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The legal industry is often criticized for its lack of diversity. But when it comes to LGBTQ equality, at least, it appears the needle is moving in the right direction.

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A jury has awarded a man $18.6 million after he went to the hospital with severe abdominal pain but left with permanent brain damage and could no longer walk.

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For the third year in a row, 63 percent of those who took the summer Maryland bar exam passed – but the number of people who sat for the exam was the lowest in 30 years. The number of people ...

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Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh is opposing the proposed merger between Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcasting and Tribune Media, arguing the potential merger will reduce consumer options and decrease the number of media voices. Frosh joined a group of four ...

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Under Armour has a message for a North Carolina company claiming the Baltimore-based apparel giant cannot use certain phrases to market products: It Can. And It Will. Under Amrour is seeking a declaratory judgment against Battle Fashions Inc., which has ...

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The national accrediting body for law schools will consider a proposal that law schools have at least 75 percent of graduates pass the bar exam within two years of graduation.

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In an effort to expand its litigation practice, Annapolis-based Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC is acquiring Baltimore-based Biran Kelly LLC effective Jan. 2. Principals Jonathan Biran and Ty Kelly and associate Alison Schurick will be based out of RWL’s Baltimore office ...

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A recent Louisiana Supreme Court decision is doggone crazy and highlights the importance of identifying homonyms, comma usage -- and basic common sense.

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A pilot bowhunting program to control the deer population at two Montgomery County parks is not considered animal cruelty under state law, a Maryland appellate court has held. The Montgomery County Department of Parks announced the deer management program in ...

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The Attorney Grievance Commission cannot be sued for defamation because it has sovereign immunity under the 11th Amendment, the Maryland Office of the Attorney General has argued in papers filed in federal court. The attorney general’s office was responding Thursday to ...

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