Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler on Wednesday sued Universal Elections Inc., claiming the company and senior officers violated federal law by sending recorded telephone messages to more than 112,000 Democrats in Baltimore City and Prince George’s County on Election Day ...

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Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler on Wednesday filed a complaint in federal court against Universal Elections Inc., Julius Henson and Rhonda Russell, alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The trio are alleged to have initiated more than 112,000 ...

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If you’ve never heard of Andrew Shirvell, I’ll let Anderson Cooper tell you about him in the video below. (If you’d like Shirvell with a side of snark, check out this Daily Show story from last week.) Shirvell was fired ...

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There were so many opportunities for fraud and misuse of money by workers in the Baltimore region of the state prison system that state auditors are asking the attorney general to look into possible criminal charges. Auditors found an “almost ...

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Welcome back! Time to catch up on some law-related tidbits: In a rough divorce, who gets to keep the friends? Even good doctors make mistakes — and doctors who do work on superstar athletes are not immune from malpractice lawsuits. ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s top court last week grappled with whether a woman’s fear of the consequences if she did not submit to her assailant was objectively reasonable, in order to show he committed a sexual offense “by force or threats ...

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Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler says he will investigate reports of illegal robo calls in the governor’s race seeking to supress voter turnout. Robo calls made on Tuesday afternoon urged voters who support Democratic incumbent Gov. Martin O’Malley to stay ...

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A modified consent decree agreed to last year as part of a decades-old dispute over Baltimore’s foster care system will be the subject of an appeal heard Wednesday by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The state attorney general’s ...

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During the foreclosure crisis, much of the attention has focused on the people who have lost their homes. But what about the purchasers of the foreclosed properties faced with what 50 state attorneys general — including Maryland’s Douglas F. Gansler ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s top court on Thursday grappled with whether the state’s laws restricting gun possession outside the home remain valid in light of a June Supreme Court ruling that the constitutional right “to keep and bear arms” extends to ...

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