October 5, 2021
Comments Off on Fed watchdog to investigate officials’ financial trades
An independent investigator will look into whether Federal Reserve officials broke the law with financial trades last year that have come under scrutiny.
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October 4, 2021
Comments Off on Henrietta Lacks’ estate sues company over use of her cells
The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a biotechnology company, accusing it of selling cells that doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took from the Black woman in 1951 without her knowledge or consent.
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October 4, 2021
Comments Off on Billboard firm hopes Ohio case helps high court challenge to Baltimore tax
A company mounting a constitutional challenge to Baltimore’s tax on commercial billboard operators hopes a recent Ohio high court decision striking down a similar Cincinnati assessment will convince the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its claim that the Maryland city’s ...
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October 4, 2021
Comments Off on What’s old is new again: Justices back at Supreme Court for new term
The Supreme Court returned to the courtroom for the start of a momentous new term, after a nearly 19-month absence because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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October 4, 2021
Comments Off on Supreme Court rejects lawsuit over canceled Pentagon contract
The Supreme Court said it would not get involved in a lawsuit over a disputed Pentagon cloud computing contract.
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October 4, 2021
Comments Off on Pharmacies face 1st trial over role in opioid crisis
In a bellwether federal trial, two Ohio counties will try to convince a jury that retail pharmacy companies played an outsized role in the ongoing opioid crisis.
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October 4, 2021
Comments Off on Barron confirmed as next U.S. Attorney for Maryland
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Whiteford, Taylor & Preston Partner Erek Barron as the next U.S. Attorney for Maryland, the first African American U.S. Attorney in the District of Maryland and the first Democrat in 20 years. In July, President ...
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October 1, 2021
Comments Off on Annapolis teacher charged with sexually abusing student, police say
An Annapolis High School teacher accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with a student was charged with sex offenses, Anne Arundel County police said.
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October 1, 2021
Comments Off on Biden administration urges judge to block Texas abortion law
The Biden administration on Friday urged a federal judge to block the nation's most restrictive abortion law, which has banned most abortions in Texas.
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October 1, 2021
Comments Off on Testimony by Skype satisfies confrontation clause, Maryland appeals court says
A defendant’s constitutional right to confront witnesses against him was not violated when his victim was permitted to testify by Skype, Maryland court says.
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