A newly graduated Howard University student from Baltimore County filed suit against the school Thursday in federal court, seeking prorated tuition and fee reimbursement for a spring semester he said did not live up to the school’s promise of an ...
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The pitched legal battle over the fate of President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn raises unsettled, novel questions about what happens when a judge refuses to go along when prosecutors no longer want to pursue their case. ...
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Seven attorneys, one judge, one law firm and three organizations have been selected for the 2020 Maryland Pro Bono Service Awards: a celebration of exemplary commitment to pro bono service awarded by the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland (PBRC). ...
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Maryland’s trial courts will “adhere to the mandates of of due process and the rule of law” as they gradually return to full operations on Oct. 5 during these “unprecedented and challenging times” of COVID-19, the state’s top judge said ...
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A construction contractor cannot be compelled to pay its share of the responsibility for the extensive fire damage caused to a building project after the developer had agreed to absolve the contractor of future liability, Maryland’s top court has ruled. ...
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SILVER SPRING — Requiring patients to visit a hospital, clinic or medical office to get an abortion pill is needlessly risking their health during the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of physicians allege in a lawsuit that seeks to suspend the federal rule. ...
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As he battles the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump has been claiming extraordinarily sweeping powers that legal scholars say the president simply doesn't have. And he has repeatedly refused to spell out the legal basis for those powers.
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Police in Baltimore on Wednesday identified a man believed to have shot an officer a day earlier after evading a traffic stop. An arrest warrant has been issued for Baltimore resident Antonio Oliver Janifer, who authorities said should be considered ...
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Maryland’s top court Tuesday offered advice for employers and their insurers when settling workers’ compensation claims: Make sure the injured employees and their dependents are parties to the settlement lest the companies and underwriters face a subsequent claim from the ...
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Read More »Maryland Court of Appeals Evidence; Authentication: At the defendant’s trial for attempted robbery and related offenses, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting Facebook-related evidence where there was sufficient circumstantial evidence under Maryland Rule 5-901(b)(4) for a ...
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