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A group of protesters arrested at Artscape in 2016 reached a proposed settlement with Baltimore last week but the monitoring team and judge overseeing police reform under the federal consent decree will have the final say about the policy changes negotiated by the parties.

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates will consider a proposed $30,000 settlement Wednesday to resolve a lawsuit stemming from a 2015 incident where a police officer responding to a reported crime struck a child with his vehicle.

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A federal judge has maintained conspiracy and discrimination claims, among others, against two Republican state delegates in a lawsuit over a Muslim retirement community in Harford County.

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Attorneys from Brown, Goldstein & Levy LLP in Baltimore waded into the battle over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's record and succeeded in having unsealed a confidential 1999 report on alleged improper leaks from the Starr Commission.

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Harford County is accusing the developers of a Muslim retirement community of using the religious discrimination lawsuit they filed last year to distract from their refusal to comply with county regulations, according to court filings.

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A Wicomico County Circuit Court judge on Tuesday ordered Salisbury to produce documents pertaining to a police excessive force lawsuit settlement.

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Disciplinary proceedings against a Prince George's County judge paused Monday morning to allow investigators to depose him after some confusion about whether he would testify.

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Non-traditional students at Maryland's law schools have different reasons for returning to the classroom, from a desire for a career change to fulfillment of a long-time goal.

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The Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office is asking to be dismissed from two federal lawsuits against former Gun Trace Task Force members that name the office as a co-defendant.

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A Baltimore judge on Wednesday did not address whether two former Gun Trace Task Force officers were acting within the scope of their employment when they allegedly falsely arrested a man for handgun possession last year, instead denying a motion to dismiss a civil conspiracy claim against them.

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