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Maryland’s second-highest court has revived the shareholder lawsuit of a man who claims his mother and brother illicitly enriched themselves while not paying him a “de facto dividend.”

Tagged with: de facto dividend dividend Eastland Food family business fiduciary duty shareholder unjust enrichment

The Maryland Public Service Commission’s oversight of utility companies includes the authority to penalize them for deceptive telephone solicitations, the state’s second-highest court ruled.

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The Maryland Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction of a man who has spent over 30 years in prison.

Tagged with: actual innocence ballistics evidence Joseph Kopera

Maryland’s second-highest court rebuffed a challenge from more than 30 Baltimore liquor store owners who were forced to phase out their operations in residential neighborhoods.

Tagged with: liquor stores public safety violent crime zoning

Baltimore is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to deny the oil industry’s bid to have the city’s multimillion-dollar climate change lawsuit litigated in federal court.

Tagged with: Baltimore climate change Supreme Court

A Black man’s speedy departure upon seeing Baltimore police in a high-crime area may give officers reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to stop him, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled.

Tagged with: fourth amendment Freddie Gray George Floyd Gun trace task force Illinois v. Wardlow police police brutality reasonable suspicion

Companies that lost business during the COVID-19 pandemic cannot turn to the “physical loss or damage” coverage provision of their insurance policies for financial relief, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled.

Tagged with: certified question COVID-19 Insurance insurance coverage insurance law Maryland Supreme Court pandemic physical damage

A man who violated a postnuptial agreement’s adultery ban has urged the Maryland Supreme Court to review and overturn the $7 million awarded to his ex-wife.

Tagged with: adultery breach of contract divorce infidelity Maryland Supreme Court Montgomery County postnuptial agreement

The names of Maryland’s two appellate courts and the titles of the state’s top judges changed Wednesday with a gubernatorial proclamation.

Tagged with: Appellate Court of Maryland E. Gregory Wells Larry Hogan maryland court of appeals Maryland Court of Special Appeals Matthew Fader Supreme Court of Maryland

The contents of a person’s will and related revocable trust cannot be challenged in court until he or she has died, Maryland’s second highest court ruled.

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