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The potential jurors popped onto the screen one by one. They confirmed their names and told the judge how they were connecting to the court: on laptops, tablets and iPhones.
Read More »Texas court holds first US jury trial via videoconferencing
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Star college football recruit charged with attempted murder
A high school football player designated as a star recruit for colleges by ESPN is accused of trying to kill his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend.
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Read More »Feds say man lied to his employer about having COVID-19
A Georgia man faces charges after authorities say he lied to his employer that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
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Read More »4th Circuit: Pretext for bias must be pleaded not presumed
A fired customer service agent’s discrimination lawsuit against a Bethesda high-tech security products company might have been headed to trial if the black employee had sufficiently alleged that a supervisor’s belated Google search of a past gun incident was a ...
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Read More »Federal judge rejects challenge to Hogan’s stay-at-home orders
A federal judge Wednesday rejected a constitutional challenge to Gov. Larry Hogan’s stay-at-home orders, saying the governor’s directives are narrowly tailored to achieve Maryland’s compelling interest of protecting the public from the deadly COVID-19 virus. “The world is now in ...
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Read More »Md. Green, Libertarian parties seek petition relief amid stay-at-home order
Saying their petition drives have stalled amid the governor’s stay-at-home directive, Maryland’s Green and Libertarian parties are seeking a federal court order suspending the state’s requirement that they collect thousands more signatures in order to place their candidates’ names on ...
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Read More »Trump congratulates daughter Tiffany on finishing law school
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is celebrating a new addition to his immediate family: a lawyer. His youngest daughter, Tiffany Trump, recently graduated from Georgetown Law School. “Just what I need is a lawyer in the family. Proud of you ...
Read More »Judge isn’t ordering jail to free inmates in virus hot spot
SILVER SPRING — A federal judge on Wednesday said she will require a Maryland jail in a COVID-19 hot spot to implement measures to prevent the virus from spreading inside the facility, but she isn’t ordering the immediate release of ...
Tagged with: COVID-19 Paula Xinis
Read More »Law Digest — Court of Appeals, Court of Special Appeals — May 21, 2020
Maryland Court of Appeals Labor & Employment; Disability benefits: Under the Baltimore City Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System compensation statute, which states that qualified employees are potentially eligible for either a higher level of line-of-duty level of benefits if ...
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Read More »Hogan defends stay-at-home order in response to lawsuit
Gov. Larry Hogan defended his stay-at-home order for Marylanders against a legal attack from business owners, clergy and three fellow Republicans, calling the executive order “narrowly tailored” to achieve the state’s “compelling interest” of protecting the public from the deadly ...
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