Recent Articles from Tom Baden
EDWARD C. MCREADY V. SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 500
Employment law — Fair representation — Grievance procedures This appeal arose out of a union member’s dissatisfaction with the representatives assigned by his union to assist him in a grievance against his employer. Read the opinion
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Steve Bannon convicted of contempt for defying 1/6 subpoena
WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump was convicted on Friday of contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Bannon, 68, was convicted after a four-day trial in federal court in Washington on two counts: one for […]
Incoming Southwest CEO: No change on bag, flight change fees
If you fly out of Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, chances are pretty good you’ll be on a Southwest Airlines flight. After all, Southwest is far and away the dominant carrier at BWI. So you may be interested in comments recently made by soon-to-be Southwest CEO Bob Jordan and outgoing CEO Gary Kelly in […]
Attention Maryland attorneys: Help us assess the state of your profession
We know the coronavirus pandemic affected the legal profession, just as it did professions of every sort in Maryland. But in what ways? Was a solo family law practitioner in Frederick County affected in the same manner as the criminal defense attorney in a midsize firm in Bethesda? How deeply has the pandemic touched the practice of an […]
Pennsylvania voters impose new limits on governor’s powers
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania voters became the first in the nation to curb their governor’s emergency powers, approving constitutional amendments proposed by Republican lawmakers angry over Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak. The vote on Tuesday’s statewide primary ballot came as Republican lawmakers across the country have sought to roll back the [&[...]
LAMONT JONES v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Criminal procedure — Charging document — Amendment Appellant Lamont Jones was indicted in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City and charged with possession of heroin with intent to distribute, possession of heroin, operating a vehicle in an unsafe condition, and driving on a revoked license. Prior to trial and over Mr. Jones’s objection, the court […]
Another divide when it comes to vaccine attitudes
Much has been written, understandably so, about the fault lines in U.S. society between those willing and often eager to take the COVID-19 vaccine and those disinclined to do so. The divides fall across racial lines. Black Americans, suspicious of the medical establishment for well-documented historical reasons, initially were skeptical, an attitude that seems to […]
JUSTIN JOMAL SEARLES v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Criminal procedure — Motion for new trial — Juror misconduct The day after his conviction for his role in a robbery, Justin Jomal Searles and his wife, Victoria Darby Searles, discovered a potential past feud between Victoria and the foreperson of Searles’ trial. Victoria did not recognize the juror at trial, nor did the juror […]
Virus sends Allegany County students back to online school
CUMBERLAND — All students in Maryland’s Allegany County Public Schools returned to remote learning today because of a shortage of staff available to teach in person as a result of a rising number of coronavirus cases in the area. The school district announced the change Saturday, the Cumberland Times-News reported Sunday. The district said 101 […]
Lawsuit challenges admissions changes at elite Va. public school
FAIRFAX, Va. — More than a dozen middle schoolers and their families have filed a lawsuit seeking to block changes in the admissions process at an elite public high school in northern Virginia that has been ranked as the best in the nation. Fairfax County Public Schools, frustrated by a decades-long failure to attract Black […]