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President Donald Trump’s flacks are out in force to criticize U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. But we have yet to hear a single complaint that sets forth facts that would justify that criticism. All of it is conclusory, including ...

There is a special kind of felicity in being able to combine these paths, doing well while also doing good, especially the kind of good that embodies some kind of conviction personal to the lawyer.

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In this age of data breaches, malware, ransomware, and phishing attempts, small and mid-sized businesses can no longer operate under the premise that th

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On March 22, the Court of Appeals dismissed judicial disciplinary proceedings against Howard County District Judge Mary C. Reese. (The court’s reasons are to be stated in an opinion to be filed.) Five days later, the Court of Appeals held ...

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Thirty years ago in the Maryland Bar Journal, David Fishman and Daniel Higham asked whether it was time to throw out your sealing wax. The answer today?

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Fifty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was gunned down in Memphis, the scars of the riots that followed are only now fully healed in Washington. In other cities, they still aren’t. And we still don’t know exactly ...

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In my 34 years working in law enforcement, including more than a decade overseeing a jail, I’ve learned a bit about what works in the criminal justice system and what doesn’t. I’ve learned that the cash bail system is expensive ...

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The link between the lack of progress toward abolishing contested judicial elections of circuit court judges and the failure of the state to create a rigorous but fair program of judicial performance evaluations is unmistakable.

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We call upon the legislature and the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy to recommend enhanced sentencing guidelines for white-collar crimes committed by public officials acting within the scope of their duties.

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There are so many wonderful causes to support with our talent, time, and treasures. Every one of us gets solicited to support some amazing and worthy cause — myself included. I often get solicited to be the “token Hispanic” or ...

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