Judge strikes down public financing for judicial elections
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 22, 2012
Tags: General Assembly, judicial elections, North Carolina Right to Life, U.S. District Court Judge Louise Flanagan, u.s. supreme court
RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge has struck down portions of North Carolina’s voluntary public financing program for appellate court candidates. The program was designed to provide extra funds to participants when they’re outspent by candidates who opt not to abide by limits in favor of private financing. U.S. District Court Judge Louise Flanagan agreed [...]
Ex-campaign aide to D.C. mayor pleads guilty
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 22, 2012
Tags: adrian fenty, campaign aide, d.c., Sulaimon Brown, u..s district court, vincent gray, washington
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WASHINGTON — In a case that revealed underhanded tactics used to get Vincent Gray elected mayor of Washington, a former Gray campaign aide pleaded guilty Tuesday to funneling campaign funds to another mayoral candidate and shredding records of the transactions. Thomas Gore admitted in U.S. District Court that he converted excessive or unattributed cash contributions [...]
Judge discharges autistic student’s loans 
BY: Kristi Tousignant
POSTED: May 22, 2012
Tags: Access Group Inc., Anne Arundel County Asperger Support Group, Asperger syndrome, Carol Todd, Educational Credit Management Corp., Judge Robert A. Gordon, Law Offices of Frank E. Turney P.A., Marc E. Shach, maryland, Social Security Disability Income, stevenson university, student loans, u.s. attorney's office, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Maryland, U.S. Department of Education
A Maryland woman with Asperger syndrome will not have to pay almost $340,000 in student loans she accumulated over the course of her almost 20-year pursuit of higher education, a judge has ruled in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Maryland. Asperger, a disorder considered on the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum, makes it impossible for [...]
DLA Piper partner Machen to work for city
BY: Ben Mook
POSTED: May 22, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore City law department, baltimore development corp., BDC, board of estimates, City Solicitor George A. Nilson, DLA Piper, DLA Piper U.S. LLP, Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA), John P. “Jack” Machen, maryland, maryland legal services corp., partner, Steven D. Shattuck
After three decades representing developers in deals as a partner at DLA Piper, veteran real estate lawyer John P. “Jack” Machen will be switching sides later this year as he joins Piper alum and City Solicitor George A. Nilson in the Baltimore City Law Department. Machen will serve as a special chief solicitor for the [...]
Fired state Public Defender Forster loses lawsuit
BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: May 22, 2012
Tags: baltimore city circuit court, Capital Defense, Court of Appeals, Judge Glenn T. Harrell Jr., judge pamela j. white, lawsuit, Margaret A. Mead, maryland, nancy s. forster, Northwest Community Defenders in Baltimore, Public Defender Nancy S. Forster, T. Wray McCurdy, wrongful termination
Former state Public Defender Nancy S. Forster cannot pursue her $1 million wrongful-termination lawsuit, the state’s highest court held Tuesday. The Court of Appeals said Forster, as a state employee, should have pursued an administrative appeal within 15 days of her Aug. 21, 2009, firing, and that her failure to do so bars her from [...]
Police boost downtown presence for summer crowds
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 22, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, beating, camera, crime, Del. Patrick McDonough, downtown partnership, Inner Harbor, maryland, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake, police, Police department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, presence, Ryan O'Doherty, summer
Baltimore officials hope a more visible police presence combined with a more extensive camera network will help keep downtown crowds safe this summer. An extra 50 foot patrol officers will be on hand at night Thursdays through Sundays and on other times when large crowds are expected at the Inner Harbor and other downtown attractions, [...]
Gaithersburg man held in Aruba accused of indecent exposure
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 22, 2012
Tags: aruba, carol ann bock, death, detain, gary giordano, indecent exposure, police, robyn gardner, sexual activity, steven kupferberg
WASHINGTON — A Gaithersburg man who had been suspected in the presumed death of his traveling companion in Aruba was arrested on a charge of indecent exposure after police say they found him naked in a car with a woman. Gary Giordano was arrested in Annapolis on Friday when officers responding to a report of [...]
$3.4B Indian land royalty settlement upheld
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 22, 2012
Tags: court, indian, land royalty, native american, Settlement, u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia, upheld
HELENA, Mont. — A panel of appellate judges has upheld a $3.4 billion settlement between the U.S. government and hundreds of thousands of Native American plaintiffs whose land trust royalties the Department of Interior mismanaged. The three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed a challenge of the settlement [...]
Judge weighs dismissal of Frederick growth dispute
BY: The Frederick-News Post
POSTED: May 22, 2012
Tags: audubon society of central maryland, Board of County Commissioners, chesapeake bay foundation, court, dispute, growth, judge, lawsuit, Maryland Department of Planning
FREDERICK — A Frederick County judge is considering dismissing a lawsuit filed by several environmental groups challenging the county’s plan to increase development potential by about 50 percent. The Frederick News-Post reports that Circuit Judge Julie Solt will issue a written opinion based on arguments she heard Tuesday. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Audubon [...]
Twins conceived after dad’s death won’t get benefits
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 21, 2012
Tags: benefits, children, robert capato, social security administration, Supreme Court, twins, washington
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a man’s children who were conceived through artificial insemination after his death cannot get Social Security survivor benefits. Justices unanimously ruled that twins born to Robert Capato’s surviving wife Karen did not qualify for survivor benefits because of a requirement that the federal government use state [...]
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