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“Did they know it was your last day?” my editor asked, laughing. I had just told her that the Court of Appeals drug possession opinion I was writing about mentioned both Cheech and Chong (Judge Harrell‘s majority opinion) and Mr. ...

In an opinion where the majority name-checks Cheech and Chong and the dissent quotes “South Park,” the Court of Appeals has upheld the drug possession conviction of a man whom police found sitting arm’s length from a lit marijuana blunt. ...

Without hearing arguments, the Court of Appeals has immediately suspended two lawyers who have criminal convictions. College Park lawyer Walter Lloyd Blair was convicted in December on federal charges of money laundering, witness tampering, obstruction of justice, false statements and ...

The Vault rankings of law firm prestige are out. The Vault rankings are based on surveys filled out by 15,000 law firm associates who rate firms on perceived status. No matter how you feel about rankings, these are an interesting ...

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Venable LLP wants the city of Detroit to pay what it owes for services rendered by former Detroit police monitor Sheryl Robinson Wood. Detroit has responded, in effect, that Venable must be joking. Wood served as an independent monitor for ...

Happy Monday! Here are a few law links to start your gonna-be-another-hot-one week. On a personal note, this will be my last blog round-up, since I will be wrapping up five great years at The Daily Record this Friday. The ...

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A man who was convicted of rape and murder in 1980 was properly made to register as a sex offender under a 2006 federal law that Maryland has yet to implement, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held. ...

I read an interesting article today on the Financial Post’s Website called, “10 body language mistakes women leaders make.” The author is Carol Kinsey Goman, identified as “an international keynote speaker, executive coach, and management consultant.” She writes: If a ...

A Baltimore County restaurant is acting as a nightclub when it offers live music and karaoke on the weekend, the Court of Special Appeals has affirmed. Last week’s opinion affirms a Baltimore County Circuit Court decision finding Dock of the ...

After The Daily Record studied access to court records, we spoke with various court officials about our results. In the cases where we had experienced treatment or policies the officials found objectionable, they assured us these things would not happen ...