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A man described by U.S. authorities as the world's most prolific purveyor of child pornography at the time of his arrest was sentenced in Maryland to 27 years.

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Maryland’s top court will consider whether school boards can be sued based on allegations that their negligent handling of student misbehavior caused another student’s injuries. The Court of Appeals this week agreed to hear arguments on whether a 2001 federal ...

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Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told Congress through tears that the FBI and gymnastics officials turned a “blind eye” to Larry Nassar's sexual abuse of her and hundreds of others.

Maryland Court of Special Appeals Administrative Law; Exhaustion of remedies: Judgment of the circuit court dismissing petition for judicial review of developers’ Forest Conservation Plan affirmed, because such plans are but one component of the administrative approval process, and their ...

A Confederate monument is set to be moved from a courthouse lawn on Maryland’s Eastern Shore after officials voted to relocate it to a Virginia battleground.

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Three former U.S. intelligence and military officials have admitted providing hacking technology to the UAE and agreed to pay nearly $1.7 million.

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The Justice Department has asked a federal court in Texas to stop the enforcement of a new state law that bans most abortions in the state while it decides the case.

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DoorDash is suing New York City over a new law that requires delivery companies to share customer data with restaurants.

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One of the primary insurers of the Boy Scouts of America has reached a tentative settlement agreement with the organization and with attorneys representing tens of thousands of men who say they were molested as youngsters decades ago by scoutmasters and others.

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Offit Kurman Tuesday announced an affiliation with the law firm of Snitow Kaminetsky Rosner & Snitow, LLP (SKRS), a high-end litigation and transactional boutique based in New York. Six lawyers from SKRS, led by well-known attorney Franklyn H. Snitow, will ...