Yeardley Love's mother is still fighting for access to a $6 million insurance policy to cover potential damages in her wrongful death lawsuit against George Huguely V.
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Read More »May 31, 2018 Comments Off on Yeardley Love’s mother seeks en banc 4th Circuit review of insurance policy denial
Yeardley Love's mother is still fighting for access to a $6 million insurance policy to cover potential damages in her wrongful death lawsuit against George Huguely V.
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Read More »May 30, 2018 Comments Off on Baltimore police settlement clauses run afoul of lawyers’ ethics, brief argues
Baltimore’s non-disparagement provisions in police misconduct settlement agreements violate the Maryland Attorneys' Rules of Professional Conduct, according to an appellate brief filed in support of a challenge to clauses.
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Read More »May 29, 2018 Comments Off on Syed opposes state’s request for high-court review of new trial order
Attorneys for Adnan Syed asked Maryland's high court Tuesday to let the Court of Special Appeals' decision awarding him a new trial to stand.
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Read More »May 28, 2018 Comments Off on State outlines appeal of liability, injunction in HBCU litigation
Nearly five years after a federal judge found Maryland's state colleges and universities failed to effectively desegregate, the state will get to challenge on appeal that ruling and the subsequently ordered injunctive relief.
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Read More »May 24, 2018 Comments Off on ACLU of Maryland names new executive director
Community outreach and policy advocate Dana Vickers Shelley will become the new executive director of the ACLU of Maryland, the organization announced Thursday.
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Read More »May 23, 2018 Comments Off on Salisbury argues for dismissal of PIA lawsuit over settlement documents
Attorneys for the city of Salisbury will argue Thursday for dismissal of an ACLU of Maryland lawsuit alleging violations of the Maryland Public Information Act for withholding documents related to a police settlement.
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Read More »May 22, 2018 Comments Off on Tow company owner awarded $259K in discrimination lawsuit against PG town
A Prince George's County jury has awarded more than $250,000 to a Palestinian-American man who took over a towing company that provided services Riverdale Park but was prevented from continuing that business relationship by town officials and police.
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Read More »May 21, 2018 Comments Off on No new information revealed as De Sousa arraigned
Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl D. Sousa had his initial appearance in federal court Monday afternoon on charges he failed to file federal income tax returns.
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Read More »May 17, 2018 Comments Off on Lawsuit: Baltimore Co. failed to address reported high school cyberbullying
The parents of an Eastern Technical High School student are suing another student for allegedly defaming their daughter in social media postings, as well as the principal and the Baltimore County school board for not taking proper steps to address cyberbullying.
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Read More »May 15, 2018 Comments Off on 4th Circuit affirms denial of $6M policy to indemnify Yeardley Love’s killer
A $6 million insurance policy cannot be used to indemnify the man convicted of killing Yeardley Love in her mother's wrongful death lawsuit against him due to a clause excluding criminal activity, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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