The Court of Special Appeals should vacate its decision striking down a significant portion of the $150 million in damages awarded to 88 Jacksonville households from Exxon Mobil Corp., according to a motion filed by the plaintiffs’ lawyers. The reason, ...

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Rand D. Weinberg and Paul D. Rose Jr. have joined Miles & Stockbridge PC as of counsel and counsel, respectively. Weinberg primarily focuses on real estate law with an emphasis on planning and zoning, development, acquisitions and other transactions, contracts and ...

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Several community activists who oppose the creation of a Walmart-centered development in Remington have lost another round in court. Benn Ray, Brendan Coyne, Douglas M. Armstrong and Allen W. Hicks cannot sue over plans for the 25th Street Station project, ...

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LOS ANGELES — A Southern California woman took Honda to small-claims court and won in a big way. Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Douglas Carnahan ruled Wednesday that the automaker misled Heather Peters about the potential fuel economy of her ...

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RICHMOND, Va.— Attorneys for former racecar driver Jeremy Mayfield are asking a federal appeals panel to reinstate his lawsuit against NASCAR over his suspension for failing a random drug test at Richmond International Raceway in 2009. A three-judge panel of ...

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The $2.5 million lead-paint verdict that spurred a move to seize and auction vehicles owned by the Housing Authority of Baltimore City was reversed on appeal Thursday afternoon. The Court of Special Appeals said the case should never have gone ...

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PHILADELPHIA — A U.S. appeals court was asked to shut down a $360 million dredging project on the Delaware River amid concerns from environmentalists and the state of New Jersey. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is deepening the river ...

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PHILADELPHIA — The Supreme Court has passed up a set of cases for the online age: whether schools may censor students who are off-campus when they create online attacks against school officials and other students. The court let stand the ...

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DOVER, Del. — The state Board of Pardons is recommending that Gov. Jack Markell grant clemency to a man facing execution this week for the 1990 murder of his former girlfriend. The state is scheduled to execute Robert Gattis, 49, ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court has ruled as constitutional a law giving telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the government with its email and telephone eavesdropping program. Thursday’s unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. ...

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