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AI-induced privilege waiver rattles lawyers everywhere
A federal judge ruled that a defendant waived the attorney-client privilege to information in documents he created using an artificial intelligence tool.
Judge temporarily halts order for details on any efforts to return Abrego Garcia
Trump officials defy court orders to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported to El Salvador, raising legal and constitutional concerns.
Frosh urges justices to decline Germantown murderer’s appeal
Maryland’s attorney general has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to let stand the first-degree murder conviction and life sentence of a woman who killed her husband’s ex-wife in Germantown seven […]
Justices show interest in hearing Germantown murderer’s appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has shown interest in hearing the appeal of a woman sentenced to life in prison for the first-degree murder of her husband’s ex-wife in Germantown seven […]
Federal prosecutors seek rehearing on law firm search ruling
Federal prosecutors are seeking review of an appellate decision that invalidated their method of searching potentially privileged law firm files last year. Prosecutors seized files and emails from Brown, Goldstein & […]
4th Circuit orders magistrate, not feds, to review materials seized from law firm
A federal appeals court ordered the review materials seized from a law firm in June to be reassigned from prosecutors to a magistrate judge Thursday. Attorneys appeared before the 4th U.S. […]
‘Stand your ground’ shooting follows shoving incident
License loss, rule rescission, belated defense round out roundup.
Will this claim of attorney-client privilege be trumped?
Academic freedom, criminally unreasonable fee, murder or suicide round out roundup.
Chief justice offers advice at middle-school commencement
Welcome to Monday, the 39th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the Federal Communications Commission’s prohibition on George Carlin’s seven “filthy words.” Here are some news items to get […]
Md. physicians’ board wins appeal against former autism doctor
The Maryland Board of Physicians has won a major battle in its civil-litigation war with a defrocked doctor, as a state appeals court said the disciplinary panel was not necessarily obligated to release investigation-related documents to the former physician.
Plaintiffs in alleged kickback class-action seek second Creig Northrop deposition
Attorneys in a class-action lawsuit against one of Maryland’s largest real estate groups believe a six-word email could help prove an alleged kickback scheme. The plaintiffs’ lawyers want Creig Northrop […]
Rockville’s job-bias report remains off-limits
The City of Rockville will not have to share a 2012 report it commissioned on employment discrimination with a former employee who claims he was underpaid and ultimately fired because of his race. A federal magistrate judge in Greenbelt ruled that the attorney-client privilege protects the report that Courtney L. Morgan, who is black, sought in his racial discrimination suit.
