In Baltimore, the real news is DLA Piper’s move downtown, not ‘Lady in the Lake’ production problems

The big news this week regarding Baltimore’s economic future is the announcement that DLA Piper, the international law firm with city roots, is moving its local office back downtown after two decades in the suburbs. The move from Mount Washington just over the line in Baltimore County to the heart of Harbor East is minimal in terms of distance, just 8 miles down the Jones Falls Expressway. But in terms of reasserting the city’s importance to Maryland’s economy, it’s enormous.