A Baltimore County private school settled a lawsuit with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after the federal agency alleged the school did not renew the contract of its softball coach because he is a man. The Park School settled ...
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Just over a year after their firm was acquired by Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC, Jonathan Biran and Ty Kelly have moved to a firm with an even larger platform to support their government enforcement and investigations practice. Biran and Kelly ...
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April Caso Ishak, the city attorney for Havre de Grace, has launched her own practice geared toward making legal services more affordable for middle-class people in her community, the firm announced this week. AC Ishak Law LLC handles cases involving ...
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HBO has released a trailer for its upcoming four-part documentary examining the disappearance of Hae Min Lee and the conviction of her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed for her murder. The case first received worldwide attention with the “Serial” podcast. The new ...
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A Harvard Law School student organization is trying to discourage law students nationwide from applying for summer associate positions at Venable LLP because of the firm’s use of mandatory arbitration clauses in employment agreements. The clauses, which, among other things, ...
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A former campaign treasurer for late state Del. Joseph J. “Sonny” Minnick pleaded guilty Friday to stealing more than $13,000 from the campaign bank account to cover personal expenses. Ronald Chesek, while serving as treasurer for “Friends of Joseph J. ...
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The Maryland Attorney General’s office has reached a settlement with LPL Financial LLC, requiring the firm to repurchase certain securities and pay civil penalties, the office announced Thursday. The settlement stems from a multistate investigation into LPL’s failure to establish ...
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The Museum of Baltimore Legal History has reached the halfway point in its fundraising efforts to update the museum for the first time in its 30-year history. The museum has raised about $14,500 as of Jan. 10 and hopes to ...
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After nearly four years of litigation, including a trip to the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Maryland Insurance Administration has settled a lawsuit filed by a federal agency alleging gender-based pay discrimination. According to online court records, the ...
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A lawyer who worked at two BigLaw firms in Chicago is now facing an ethics complaint over allegations that he exaggerated the number of hours he worked on client matters. The lawyer, Christopher Craig Anderson, was an associate at Kirkland ...
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