When Baltimore asked a federal judge to vacate a ruling and instead certify a question of law to the Maryland Court of Appeals, the city acknowledged it should have done so earlier and quoted Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. “Wisdom ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera on Wednesday swore in the governor who will appoint her successor. Barbera will reach Maryland’s mandatory retirement age of 70 in September 2021, when Gov. Larry Hogan will be ...

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ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s top judge will address a joint General Assembly session on Feb. 6 to offer an assessment of the state of the Judiciary, a spokeswoman for the jurist said Wednesday. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera ...

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Law firm Goldberg Segalla allegedly told its roughly 1,000 employees that they couldn’t share details of their salary with each other and had to settle claims with a federal agency, Above the Law reported this week. The Am Law 200 ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will likely choose the state’s next high-court judge from among two judges and an attorney. The Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission has forwarded to Hogan’s desk as candidates for a Court of Appeals vacancy Christopher B. ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 43rd anniversary of the premiere of “The Bionic Woman.” Here are some news items to get your week started. — Love might not last forever — but emails do. — California considers charging company with murder. ...

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The National Center for Transgender Equality was surprised this week to learn a robocall was sent to Baltimore and Harford county voters claiming to be from the Washington D.C.-based nonprofit last year.

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Reporter sues Iran leads news items including ex-judge on trial for alleged online antics, law schools seek to downsize and a ban on gender bias in insurance.

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Motions to dismiss Anne Arundel County’s opioid lawsuit won’t be ruled on until after a judge determines if the case should be consolidated with the one going on in Baltimore. The parties argued several motions to dismiss in November, but ...

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Two judges and five lawyers have applied for a seat on Maryland’s top court. Hoping to succeed retired Court of Appeals Judge Sally D. Adkins are Court of Special Appeals Judge Christopher B. Kehoe; Dorchester County Circuit Judge Brett W. ...

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