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The law is no joking matter. But comedians may have a few lessons that lawyers can learn.
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Hogan lawyer makes $200M ‘final offer’ in HBCUs case
An attorney for Gov. Larry Hogan has made a "final offer" of $200 million to settle a long-running lawsuit involving Maryland's four historically black colleges.
Read More »Jury pool of 300 to be questioned in newspaper shooting case
A pool of 300 potential jurors will be in a Maryland court to answer questions about the mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper that killed five people last year.
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Read More »Daughter pleads guilty in death of mom blamed on panhandler
A Baltimore woman has admitted to blaming her stepmother's murder on a panhandler and helping her father try to escape to Mexico.
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Read More »Man gets 22 years in prison for crash that killed 3 children
A judge sentenced the drunken driver, 28-year-old Thomas Hawks, to 22 years in prison.
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Read More »Lawyers Confidence Survey shows declining faith in the economy
Maryland attorneys feel less confident about the overall economy than they did in early 2019, according to the results of the latest Daily Record-MSBA Maryland Lawyers Confidence Survey. The third-quarter survey had 290 respondents, up from 258 in the second quarter but down from 354 in the first quarter of the year.
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Read More »Howard Co. lawyer indicted on charges of having illegal weapons
A Maryland federal grand jury this summer indicted a Howard County attorney on charges of possessing multiple illegal weapons, including machine guns, unregistered firearms and guns without serial numbers. Investigators said Carl Somerlock ordered parts for the weapons from Amazon ...
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Read More »Judge imposes cap on $230M malpractice verdict, leaving $205M
A Baltimore city circuit judge this week slashed more than $24 million from what had been a $229.6 million birth injury malpractice award against Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Inc., citing Maryland’s cap on non-economic damages. But Judge Audrey J.S. ...
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Read More »Gun rights group files Supreme Court challenge to Maryland law
Gun rights advocates on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn Maryland’s handgun permit law, saying its requirement that applicants provide the state with a “good and substantial reason” to carry the weapon outside the home violates ...
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Read More »Somerset Co. files first opioid suit post-Purdue bankruptcy
Somerset County has joined the cavalcade of county and local governments in Maryland that are suing over the opioid crisis, but it is the first Maryland jurisdiction to do so without naming Purdue Pharma, the OxyContin manufacturer that has become the face ...
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