Government, creditors object in CODA bankruptcy
BY: Associated Press DOVER, Del. — Attorneys for the federal government and unsecured creditors have filed objections to electric car maker CODA Holdings’ bankruptcy plans. Court papers filed Friday argue that CODA’s bankruptcy financing and sale plans unfairly benefit a group of debtors seeking to acquire the company. Lenders led by a Fortress Investment Group affiliate are proposing [...] |
Leader of cocaine ring gets 15-year sentence
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6th Md. prison guard pleads guilty in assault
BY: Associated Press HAGERSTOWN — The Justice Department says a sixth former Maryland prison guard has pleaded guilty in the 2008 beating of an inmate at the Roxbury Correctional Institution near Hagerstown. Federal prosecutors say Jeremy McCusker pleaded guilty in the assault and to conspiring with other officers to cover it up. McCusker admitted that he and four [...] |
Suspect in Md. hatchet slaying is son of Bush White House official
BY: Associated Press GAITHERSBURG — The 20-year-old son of a former aide to President George W. Bush was charged in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday, accused by police of killing a man with a hatchet. Claude Alexander Allen III, of Gaithersburg, was arrested by Montgomery County police and online court records show he’s been charged with first-degree [...] |
Lawyers take pride in representing members of the armed services
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‘Junk fax’ suit can go national, U.S. judge rules
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Senate hearing goes smoothly for Pritzker
BY: Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s nominee for commerce secretary was questioned briefly about her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001 and her role as a beneficiary of family offshore trusts in the Bahamas, but those were minor bumps in an otherwise smooth Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. Chicago billionaire business executive and [...] |
Leopold pays $75K fine for misconduct in office
BY: Associated Press ANNAPOLIS — Former Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold has paid a $75,000 fine for misconduct. The Capital of Annapolis reports that court records show Leopold paid the fine late last month. He resigned in February and served 30 days in jail and two weeks of home detention for two counts of criminal misconduct. Leopold [...] |
Lawsuit over U-Md.’s ACC exit goes before Prince George’s Co. court
BY: Associated Press UPPER MARLBORO — A lawyer for the University of Maryland told a judge Thursday that a $52 million payment the Atlantic Coast Conference says the school owes in order to withdraw from the conference is “crippling” and “outrageous.” The school announced in November that it will leave the ACC for the Big Ten in 2014. [...] |
Law digest – 5/23/13
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Business News
- Groundbreaking set for proposed Baltimore casino
- Editorial: Lessons from the Rocky Gap boondoggle
- Christopher Summers: Baltimore’s fiscal future begins now
- C. Fraser Smith: Transparency? Eventually
- Tug’s checked out, B’More Bistro is checking in
- TEDCO celebrates 15th anniversary at awards ceremony
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- Arrest outside bar leads to $72K settlement
- Lawyers take pride in representing members of the armed services
- ‘Junk fax’ suit can go national, U.S. judge rules
- Opinions – 5/23/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
- Law digest – 5/23/13
- Insurer wants out of civil suit against Huguely
- Despite win, former teacher still on sex offender registry
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Maryland Moment – Marking Memorial Day
A “Field of Flags” was installed by residents of the Charlestown retirement community in Catonsville in preparation for Memorial Day. Each of the 500 flags was sponsored by a local business for $35, with proceeds going to the Wounded Warrior Project and the Charlestown Benevolent Care Fund. Photo submitted by Mel Tansill.
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