The Attorney Grievance Commission cannot be sued for defamation because it has sovereign immunity under the 11th Amendment, the Maryland Office of the Attorney General has argued in papers filed in federal court. The attorney general’s office was responding Thursday to ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A company that runs a nationwide electronic mortgage registry is asking a Delaware judge to dismiss a deceptive trade practices lawsuit filed by the Delaware attorney general’s office. A judge on Wednesday heard a motion by Virginia-based ...

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Prosecutors didn’t have all the facts before filing charges against two administrators in the Penn State sex abuse case, lawyers for the men said after the attorney general’s office changed the date of a key allegation that ...

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Questionable septic system upgrade contracts totaling $1 million have been referred to the attorney general’s criminal division, according to an audit of the Maryland Department of the Environment released Thursday. The average cost of 57 MDE-administered contracts awarded to two ...

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The Maryland Attorney General’s Office is asking a Baltimore judge to cancel or reduce an $18.5 million damages award stemming from the murder of an inmate aboard a state prison bus. The documents were filed Tuesday in Baltimore City Circuit ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A legislative audit released last week uncovered about $71,000 of likely fraudulent purchase card charges by an unnamed Department of Natural Resources employee. The audit was released on April 1. The Department of Legislative Services started its audit ...

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