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A judge in Baltimore has ruled to uphold the city’s dining ban, saying while restaurants have faced “irreparable harm" during the COVID-19 shutdowns, the issue was a “matter of life and death.”
Read More »Hogan names 2 circuit, 2 district judges
Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday appointed circuit court judges for Baltimore and Allegany counties and district court judges for Prince George’s and Caroline counties. Hogan elevated District Judge Stacy A. Mayer to the Baltimore County Circuit Court and named Allegany ...
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Read More »Judge finds gender bias at Enoch Pratt, orders nearly $200,000 in back pay
Baltimore and its Enoch Pratt Free Library system discriminated against female librarian supervisors by paying them less than a male colleague, a federal judge has ruled in ordering the city to pay the five women a total of nearly $200,000 ...
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Read More »NIH’s security firm settles job bias claim for $1.6M
The National Institutes of Health’s security firm has agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a federal agency’s claim that it systematically harassed, discriminated and retaliated against employees born in Africa. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged MVM Inc. ...
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Read More »Baltimore attorney faces federal falsification, obstruction, conspiracy charges
Prominent Baltimore criminal defense attorney Joshua R. Treem faces charges of falsifying records in a federal investigation, obstructing an official proceeding and conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States related to his representation of fellow lawyer Kenneth W. Ravenell, ...
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Read More »Hogan names judges for Baltimore, Wicomico circuit courts
Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday named two prosecutors and a criminal defense attorney to circuit court judgeships. Myshala E. Middleton, with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Assistant Worcester County State’s Attorney Karen M. Dean will join the Baltimore City ...
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Read More »States making bold new legal claims in 2 Google lawsuits
WASHINGTON — As a wave of antitrust actions surges against Google and Facebook, states in two lawsuits are stretching beyond the cases made by federal competition enforcers to level bold new claims. The states are taking new legal approaches as ...
Read More »Anton Black’s family sues police, medical examiner in 2018 death
Anton Black’s family filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against three Eastern Shore towns and the Maryland medical examiner’s office, alleging the unarmed 19-year-old Black man was killed by police and that the slaying was covered up by a forensic pathology ...
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Read More »Maryland joins dozens of states in anti-trust lawsuit against Google
DENVER — Maryland joined dozens of states that filed an anti-trust lawsuit against Google on Thursday, alleging that the search giant has an illegal monopoly over the online search market that hurts consumers and advertisers. The lawsuit, announced by Colorado ...
Read More »Student school board member faces Md. constitutional challenge
Having a high school student serve as a voting member on the county school board upon election by fellow pupils violates the Maryland Constitution, Howard County public school parents seeking a safe resumption of in-class learning amid the pandemic stated ...
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