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Prosecutors say a California man who ordered a Lyft driver at gunpoint to make a trip from Maryland to a Washington, D.C., apartment has been found guilty.
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Offit Kurman makes second attempt to land in Manhattan
Offit Kurman is on its way to a more permanent home in Manhattan after announcing an affiliation with Menaker & Herrmann last week.
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Read More »EEOC alleges Columbia company ‘indifferent’ to sexual harassment
A Columbia waste management company not only failed to stop a male garbage collector’s sexual harassment of his female work partner but kept assigning them to the same truck, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has alleged in a federal lawsuit in which the agency seeks punitive damages.
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Read More »For survivors of Southwest engine explosion, what comes next?
Being on an airplane more than six miles in the air when an engine blows up and sends shrapnel through a window is an experience so scary that aviation lawyers say it's not just the family of the woman killed on a Southwest flight this week who could have a case.
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Read More »Minnesota prosecutor won’t file charges in Prince’s death
Prince thought he was taking a common painkiller and probably did not know a counterfeit pill he ingested contained fentanyl, a Minnesota prosecutor said Thursday as he announced that no charges would be filed in the musician's death.
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Read More »Owings Mills attorney claims plaintiff’s counsel abused process by filing suit against him
An Owings Mills lawyer sued a Towson attorney and her law firm Monday alleging she improperly filed a 2014 consumer protection lawsuit against him that was later dismissed.
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Read More »Child support goes to caregiver, not payee, court says
The most important name on a child-support order is not the payee’s but the child’s, Maryland’s second highest court said in ruling child-support money held in escrow for a youngster should be released to the grandmother who became the caregiver ...
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Read More »ABA committee proposes making law school admissions tests optional
The American Bar Association is entertaining a bold question for a profession known for its exams: Should standardized tests be required for admission to law school?
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Read More »Law Digest – Maryland Court of Special Appeals and 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals – April 19, 2018
Court of Special Appeals Administrative Law, Zoning: Finding that the County Board of Zoning Appeals did not properly apply the uniqueness test necessary for an applicant landowner to prove eligibility for a zoning variance, the Court of Special Appeals reversed ...
Read More »Lawmakers struck compromise on bill expanding post-conviction relief
ANNAPOLIS — Until two years ago in Maryland, filing a petition for a writ of actual innocence or petitioning to test newly discovered DNA evidence were two ways a defendant could seek post-conviction relief — and potentially win their freedom. ...
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