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A Montgomery County judge has ordered indefinite probation for two Maryland middle school students who lied about sexual misconduct by one of their teachers.The girls, who were sixth graders at Roberto Clemente Middle School at the time of the accusations, ...

THE PRACTICE A Case of the 22-Year Itch?Gately Moves to Hogan & HartsonMark D. Gately, who was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers as a fellow earlier this year, has joined the litigation group Hogan & Hartson in ...

A disabled teen-ager will get another chance to convince a Baltimore County judge that he should not have been removed from the foster home where he has lived for the past seven years, thanks to a decision reported last week ...

An inmate’s suit claiming that prison officials refusal to downgrade his security classification was retaliatory and violated his constitutional rights was properly dismissed by the Circuit Court for Somerset County, Maryland’s intermediate appeals court held last week.Russell J. Campbell, who ...

A man who claims he got nothing of value in return for signing a promissory note will get a chance to challenge the document even though it was under seal, the Court of Special Appeals held last week in reversing ...

Fibromyalgia syndrome is a chronic rheumatic condition marked by pain in the muscles (myalgia) and connective tissues. Some patients describe the pain as severe, especially in the neck, shoulders and feet. It is often accompanied by fatigue that varies from ...

Not every client is right for your practice. A key step in any good loss-prevention program is to establish a procedure for evaluating the potential client and matter. An effective screening process considers all of the following: *Is the matter ...

Four Prince George’s County police officers are not entitled to retroactive promotion or back pay, even though the promotional process they went through was flawed and unfair, the Court of Special Appeals has held.The decision reverses the circuit court, which ...

To some, it represents junk medicine at its worst. To others, it’s the coming wave in soft-tissue injury claims.But if you’ve barely heard about fibromyalgia syndrome — a chronic condition characterized by aching muscles and connective tissue, and sometimes depression ...

Before a criminal defendant can win a malpractice case against his former attorneys, he must first convince an appellate or other post-conviction court to reverse his conviction or grant a new trial on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel, ...