Opinions – 4/18/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 17, 2013
Tags: 4th u.s. circuit court of appeals, courts, Law, legal news, opinions

Constitutional Law Free speech in schools  BOTTOM LINE: When a student wore shirts that displayed the Confederate flag in a community where racial tensions continued to exist, such speech threatened to disrupt school and school officials could prohibit or punish that speech without violating the student’s constitutional rights. CASE: Hardwick v. Heyward, No. 12-1455 (filed [...]

Law digest: 2/21/13 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 20, 2013
Tags: 4th u.s. circuit court of appeals, Court of Appeals, court of special appeals, courts, law digest, legal news, maryland, opinions

MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS  Professional Responsibility, Disbarment: Disbarment was the appropriate sanction where attorney violated Title 16 of the Maryland Rules and many of the Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct, including those involving the mishandling and misappropriation of client funds. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Paul Winston Gardner II, Misc. Docket AG No. [...]

County executive’s misconduct trial continues

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 25, 2013
Tags: Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, courts, john leopold, Law, leopold trial, trial

ANNAPOLIS — The trial of Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold is continuing in Annapolis. Defense attorney Bruce Marcus is expected to seek a motion for acquittal from Judge Dennis Sweeney. The trial will continue on Friday. If the motion is rejected, the defense will present its case. State prosecutors rested their case on Thursday. [...]

Opinions – 1/24/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: January 23, 2013
Tags: 4th u.s. circuit court of appeals, courts, Law, legal news, maryland, opinions

In ADA claim of discrimination based on employee’s pregnancy, District court properly granted employer’s summary judgment motion because employee pointed to no more than the objective fact of her pregnancy, and offered no evidence tending to show that employer subjectively believed employee to be disabled as a result of her pregnancy.

Justices: Civil servants can appeal to U.S. District Court 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: December 10, 2012
Tags: courts, Elena Kagan, Law, Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says some discrimination complaints from federal workers can go to federal district court, instead of being forced into the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The justices on Monday ruled unanimously that some appeals from the Merit Systems Protection Board can go before U.S. District Court judges if [...]

Law movers – 11/5/12 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: November 4, 2012
Tags: courts, law movers, legal news, maryland, On the Move

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland has honored Chris Brown, a partner at Brown, Goldstein & Levy, with the 2012 Elisabeth Gilman Award for his commitment and impact as general counsel of the ACLU and his lifetime of legal service to civil liberties and ACLU clients. Brown served as the ACLU board chair from [...]

Maryland mostly at a standstill as Sandy lingers

BY: Alexander Pyles
POSTED: October 30, 2012
Tags: courts, gov. martin o'malley, hurricane sandy, marc train, maryland port administration, maryland transit administration, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake, subway, superstorm sandy, Transportation

The morning after former Hurricane Sandy gave Maryland its worst, regional transportation systems, local governments and many businesses remained closed Tuesday as the north-moving superstorm lingered over the state. The Maryland Transit Administration will resume limited service, with the subway, some local bus lines and mobility transit service starting up at noon. The Washington Metro [...]

U.S. courts freeze assets of 19 mortgage relief firms sued for scams

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: October 9, 2012
Tags: courts, firms, mortgage, relief, scams

WASHINGTON — Three federal courts have frozen assets of 19 companies accused of scamming vulnerable homeowners at risk of foreclosure. The Federal Trade Commission filed the requests in Florida, Ohio and California against the companies that are accused of promising relief to distressed homeowners and then charging them thousands of dollars for little or no [...]

Novel courts handle low-level crimes across U.S.

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: September 23, 2012
Tags: breaking legal news, courts, Law, legal, Novel courts, san francisco, united states

SAN FRANCISCO — In most courtrooms, spontaneous applause could get you thrown out. But in this San Francisco court, it’s expected — and strongly encouraged for the defendants. Bowls of hard candy rest in front of the judge’s bench, as a reward for the men and women making their weekly court appearances and attending group [...]

No change – yet – in the ‘no change’ rule 

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: August 12, 2012
Tags: chief judge robert m. bell, Court of Appeals judges, courts, financial disclosure, Judge Clayton Greene Jr., Judges, maryland, maryland judiciary, State of Financial Interests

Under Maryland Judiciary rules, judges may list “no change” on their annual State of Financial Interests if the asset or liability has not changed from the prior year.

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