WASHINGTON — As a wave of antitrust actions surges against Google and Facebook, states in two lawsuits are stretching beyond the cases made by federal competition enforcers to level bold new claims. The states are taking new legal approaches as ...
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No clear answer to question of vaccine mandates in the workplace
As Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine rolls out in the United States and Britain, Maryland employers are hoping the vaccine will allow them to return to the office. But it’s unclear how much the vaccine will actually change. Not all Marylanders are ...
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Read More »Anton Black’s family sues police, medical examiner in 2018 death
Anton Black’s family filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against three Eastern Shore towns and the Maryland medical examiner’s office, alleging the unarmed 19-year-old Black man was killed by police and that the slaying was covered up by a forensic pathology ...
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Read More »Maryland joins dozens of states in anti-trust lawsuit against Google
DENVER — Maryland joined dozens of states that filed an anti-trust lawsuit against Google on Thursday, alleging that the search giant has an illegal monopoly over the online search market that hurts consumers and advertisers. The lawsuit, announced by Colorado ...
Read More »13-year-old charged with fatally shooting Pa. man in Baltimore
BALTIMORE — A Pennsylvania man who traveled to Baltimore to buy was drugs was shot and killed last week by a 13-year-old, police said Wednesday. Chad Michael Jordan, 40, of Jefferson, Pennsylvania, was fatally shot Friday after buying drugs, according ...
Read More »High court agrees to hear NCAA athlete compensation case
WASHINGTON — For the first time in more than three decades, the Supreme Court will hear a case involving the NCAA and what it means to be a college athlete. The high court on Wednesday agreed to review a court ...
Read More »Student school board member faces Md. constitutional challenge
Having a high school student serve as a voting member on the county school board upon election by fellow pupils violates the Maryland Constitution, Howard County public school parents seeking a safe resumption of in-class learning amid the pandemic stated ...
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Read More »Ex-Houston officer accused of assault in bogus fraud claim
A former Houston police captain was charged with assault on Tuesday after running a man off the road and holding him at gunpoint in an effort to prove what authorities have called a bogus voter fraud scheme.
Read More »Law Digest — US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit — Dec. 17, 2020
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit Constitutional Law; Habeas corpus: District court properly dismissed habeas corpus petition of former Air Force officer convicted in a court martial of sexual assault because officer’s Fifth Amendment due process claim was fully and ...
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Read More »Bar counsel: Lawyers had fewer complaints, more responsiveness amid COVID
COVID-19 -inspired concern for personal safety and greater use of email during the pandemic last spring might have contributed to fewer complaints being filed against Maryland attorneys and fewer lawyers failing to respond to bar counsel in fiscal 2020 — ...
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