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Court of Special Appeals Civil Procedure; Personal jurisdiction: A Maryland circuit court abused its discretion in exercising personal jurisdiction over the defendant, a North Carolina resident, in a lawsuit alleging breach of fiduciary duty based on the defendant’s handling of ...
Read More »Law Digest — Maryland Court of Special Appeals — Feb. 14, 2019
Court of Special Appeals Civil Procedure; Appellate jurisdiction: Where purchaser of real property acquired rights in the property at a foreclosure sale, but paid a higher price because of the enhanced value attributable to the improvements that it had made, appeal ...
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Read More »Rosenstein to give keynote at UB Law commencement
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein is to deliver the keynote address at the University of Baltimore School of Law’s commencement ceremony on May 13, the law school announced Tuesday. Rosenstein, former U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland, ...
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Read More »Law Digest — Maryland Court of Appeals — Feb. 7, 2019
Court of Appeals Professional Responsibility, Disbarment: Court of Appeals disbarred lawyer who engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice by failing to keep client reasonably informed about the status of client’s matter, failing to respond to client’s repeated ...
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Read More »Law Digest — Maryland Court of Appeals — Jan. 31, 2019
Court of Appeals Administrative Law, Quasi-judicial act: Because a city council’s decision denying a developer’s application to amend the General Development Plan for an area located within the city was reached on individual grounds involving one parcel of land through a ...
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Read More »Law Digest — 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — Jan. 24, 2019
4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure, Sentencing: Defendant’s sentence vacated and remanded for resentencing because district court failed to consider defendant’s arguments for a lower sentence. United States of America v. Carl Javan Ross, No. 17-4242. Evidence, ...
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Read More »Law Digest — Maryland Court of Special Appeals — Jan. 17, 2019
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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Read More »Law Digest — Maryland Court of Appeals, Court of Special Appeals — Jan. 10, 2019
Court of Appeals Professional Responsibility, Indefinite suspension: Indefinite suspension with right to apply for reinstatement after six months was appropriate sanction for previously disbarred and reinstated attorney who violated Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct by, among other things, misrepresenting ...
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Read More »Law Digest — Maryland Court of Appeals — Jan. 3, 2019
Court of Appeals Civil Procedure, Statute of limitations: Since the licensing requirement of the Maryland Consumer Loan Law, Maryland Code, Commercial Law Article constitutes an “other specialty” within the meaning of §5-102(a)(6) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, actions ...
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Read More »Law Digest — Maryland Court of Appeals — Dec. 27, 2018
Court of Appeals Administrative Law, Implied consent law: Under the Maryland statute commonly known as the implied consent, administrative per se law, Md. Code Ann., Transp. (1977, 2012 Repl. Vol., 2018 Supp.) §16-205.1, which provides for the automatic suspension of ...
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