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Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure; Search and seizure: Where police obtained a court order pursuant to §1-203.1 of the Criminal Procedure Article that authorized the placement of a tracking device on the defendant’s vehicle for 30 days, and police ...

Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure; Petition for writ of actual innocence: Where petitioner, who was serving a life sentence for a 1991 murder conviction, sought post-conviction relief based upon newly-discovered evidence that the State’s ballistics expert who testified at ...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Employment Law; Same-sex sexual harassment: Where male worker sued employer for sexual harassment following persistent abuse by male coworkers, which included sexually-charged ridicule and homosexual references, district court erred in granting summary judgment ...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4TH Circuit Criminal Law; Abusive language: Defendant’s conviction under Virginia statute which criminalizes abusive language reversed because the First Amendment permits criminalization of abusive language only if the Government proves the language had a direct ...

Maryland Court of Appeals Tax Law; Vendors: Prior to the 2015 amendment to the sales and use tax, §11-102(a) of the Tax–General Article, which specifically included “accommodations intermediary” into the statutory definition of “vendors” liable to pay sales and use ...

Maryland Court of Appeals Real Property; Pleadings: Where property occupants alleged that the defendant property owners violated Real Property Article §7-113(b) by making threats of eviction without first making a reasonable inquiry as to whether the properties were abandoned, their ...

  Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure; Search and seizure: Where an anonymous tipster called 911 and alleged that the defendant was driving drunk and provided the make, model, and license plate of the vehicle and its location, and police ...

Maryland Court of Special Appeals Contracts; Nondisclosure Agreements: Judgment of the circuit court, which awarded damages of only $1 to plaintiff based on defendant’s breach of a nondisclosure agreement, affirmed because damages for the breach of a nondisclosure agreement are ...

Maryland Court of Special Appeals Contracts; Nondisclosure agreements: In the plaintiff’s action seeking compensatory damages for the defendant’s breach of a nondisclosure agreement, where the plaintiff failed to adduce evidence of actual damages resulting from the breach, the trial judge ...

Maryland Court of Appeals Professional Responsibility; Disbarment: Given the severity of the misconduct and the presence of several aggravating factors, disbarment was the appropriate sanction for a Maryland attorney who violated multiple Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct, District of Columbia ...