The Atlantic Coast Conference and the University of Maryland have settled their legal dispute over the Terrapins' exit from the league. The ACC will keep the roughly $31 million it withheld from Maryland and the school will not owe the conference any more money.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina appeals court Tuesday preserved a lawsuit that could force the University of Maryland to pay a $52 million fee for leaving the Atlantic Coast Conference. The ACC sued Maryland after the school said last ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Judges in North Carolina were asked Thursday to bow out of a role in deciding whether to slow down the big-money game of musical chairs involving universities, athletics conferences and billions of dollars in broadcast revenues. North ...

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UPPER MARLBORO — A judge is halting for now a Maryland lawsuit involving the University of Maryland’s exit from the Atlantic Coast Conference, saying a North Carolina lawsuit involving the exit should be resolved first. Prince George’s County Circuit Judge ...

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UPPER MARLBORO — A lawyer for the University of Maryland told a judge Thursday that a $52 million payment the Atlantic Coast Conference says the school owes in order to withdraw from the conference is “crippling” and “outrageous.” The school ...

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Geico, a Washington, D.C.-based automobile insurance company, said it is partnering with the Atlantic Coast Conference to offer a discount on auto insurance to alumni, students, faculty and staff of current ACC member schools.

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The Maryland Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against the Atlantic Coast Conference, saying its $53 million exit fee for the University of Maryland’s departure to the Big Ten is invalid and unenforceable. Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler filed the ...

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There's a legal side to the University of Maryland's recent decision to move to the Big Ten Conference.

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ACC wants UM’s exit fee The Atlantic Coast Conference has filed a lawsuit against the University of Maryland seeking full payment of the approximately $53 million exit fee for its move to the Big Ten. According to the 10-page lawsuit, ...

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Back from vacation rested and recharged (and a few pounds heavier), here's Wednesday's roundup of government-related news in Maryland.

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