Law

May 22, 2023

TikTok files lawsuit to overturn Montana’s 1st-in-nation ban

Social media company TikTok Inc. filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Montana's first-in-the-nation ban on the video sharing app.

May 22, 2023

Study: Md. tops most states in online searches for lawyers

Maryland is among the top 10 states where residents are most often searching online for lawyers, according to research conducted by a Texas personal injury firm. The study analyzed which states had the most online searches for various types of lawyers and ranked each state’s average monthly search volume based on the number of searches […]

Jessica Bernardo poses for a photo at her home in Little Elm, Texas, on May 18, 2023. More Texas women who were told they could not end pregnancies with fatal fetal anomalies or that endangered their health are challenging the state's restrictive abortion laws. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
May 22, 2023

More women sue Texas, asking court to put emergency block on abortion law

More Texas women who were told they could not end pregnancies with fatal fetal anomalies or that endangered their health are challenging the state's restrictive abortion laws.

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks at the commencement ceremony for American University's Washington College of Law on May 20, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
May 22, 2023

Ketanji Brown Jackson tells law students ‘Survivor’ offers helpful lessons

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called herself a “Survivor superfan” and offered an audience of graduating law school students lessons from the show.

This image from U.S. Capitol Police security video and contained in the government's sentencing memorandum for Donald Hazard, circled in red by source, shows him in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (Department of Justice via AP)
May 22, 2023

Texas militia member sentenced for attacking police during Capitol riot

A Texas militia member was sentenced to prison for attacking police officers at the U.S. Capitol, seriously injuring one of them during the attack on Jan. 6, 2021.

A Hyundai sedan sits in the parking lot of East Bay Tow Inc., where Attorney General Rob Bonta held a news conference April 20, 2023, in Berkeley, California, about the surge in thefts of KIA and Hyundai vehicles. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)
May 19, 2023

Class-action lawsuit against Kia, Hyundai reaches $200M settlement

Hyundai and Kia have reached a proposed $200 million settlement to end a class-action lawsuit over vehicles' lack of anti-theft software.

May 19, 2023

Justice Gorsuch: COVID emergency orders among ‘greatest intrusions on civil liberties’

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says emergency measures taken during the COVID-19 crisis were among “the greatest intrusions on civil liberties.”

Adam Botkin, a football TikTok influencer, edits a video for a post at a Chipotle Mexican Grill while eating dinner in Missoula, Montana, on May 3, 2023. Botkin, a former walk-on place kicker and punter for the Montana Grizzlies, gained notoriety on the social media platform after videos of him performing kicking tricks went viral. (AP Photo/Tommy Martino)
May 19, 2023

Montana is banning TikTok. But can the state enforce the law and fend off a lawsuit?

Montana's first-of-its kind law that makes it illegal for residents to use TikTok in the state is already facing its first legal challenge.

Attorney Steven Epstein, a civil litigator and family law specialist, is combining his interest in crime and golf in his first murder novel. (Submitted photo)
May 19, 2023

Murder, he writes: Lawyer pens first novel, coupling killing and golf

Attorney Steven Epstein, a civil litigator and family law specialist, is combining his interest in crime and golf in his first murder novel.

Prince George's County Circuit Judge Sean D. Wallace will be the first American to serve full-time on the United Nations Dispute Tribunal. (Contributed photo)
May 18, 2023

Prince George’s County judge will be first American to serve full time on UN tribunal

A Prince George's County judge is heading to Kenya, where he will become the first American to serve full-time on a UN tribunal, which handles employment issues.

May 18, 2023

Montgomery bar association crafts a diverse leadership team

The lack of diversity in executive leadership across organizations in Maryland has been well reported, but the Bar Association of Montgomery County is bucking that trend.

The Supreme Court sided with a photographer who claimed the late pop artist Andy Warhol, shown in 1976 in New York, had violated her copyright on a photograph of the singer Prince. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
May 18, 2023

Andy Warhol violated copyright on image of Prince, Supreme Court rules

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a photographer who claimed the late Andy Warhol had violated her copyright on a photograph of Prince.

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