After nearly four years of litigation, including a trip to the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Maryland Insurance Administration has settled a lawsuit filed by a federal agency alleging gender-based pay discrimination. According to online court records, the ...
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ANNAPOLIS — Attorneys for opioid manufacturers and distributors argued Monday that Anne Arundel County’s lawsuit against them should be consolidated with Baltimore’s for more efficient pretrial proceedings. The defendants say the Baltimore case is “substantially similar” to the county’s and the Maryland ...
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Maryland’s top court has reinstated a $329,000 medical malpractice verdict after concluding that the trial judge’s failure to instruct the jury clearly about a doctor’s heightened standard of care in a personal injury case did not affect the jurors’ decision. ...
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In his final bid for Supreme Court review and restoration of a state law aimed at preventing price gouging, Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh urged the justices Friday to hold that states may protect their residents from unwarranted price ...
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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Judiciary relied on more than just a rote application of caseload per judge in preparing its pending request that the General Assembly create seven additional trial court judgeships in fiscal year 2020, which begins July 1. ...
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The 180-day waiting period that federal employees must adhere to before filing a discrimination lawsuit against their employer begins upon filing an initial complaint, and not upon each subsequent amendment to that complaint, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...
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A lawyer who worked at two BigLaw firms in Chicago is now facing an ethics complaint over allegations that he exaggerated the number of hours he worked on client matters. The lawyer, Christopher Craig Anderson, was an associate at Kirkland ...
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SILVER SPRING — A Maryland prosecutor said Thursday he isn’t asking a grand jury to consider criminal charges in the death of a black teenager who struggled with police officers, saying he can’t prosecute “tragic acts.” Caroline County State’s Attorney ...
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ELLICOTT CITY — A Maryland county says it has filed a petition against the Federal Aviation Administration, opposing its approved plan to expand Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport over neighbor’s noise concerns. The Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday that the petition is the ...
Read More »A Maryland man is facing vehicular manslaughter charges after three young children were killed and their parents critically injured in a crash last month.
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