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A Catonsville woman is suing her senior home community for failing to detect a heavy bedbug infestation in her unit that caused her to sustain more than 100 bites. The amended complaint filed Thursday also alleges Charlestown Community, Inc. and ...

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A group of class-action law firms Thursday filed the largest-to-date lawsuit over Marriott International Inc.’s recent admission that millions of customers’ private data was accessed by hackers. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, includes 176 plaintiffs from all ...

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Maryland’s Office of the State Prosecutor charged the chief of staff for a state delegate Thursday with violating election laws over the summer through a robocall attempting to link a fellow delegate to support for transgender rights. Tyler Walch, who was a ...

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A federal judge reopened a case last week challenging aspects of Baltimore’s pension system for police and firefighters that had been stayed for more than two years while state litigation was pending. The plaintiffs, active and retired Baltimore first responders ...

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A man filed a federal lawsuit last week alleging medical providers at a Maryland prison failed to properly document and treat his hepatitis C, leading to long-term health complications. Robert Williams contracted the hepatitis C virus (HCV) while incarcerated at ...

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A group of law firms, including one based in Maryland, will work with the state as outside counsel on possible litigation against opioid manufacturers and distributors. The Board of Public Works approved the contract Wednesday, allowing the Maryland Office of ...

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The ACLU of Maryland is seeking to reopen a Maryland Public Information Act case against Salisbury because attorneys say the city has not complied with the court’s August order requiring the production of documents. The original complaint, filed in 2017, was administratively ...

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The Maryland Office of the Attorney General announced sanctions, including a nearly $4 million penalty, against a Westminster couple and their companies Friday for selling fraudulent securities. Ronald D. Morley and his wife, Diane Morley, owned and operated several businesses based in Maryland ...

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Opioid manufacturers and distributors told a judge Thursday that Baltimore’s massive consumer protection lawsuit against them should be dismissed because of pleading and causation issues. The pharmaceutical companies, which make and distribute prescription opioids such as Oxycontin, are accused of engaging in ...

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Baltimore is asking for Maryland’s top court to be allowed to answer novel questions of state law involved in federal litigation over damages to businesses sustained in riots in April 2015. U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sided with ...

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