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Mothers Work discrimination charge dismissedA federal judge in Baltimore has dismissed a Baltimore woman’s claim that her former employer, the Philadelphia-based nationwide maternity-wear retailer Mothers Work Inc. discriminated against her because of her pregnancy. U.S. District Judge Benson E. Legg ...

A U.S. Supreme Court special master is scheduled to hear oral arguments this morning on Virginia’s motion for partial summary judgment in a dispute over Maryland’s right to regulate the commonwealth’s use and access to the Potomac River.Virginia is seeking ...

Youth violence subject of forum at UM LawA faith-based tracking program initiated by Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley and youth violence in general are the topics of a panel discussion, Baltimore Rising: a Town Meeting on Youth Violence, tomorrow afternoon at ...

An unadmitted attorney who engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in Maryland will never practice in the state again, the Court of Appeals held yesterday.The state’s top court ordered the disbarment of Dana W. Johnson, who, admitted to practice ...

An ongoing dispute among the family that founded Murry’s Steaks could be headed to Maryland’s top court, now that the Court of Special Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by one disgruntled cousin against two others. The ...

Even though a state corrections officer who was fired after his arrest for marijuana possession had his arrest record expunged after the criminal charge was nol prossed, the arresting officers could testify from their memories at his administrative termination hearing, ...

Promises made should be promises kept and no exception should be tolerated for the federal government. It has been a year since the Department of Housing and Urban Development pledged to assist the victims of the widespread property-flipping epidemic that ...

The state’s top court struck down part of a Montgomery County anti-discrimination ordinance yesterday, holding that it violated freedom of religion guarantees in the First Amendment and the Maryland Declaration of Rights. Judson P. Garrett Jr., a lawyer with the ...

Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. said yesterday the legislature denied Chief Judge Robert M. Bell’s request additional judgeships in the Circuit Court’s Family Division because the current number of judges could handle existing workloads if they had the ...

A Washington police officer who claimed he was the victim of racial profiling and excessive force at the hands of four white Prince George’s County police officers has lost his federal suit against them.A federal judge in Baltimore accepted plaintiff ...