Law firms that serve business clients are increasingly encouraging their attorneys to get their MBAs, or at least take business classes to better understand and serve their clients. Attorneys say that overall it has been worth the time and cost ...
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Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Executive Director Bonnie Sullivan was recognized by the Maryland Legal Services Corporation (MLSC) with the organization’s Benjamin L. Cardin Distinguished Service Award during a ceremony Dec. 3 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel. The award was given ...
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William Barr, who served as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, has emerged as a leading contender for that job in President Donald Trump's Cabinet.
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One of the defendants charged criminally in a $364 million Ponzi scheme is asking a federal judge to dismiss the Securities and Exchange Commission civil complaint or transfer the case to a different court. Jay B. Ledford is one of ...
Tagged with: motion to dismiss ponzi scheme securities and exchange commission U.S. District Court in Baltimore
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WASHINGTON — The Constitution says you can’t be tried twice for the same offense. And yet Terance Gamble is sitting in prison today because he was prosecuted separately by Alabama and the federal government for having a gun after an ...
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The Maryland Judiciary is testing a system that texts court date notifications to defendants with the hope that the reminders will increase appearance rates. The program launched Monday and allows defendants in district court who are screened for public defender representation for criminal ...
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Read More »Court of Appeals Criminal Procedure, Law of the Case Doctrine: Law of case doctrine did not bar trial court from considering issue as to sentence’s legality that appellate court had not resolved, because Crim. Law §1- 202—which provides that punishment ...
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A black student blamed his “bottled up anger” for racist, threatening graffiti he admitted to scrawling in a bathroom at Goucher College, according to a police report. Baltimore County police on Monday filed hate crime charges against 21-year-old Fynn Arthur, ...
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Maryland’s top court will once again have a full-time clerk to manage its docket, handle filings and swear in new attorneys, as well as sign their bar certificates. The Court of Appeals on Wednesday gave the job to Suzanne C. ...
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A Baltimore judge granted summary judgment for two former Gun Trace Task Force officers late Friday, finding they had probable cause to arrest a man for possession of a gun he claims was planted. Judge Wanda Keyes Heard had heard arguments ...
Tagged with: Baltimore police Domenic Iamele Evodio Hendrix Gun trace task force Judge Wanda Keyes Heard Marcus Taylor police misconduct
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