Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans powered past a Democratic boycott Thursday to advance Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate, keeping President Donald Trump's pick on track for confirmation before Election Day.
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Three correctional officers are among nine people facing federal charges of conspiring to smuggle narcotics, cellphones and tobacco into the Chesapeake Detention Facility in Baltimore, Maryland U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur said Wednesday. The alleged scheme, which also included four ...
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The U.S. Supreme Court has shown interest in hearing a former Maryland Natural Resources Police officer’s claims he was fired in retaliation for exercising his constitutional right to speak in criticizing an MNRP captain’s behavior and denied his statutory right ...
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WASHINGTON — Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, the powerful prescription painkiller that experts say helped touch off an opioid epidemic, will plead guilty to three federal criminal charges as part of a settlement of more than $8 billion, Justice Department officials announced ...
Read More »Maryland Court of Special Appeals Criminal Procedure; Miranda warnings: Where, during a custodial interview conducted by a police detective in the defendant’s native language of Spanish, the defendant gave no indication that he was confused or did not understand anything ...
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A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld a judge’s order that a Bethesda couple pay nearly $1 million in civil penalties and interest to the U.S. government for their “willful” failure to disclose they had money in a foreign bank account. ...
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Google for antitrust violations, alleging that it abused its dominance in online search and advertising to stifle competition and harm consumers. The lawsuit marks the government’s most significant act to protect competition ...
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When Baltimore City District Court Judge Mark F. Scurti became president of the Maryland State Bar Association in June, the legal climate was changing dramatically. The coronavirus pandemic had created a whole new set of challenges for the MSBA, which ...
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Existing residential foreclosure proceedings may resume and new foreclosure actions may be initiated beginning Jan. 4 under an executive order Gov. Larry Hogan issued Friday that includes protections for borrowers financially harmed by the pandemic. The order requires lenders or ...
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U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur Monday announced $10,199,380 in Department of Justice grants to benefit law enforcement officers in the District of Maryland. The grants, awarded by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs, are part of over $54 million in ...
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