ANNAPOLIS – Legislation will soon be introduced to remove a controversial provision in Maryland family law that sharply reduces noncustodial parents’ child-support obligations once they have hosted their children overnight 128 times in a year. Opponents of the current provision ...
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Read More »The monitor observing reforms to the Baltimore Police Department has told a legislative committee that dysfunction in the department is so deep and widespread that it will take longer to fix than anticipated.
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Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, PA is expanding its family law practice with the addition of four attorneys from the former Rockville-based law firm Dragga Hannon LLP. The four attorneys who joined Joseph Greenwald as of Jan. 1 are Patrick W. ...
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Long-awaited updates to Maryland’s judicial discipline process will now go to the Court of Appeals for final approval after the committee in charge of amendments agreed on recommendations. The Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure submitted its report ...
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ANNAPOLIS – Legislators opposed to cash bail Thursday said they seek $10 million next fiscal year for pretrial service programs as courts move away from bail in favor of the monitored release before trial of defendants who do not pose ...
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A federal judge declined to stay Baltimore’s lawsuit over changes to immigration rules, finding the “potential harm” alleged by the city justified keeping the case active despite the partial government shutdown that has left the government’s lawyers without funding. It ...
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The General Services Administration improperly "ignored" the U.S. Constitution's emoluments provision outlawing foreign gifts when it green-lit President Donald Trump's management of his Washington, D.C., hotel after his 2016 election, the agency's inspector general said Wednesday.
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A Baltimore Police commander who was under investigation last summer for misappropriating money from a nonprofit is now suing the police department, alleging her due process rights were violated under the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, according to court ...
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A Somerset County woman who claims a home care nurse’s negligence caused the death of her 34-month-old disabled child filed suit in federal court Monday. Sarah A. Wilford filed suit in U.S. District Court in Baltimore alleging medical malpractice by ...
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Read More »Court of Special Appeals Commercial Law, Four Cent Rule: The circuit court judgment correctly found that the “Four Cent Rule,” which was initially enacted in 1978 to address what was then perceived to be a serious problem involving the oversight ...
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