Judge: No same-day access to Manning docs 

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: June 19, 2013
Tags: breaking legal news, document, Law, maryland, Pfc. Bradley Manning, trial, united states, wikileaks

A federal judge has rejected requests from media organizations to order the same-day public release of potential-witness lists and documents related to the ongoing court-martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning, who has been charged with aiding the enemy by leaking classified U.S. diplomatic cables to the WikiLeaks website.

Court of Special Appeals: Illness, threat doom prenup 

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: June 19, 2013
Tags: court of special appeals, decision, Law, legal news, marriage, maryland, prenuptual agreement

A Maryland appeals court has invalidated a prenuptial agreement that a woman signed 26 years ago while dealing with severe morning sickness and a threat by her fiancé — who had insisted she prove her fertility before marriage — that he would call off the wedding if she did not sign it immediately.

Law digest – 6/20/13 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: June 19, 2013
Tags: 4th u.s. circuit court of appeals, court of special appeals, law digest, legal news, maryland, opinions

MARYLAND COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS  Labor & Employment, Retaliation: The evidence was legally sufficient to sustain plaintiff’s claim that defendant had constructively terminated her employment in retaliation for her report of a sex discrimination complaint made by a subordinate. Edgewood Management Corporation v. Jackson, No. 76, Sept. Term, 2012. RecordFax No, 13-0530-00, 60 pages. Torts, [...]

Opinions – 6/20/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: June 19, 2013
Tags: 4th u.s. circuit court of appeals, Law, legal news, maryland, opinions

Administrative Law Injunction against reduction of services  BOTTOM LINE: Where the state’s health department chose to comply with a preliminary injunction requiring it to provide a hearing before terminating Medicaid benefits to the plaintiffs, the state subdivision that managed delivery of those services was barred from appealing the ruling both by the Medicaid statute and [...]

Opinions – 6/20/13: Maryland Court of Special Appeals 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: June 19, 2013
Tags: Court of Appeals, Law, legal digest, maryland, opinions

Labor & Employment Retaliation  BOTTOM LINE: The evidence was legally sufficient to sustain plaintiff’s claim that defendant had constructively terminated her employment in retaliation for her report of a sex discrimination complaint made by a subordinate. CASE: Edgewood Management Corporation v. Jackson, No. 76, Sept. Term, 2012 (filed May 30, 2013) (Judges EYLER, D., Kehoe [...]

3 charged with sexual assault at Naval Academy

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: June 19, 2013
Tags: crime, Law, legal news, naval academy, rape, sexual assault, sexual misconduct, united states

ANNAPOLIS — The U.S. Naval Academy has announced charges against three football players accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman. The academy said Wednesday the students have been charged with making a false official statement as well as rape, sexual assault or other sexual misconduct. Cmdr. John Schofield says the case is still in the [...]

Mikulski calls for oversight at service academies

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: June 19, 2013
Tags: crime, navy, sen. barbara mikulski, sexual assault, U.S. Naval Academy

Sen. Barbara Mikulski has called on the nation’s defense secretary to increase oversight and accountability of military service academy superintendents in response to increasing rates of sexual assaults.

AP President: DOJ broke rules in phone records seizure

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: June 19, 2013
Tags: associated press, department of justice, Government, Law, legal news, subpoena

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department violated its own rules when it secretly seized records for thousands of phone calls to and from journalists for The Associated Press as part of a leak investigation, the head of the company said Wednesday. AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt told a luncheon gathering of journalists and others that [...]

CSX sues truck driver in Baltimore-area derailment 

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: June 19, 2013
Tags: CSX, derailment, Law, lawsuit, legal news, national transportation safety board, transportation

CSX is suing a garbage truck driver and his company for negligence in the explosive derailment of a freight train near Baltimore.

Md. ranks 3rd for guns lost, stolen from dealers

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: June 19, 2013
Tags: Government, gun laws, guns, Law, legal news, maryland

A new report finds that Maryland is among the top five states with the greatest number of guns federally licensed gun dealers reported lost or stolen last year. WBAL-AM  reports that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms report found that Maryland ranks third in the nation with more than 880 guns lost and 98 [...]

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