Maryland Daily Record » Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Fri, 24 May 2013 12:20:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Gansler, DeWolfe pass up chance to argue in Supreme Court  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/18/gansler-dewolfe-pass-up-chance-to-argue-in-supreme-court/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/18/gansler-dewolfe-pass-up-chance-to-argue-in-supreme-court/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 01:53:18 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=233829 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The Supreme Court is hearing a high-profile test case of Maryland’s DNA collection law next week, but neither Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler nor Public Defender Paul B. DeWolfe will be arguing it. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/18/gansler-dewolfe-pass-up-chance-to-argue-in-supreme-court/feed/ 1 Md., 32 other states settle unfair trade case with Pfizer  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/12/12/md-32-other-states-settle-unfair-trade-case-with-pfizer/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/12/12/md-32-other-states-settle-unfair-trade-case-with-pfizer/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:38:08 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=229838 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler on Wednesday announced a settlement totaling $42.9 million between drug maker Pfizer Inc. and 33 states, including Maryland. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/12/12/md-32-other-states-settle-unfair-trade-case-with-pfizer/feed/ 0 Four firms to fund AG summer program  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/11/04/four-firms-to-fund-ag-summer-program/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/11/04/four-firms-to-fund-ag-summer-program/#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:00:38 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=227222 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Four large Baltimore law firms will help fund a summer-associate program at the Maryland attorney general’s office in which students from the city’s two law schools will be selected based on the strength of essays addressing how they have overcome an economic or social disadvantage. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/11/04/four-firms-to-fund-ag-summer-program/feed/ 0 4th Circuit reinstates law on concealed-carry permits  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/08/01/4th-circuit-reinstates-law-on-concealed-carry-permits/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/08/01/4th-circuit-reinstates-law-on-concealed-carry-permits/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:22:19 +0000 Ben Mook http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=220582 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> An appellate court has stopped the clock from ticking on a federal judge’s order that gave Maryland two weeks to change the rules for obtaining a permit to carry a concealed weapon. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/08/01/4th-circuit-reinstates-law-on-concealed-carry-permits/feed/ 0 Gansler: Preserve Roberts’ ruling in DNA case  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/25/gansler-preserve-roberts-ruling-in-dna-case/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/25/gansler-preserve-roberts-ruling-in-dna-case/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:17:55 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=220054 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Maryland’s chief legal officer and its chief public defender are awaiting word from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether it will keep allowing the state’s police to collect DNA samples from people arrested for violent crimes, despite a Maryland high court ruling that bars the collections except when absolutely necessary to identify the arrestee. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/25/gansler-preserve-roberts-ruling-in-dna-case/feed/ 0 Public defender fights stay in DNA case  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/20/public-defender-fights-stay-in-dna-case/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/20/public-defender-fights-stay-in-dna-case/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:38:28 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=219781 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The Maryland Office of the Public Defender on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to stop allowing police to collect DNA samples from people arrested for violent crimes, contrary to a ruling by the state’s highest court. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/20/public-defender-fights-stay-in-dna-case/feed/ 0 Week in review – 6/1/12: Baltimore County to study Sparrows Point use  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/31/week-in-review-6112-baltimore-county-to-study-sparrows-point-use/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/31/week-in-review-6112-baltimore-county-to-study-sparrows-point-use/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 21:41:20 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=216410 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Officials: We’ll shut down EBDI project A group of East Baltimore elected officials vowed to shut down construction, public funding and permits at the $1.8 billion East Baltimore Development Inc. project, saying that the massive development effort has failed to hire local workers and companies, build housing for relocated families and return financial benefits to [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/31/week-in-review-6112-baltimore-county-to-study-sparrows-point-use/feed/ 0 Henson hit with $1M judgment  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/29/henson-hit-with-1m-judgment/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/29/henson-hit-with-1m-judgment/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 00:03:03 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=216262 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Universal Elections and its owner, Julius Henson, to pay a total of $1 million to the state for violating federal law by sending recorded telephone messages to more than 112,000 Democrats in Baltimore city and Prince George’s County on Election Day 2010 saying they should “relax” because the Democrats [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/29/henson-hit-with-1m-judgment/feed/ 0 DNA-on-arrest case heads to high court  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/20/dna-on-arrest-case-heads-to-high-court/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/20/dna-on-arrest-case-heads-to-high-court/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 22:00:56 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=215713 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> With Thursday’s mandate looming and Maryland’s top court holding fast to its decision that collection of DNA on arrest is almost always unconstitutional, Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler’s next step was expected to be a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court. Instead, Gansler will first ask the high court to issue a stay, blocking the [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/20/dna-on-arrest-case-heads-to-high-court/feed/ 0 Court of Appeals will not reconsider decision limiting DNA collection http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/18/court-of-appeals-will-not-reconsider-decision-limiting-dna-collection/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/18/court-of-appeals-will-not-reconsider-decision-limiting-dna-collection/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 13:45:47 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=215664 Maryland’s top court will not reconsider its decision last month that effectively bars police officers from collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested on charges of committing a violent crime or attempting to commit one. The Court of Appeals refusal to reconsider its ruling clears the way for Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler to appeal the [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/18/court-of-appeals-will-not-reconsider-decision-limiting-dna-collection/feed/ 0