A New York judge has granted the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network a preliminary injunction barring the Washington Nationals from pulling its games from MASN or otherwise trying to enforce a $10 million arbitration award while the network challenges the award in court.

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The Rev. Mary H.T. Davisson, chaplain for The Baltimore International Seafarers’ Center, was busy when she got the call to go to the hospital to visit an injured Filipino mariner. She asked if it could wait a day. The caller said no.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday effectively killed a Delaware law that allowed state judges to preside over secret arbitration in high-stakes business disputes.

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An arbitration meeting is scheduled between striking longshoremen at the Port of Baltimore and management. The longshoremen, the largest of four unions at the port representing more than 1,000 workers, went on strike after contract negotiations stalled Tuesday. Three other ...

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The chasm between corporate-defense attorneys who extol the virtues of mandatory arbitration agreements and members of the plaintiffs’ bar who say the pacts strip consumers of their right to redress was widened by the U.S. Supreme Court last month.

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PHILADELPHIA — Former NFL players trying to sue the league over concussion-linked injuries argued in court Tuesday that the NFL “glorified” violence and profited from damaging hits to the head. Players’ lawyer David Frederick also accused the league of concealing ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that disputes between consumers and companies that issue credit cards to people with bad credit ratings can be handled in business-friendly arbitration, rather than federal court. The justices voted 8-1 to reverse a ...

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Linda Cartzendafner says her husband died of an infection after nurses at Ruxton SurgiCenter injected him with a needle that became unsterile during failed attempts to place an IV. Cartzendafner filed a lawsuit Nov. 4 in Baltimore City Circuit Court ...

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The Baltimore County Council approved a measure Monday night that allows county employees to resolve labor disputes through binding arbitration. Police officers and firefighters have been able to resolve labor disputes through arbitration for some time; the new policy will ...

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A Prince George’s County church is entitled to more than $130,000 in damages from a Shenandoah Valley-based metalworking company, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held. The decision affirmed an arbitrator’s award in favor of the First Baptist ...

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