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Compton honored by MSBA for tax law work
Gary Compton, a Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service tax volunteer, will be awarded the Maryland State Bar Association Tax Section’s J. Ronald Shiff Pro Bono Award at its annual Irving Shulbank […]
Life insurers pay $262 million after N.Y. probe
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says life insurance companies have paid more than $262 million to more than 32,000 consumers nationwide after an investigation of unpaid benefits. The state […]
Man can’t sue U.S. agencies over records sharing
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the federal government cannot be sued for emotional distress after two agencies improperly shared a man’s medical records detailing his HIV status. […]
Construction to begin at new Social Security Administration complex in Reisterstown
Construction is expected to begin at a $150 million Social Security Administration complex after a ceremonial groundbreaking set for Jan. 26 at 10:30 a.m. More than 1,600 federal employees are […]
New York change leads to $52M in death benefits
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York-based life insurance companies have paid out more than $52 million so far in benefits nationwide after regulators urged the firms to make greater use of […]
Social Security HQ in Baltimore lifts lockdown; shooting nearby
WOODLAWN — A Social Security Administration employee who was on his lunch break was shot Monday during a robbery near the agency’s headquarters in suburban Baltimore, prompting a temporary lockdown […]
Frederick County picked for SSA data facility
The U.S. General Services Administration said it has acquired a 63-acre site at the Urbana Corporate Park in Frederick County on which to construct the Social Security Administration‘s new national […]
Maryland expands two Enterprise Zones, adds one in Woodlawn
The state will expand zones in Baltimore City, Baltimore County and on the Eastern Shore where businesses are eligible for tax credits for making property improvements and hiring new workers. […]
Social Security makes $8B in improper payments
WASHINGTON — A government investigator says the Social Security Administration made $6.5 billion in overpayments to people not entitled to receive them in 2009, including $4 billion under a supplemental […]
4th Circuit says posthumously conceived child can’t get benefits
BOSTON — A child conceived through in vitro fertilization six years after her father’s death is not entitled to survivors’ benefits under the Social Security Act, the 4th U.S. Circuit […]
Poll reveals baby boomers’ retirement fears
WASHINGTON — Baby boomers are starting to retire, but many are agonizing about their finances and believe they’ll need to work longer than they had planned, a new poll finds. […]
Northrop Grumman, 20/20 Ventures help fill Windsor Office Park
Two companies, Northrop Grumman Corporation and 20/20 Ventures, have signed leases this month that resulted in filling the 65,000 square-foot Windsor Office Park in Woodlawn to capacity, St. John Properties, […]
