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Maryland Court of Appeals Attorneys; indefinite suspension: Where an attorney represented to bar counsel that there were no disciplinary complaints pending against her, despite prior correspondence from bar counsel about a disciplinary complaint, she violated multiple sections of the Maryland ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Consumer Protection; RESPA: Where a borrower’s letter to his loan servicer included the name, account number and other information that would enable the servicer to identify the account, and it explained why ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Administrative; jurisdiction: Where a federal contractor sought clarification on whether the nature of its Navy service contract made it subject to California’s labor laws, the suit was dismissed because the contractor failed ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Consumer Protection; Absent class member: Where 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) provides a magistrate judge with jurisdiction to approve a class action and enter judgment only by consent of the parties, the Fourth ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Criminal; Exigent Circumstances: Where the defendant’s former girlfriend told police he had broken into her home, was armed and had threatened to kill her, her family or law enforcement; the police found ...

Maryland Court of Special Appeals Administrative: Where a state statue and the Prince George’s County code both provide an exemption from recordation and transfer taxes for transfers to “the State[,] an agency of the State[,] or a political subdivision in ...

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Maryland Court of Appeals Criminal Law; Perjury: Under Maryland’s common-law “two-witness rule,” which provides that the State cannot prove the falsity element of a perjury prosecution solely by offering a single witness who testifies directly and positively that the defendant’s ...

Maryland Court of Special Appeals Criminal Law; Double Jeopardy: Where the defendant was convicted of second-degree assault as well as of a violation a civil court protective order, merger was not required because, unlike a criminal offense, a civil protective ...

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Maryland Court of Special Appeals Civil Procedure; Appeals: An immediate appeal may be taken when a circuit court vacates an enrolled judgment ratifying a foreclosure sale, but an immediate appeal is not allowed where a circuit court order vacates an ...

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Maryland Court of Special Appeals Administrative Law; Exhaustion of remedies: The county’s approval of a forest conservation plan, which was but one component of the administrative approval process, was not a final order and thus did not allow for a ...

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