Administrative Law, Private cause of action: TP §21-809, which authorizes the use of speed monitoring systems on certain roads, does not provide an express or implied private cause of action in tort.Baker v. Montgomery County, No. 124, September Term, 2011. ...

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Administrative Law FINRA Arbitration BOTTOM LINE: As a result of significant overlap in personnel and resource utilization between a financial adviser’s former and current investment firms, the adviser’s current firm “indirectly controlled” the adviser, making them “associated persons”; therefore, the ...

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Administrative Law, Driver’s license suspension: In overturning a driver’s license suspension based on driving while intoxicated, the circuit court improperly ruled that the officer had to indicate, on the Motor Vehicle Administration form, the reasonable grounds for the underlying stop ...

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Administrative Law Driver’s license suspension BOTTOM LINE: In overturning a driver’s license suspension based on driving while intoxicated, the circuit court improperly ruled that the officer had to indicate, on the Motor Vehicle Administration form, the reasonable grounds for the ...

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MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Administrative Law, Appeal from abuse or neglect findings: Person accused of, but not found responsible for, child abuse or neglect has right to appeal when investigation by local department of social services finds that child abuse ...

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Administrative Law Child neglect BOTTOM LINE: Although there was no gap in custody between the time a disabled teenager’s caregivers refused to let him return home from school and the time the Department of Social Services placed him in foster ...

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Administrative Law Medicare coverage BOTTOM LINE: Secretary of Health and Human Services properly used the adjudicative process to create a policy denying Medicare coverage for medical device. CASE: Almy v. Sebelius, No. 10-2241 (filed April 26, 2012) (Judges WILKINSON, Gregory ...

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Administrative Law Line-of-Duty Disability Benefits BOTTOM LINE: Preexisting degenerative disc disease did not disqualify police officer from line-of-duty disability due to an injury sustained while working in the line of duty, because officer otherwise met the statutory requirements for such ...

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Administrative Law Civil commitment BOTTOM LINE: The U.S. District Court did not err in finding that the government failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that defendant was “a sexually dangerous person,”; the court reasonably found one expert’s opinion ...

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MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Commercial Law, Secondary Mortgage Loan Law: The Secondary Mortgage Loan Law does not restrict a mortgage lender to a single loan origination fee, as long as the aggregate fees charged and collected do not exceed the ...

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