It’s a little late, but here’s your Monday round-up:

• John Bratt at Miller & Zois* comments on Baltimore City officials’ $5 million lawsuit against an Ocean City Domino’s for refusing to serve them and then not letting them leave: “Assuming the facts in the complaint are true, they are seeking $500,000.00 (5 million divided by ten) in damages for every minute they were stuck in the store. I’d think that was excessive if they were trapped in the Guantanamo Bay Domino’s, much less Ocean City. That ten minutes must have been hell on earth.” [* Ed. Note: We previously attributed Bratt's post to M&Z partner Ron Miller.]
• The Supreme Court will hear a 4th Circuit case about whether the government can civilly confine a sex offender after his sentence is up. HT: How Appealing.
• Did a debt collector violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by placing a “WWJD?” sticker on collection notices? (A commenter says, “Scourge moneylenders in the Temple, that’s what. I don’t see why a collection agency would do this in light of the Gospel statements of money and lending.”) HT: A Stitch in Haste.
• Are associates too casual with partners, or does this hiring partner just have a big ol’ superiority complex?
• Sonia Sotomayor wouldn’t make it as a newspaper reporter.

On the Cover: Right on the Money – Murder. Larceny. Can this really be a civil insurance case?

Also, a 2-1 panel of the 4th Circuit upholds the federal sex offender registration law and a regulation that makes it apply retroactively.

In Breaking News, a retired Rockville lawyer escapes disbarment by a single vote on the Court of Appeals, and Baltimore County Circuit Judge Lawrence R. Daniels says he will not run for re-election.

Read about a settlement between a Baltimore dry cleaner and a Lutherville couple who claim the store ruined their wedding attire, in Verdicts & Settlements.

In this week’s Pro Bono, real-estate lawyer Sophie Dagenais discusses her effort to get arabbers — horse-and-cart produce vendors — a new headquarters.

Joe Surkiewicz explains why IOLTA doesn’t work, in his Of Service column.

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