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Criminal Procedure Custodial interrogation BOTTOM LINE: Where the break in custody between the defendant’s first statement to police in which he requested an attorney and his second statement was only seven days, the defendant’s waiver of his right to counsel ...

John B. Sinclair, a partner with Crosswhite, Limbrick & Sinclair, of Baltimore, has been elected president of The Thomas B. & Elizabeth M. Sheridan Foundation. Based in Hunt Valley, the foundation provides grants to private secondary schools and the cultural ...

MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Administrative Law, Scope of permissible sanctions: The Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore County erred when it imposed a sanction prohibiting all outdoor music at Appellant’s establishment because the sanction was outside the scope of ...

Administrative Law Scope of permissible sanctions BOTTOM LINE: The Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore County erred when it imposed a sanction prohibiting all outdoor music at Appellant’s establishment because the sanction was outside the scope of the Board’s ...

Contracts Waiver of statute of limitations BOTTOM LINE: Where plaintiff-landlord was aware of defendant-lessee’s breach of contract in 2002 but did not initiate an action for rent arrearages until 2008, partial summary judgment granted to lessee because landlord failed to ...

Civil Procedure Motion to quash subpoena duces tecum BOTTOM LINE: District court did not abuse its discretion in granting witness’ motion to quash defendant’s subpoena because the subpoena was overbroad and too vague. CASE: United States v. Richardson, No. 09-4072, ...

Sometimes when you support freedom of speech, you find yourself standing shoulder to shoulder with … fortunetellers? Yes, sometimes you do. And that’s exactly where we stand on the Court of Appeals ruling that a Montgomery County ban on fortunetelling ...

ESPN Zone closed After 12 years of big-screen sports, arcade entertainment, athlete meet and greets, grill food and just having a place to watch the game, the ESPN Zone in the Inner Harbor closed its doors for the last time ...

Awards Padraic Kennedy will receive The Horizon Foundation’s Richard G. McCauley Award for Transformative Leadership on June 24. Kennedy was Horizon’s second board chair, from 2004 to 2006. The foundation addresses community health issues in Howard County through grants, community ...

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COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS Criminal Law, Starter guns: Jury instruction that a “firearm” is defined “as a handgun such as a pistol, revolver, or starter pistol” was erroneous because a weapon can only be characterized as a “firearm” if it ...