Maryland Daily Record Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news

A central figure in a reported $3 million real estate scam was properly sentenced to 24 years in prison, not three, the Court of Appeals held last week.The decision overturns a decision of the Baltimore City Circuit Court, which granted ...

Gov. Parris N. Glendening chose to celebrate Martin Luther King Day by re-appointing Judge Alexander Wright Jr., the first black man to serve in Baltimore County’s Circuit Court, to the post that he left just over a month ago.Although the ...

If anything could put a damper on a trip to the Super Bowl, it would be a day in court. Just ask Ravens owner Art Modell who is facing a $6.4 million lawsuit stemming from his move from Cleveland to ...

Parade honors MLK[IMGCAP(1)]A day after the Ravens’ first AFC championship, the City of Baltimore marked another first: its premier parade in honor of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. A crowd of 15,000 gathered to witness the event. ...

A former employee of a nationwide maternity-wear retailer has filed a $52 million lawsuit in federal court in Baltimore, alleging that her erstwhile employer discriminated against her because she was pregnant.Laurie Cox, of Baltimore, was a Mothers Work Inc. area ...

A Baltimore County judge should not have ruled in favor of an insurance agent who actively participated in “a modified insurance ‘Ponzi scheme,’” the Court of Appeals held yesterday.The state’s top court said the agent, William R. Miller II, breached ...

The $185 million indemnity lawsuit that Ernst & Young was litigating against its former legal counsel in the Merry-Go-Round bankruptcy case is over. But everyone is hush-hush about the circumstances. Baltimore City Circuit Judge Kathleen O’Farrell Friedman last month signed ...

The Workers’ Compensation Commission erred in refusing to consider whether one company’s liability for benefits was governed by a contract with the temporary staffing company that employed the injured worker, the Court of Appeals held yesterday.A circuit court later determined ...

Delta Air Lines seeks injunction against pilots Delta Air Lines Inc. , hurt by widespread flight delays and cancellations, asked a federal appeals court yesterday to halt what it called a concerted no-overtime campaign by pilots. The Atlanta-based airline, which ...

Appearing at a joint meeting of the House Appropriations and Judiciary committees, the state’s highest-ranking judge took heat yesterday for crimes committed by criminals who are on parole or probation for prior offenses.About 30 delegates attended the hearing at which ...