE Topics could include cybersecurity, machine learn- one, let alone being a spe- mddailyrecord ing, supply chain management, engineering and human- cial one, different from the computer interaction, the university said. pack. Planning years ahead Sept. 27 LINKEDIN Maryland had competed for the HQ2 in Baltimore or sometimes feels hard. Path to Montgomery County, but leaders still hope to get a spill- When I started out as a Excellence over effect from having the site across the Potomac. It is CONNECT family law associate, there the-daily-record expected to generate around 25,000 jobs in the area. were probably 25 other … SOUNDCLOUD YOUTUBE INSTAGRAM INSIDER LISTEN WATCH VIEW Sign up on our homepage for daily emails the-daily-record MDDailyRecord1 @MDDailyRecord with the top headlines. HYATT & WEBER WELCOMES TOP LITIGATOR Seasoned trial lawyer Barbara J. Palmer has joined Annapolis-based Hyatt & Weber, P.A., further expanding the firm’s premier Real Estate practice. BARBARA J. PALMER [email protected] (410) 266-0626 With more than three decades of experience as a trial lawyer, Barbara Palmer focuses her practice on real estate litigation, land use and zoning, and contracts. Throughout her career she has tirelessly represented clients in trials and appeals at state and federal court levels. She is especially skilled in disputes involving boundaries, easements, adverse possession, piers, condemnation and landlord/tenant issues. To contact Barbara or learn more about how Hyatt & Weber can help you, visit our website at www.hwlaw.com. Wednesday, August 28, 2019 THEDAILYRECORD.COM 3A Hopkins accelerator geared to student entrepreneurs BY TIM CURTIS [email protected] Johns Hopkins University will launch a startup accelerator, offering student entrepreneurs a structured approach to turning their ideas into businesses, the university announced Monday. FastForward U -- a wing of Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures and the university’s innovation hub for under- graduate and graduate students -- will help students work through their ideas and launch their businesses while also providing funding at the end of the se- mester-long program. “When teams exit this accelerator program they (will) have the knowledge but also the funding to take the next step,” said Kevin Carter, FastForward U’s student program manager. Carter will run one of the accelera- tor’s two tracks. His track, called Fuel, will focus on companies that have iden- tified a market for their idea and that are ready to begin finding customers and funding. Pava LaPere will run the other track, called Spark, which will focus on stu- dents who think they have an idea that could be a business but want to find out COURTESY OF JOHNS HOPKINS TECHNOLOGY VENTURES if there is a market for their product. Kevin Carter, student program manager for FastForward U at Johns Hopkins University. LaPere previously founded the stu- dent-led TCO Labs incubator at Johns also receive funding: $1,000 when they Hopkins, where she directed its accel- start the program and up to $4,000 upon erator, The Hatchery, which is being ab- completion.