ANNAPOLIS — A controversial Baltimore City District Court judge is accused of using her influence to attempt to embarrass another judge in 2015, according to testimony before a judicial ethics panel on Monday. The Commission on Judicial Disabilities recommended a six-month suspension ...
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Construction started on the new Howard County Courthouse in Columbia on Monday in what is believed to be the first public facility on the East Coast to use a performance-based public-private partnership. Howard County officials and executives from private-sector partners, ...
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Insys Therapeutics’ decision to declare bankruptcy last week won’t halt Maryland’s administrative charges against the opioid manufacturer but could affect lawsuits by cities and counties currently pending in state and federal court. Insys, which manufactures the opioid spray Subsys, filed ...
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Maryland is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit over a controversial natural gas pipeline that was filed after the Maryland Board of Public Works refused to grant permission to drill under the Western Maryland Rail Trail. Columbia Gas ...
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It will be out with the very old and in with the very new in Centreville on Monday. Queen Anne’s County will open a state-of-the-art circuit courthouse, fully ready for the high-tech needs of electronic filings and the recording of ...
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A Baltimore jury on Wednesday awarded $2.7 million to a man who was beaten by correctional officers in 2013, finding prison officials failed to take adequate steps to protect him. Kevin Younger was assaulted by several officers at the Maryland ...
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Baltimore’s lawsuit alleging oil companies concealed dangers and misinformed the public about climate change belongs in state court, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander issued an order remanding the case because she determined removal to federal court ...
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The federal government appealed a Maryland judge’s recent injunction blocking the implementation of changes to the Title X program and is seeking a stay while the appeal is pending. Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett became the ...
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The mayor of District Heights has been charged with misconduct in office for using city letterhead to buy fireworks on behalf of a friend. Eddie Martin was charged Thursday in Prince George’s County Circuit Court, according to a news release from ...
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The U.S. House of Representatives filed a brief Friday in support of Baltimore’s lawsuit over the Trump administration’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act, alleging “significant efforts to undermine” the act’s goals. The lawsuit, filed last August in U.S. District ...
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