In miniature, February 7

• “Maryland’s Medical Malpractice Landscape After McQuitty” [Elizabeth Hafey, Miles & Stockbridge]
• A skeptical view of state intervention on pharmaceutical pricing [Marc Kilmer/MPPI, related: Dan Menefee/Maryland Reporter]
• Bad ideas, getting closer: “DC’s Paid Family Leave Bucks the Trend—and Economics” [Ike Brannon, Cato]
• Maryland should adopt the idea of an executive agency to analyze and review regulation, along lines of federal OIRA [Randolph May, Free State Foundation]
• Yet another Maryland shaken-baby case seems awfully dependent on autopsy inferences [Washington Post, background on Washington Post series; more background]
• “Here are some easy changes. Maryland is now the only state to have both estate and inheritance taxes.” [Dee Hodges, Maryland Reporter]