What effect will the Supreme Court’s ruling on drug-label warnings, Wyeth v. Levine, have in the state’s trial courts? While it will undoubtedly move cases forward, lawyers in Maryland don’t expect a flood of new litigation. As one noted, “There ...

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With declining markets and law-firm layoffs in the news, soon-to-be lawyers are wondering about their own job prospects, Caryn Tamber writes. Prospects are looking up, though, for two civil servants who were fired after campaigning for their newly elected boss’s opponent. The ...

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When the Court of Appeals suspended (PDF) lemon-law attorneys Craig Kimmel and Robert Silverman last week, the big question was whether the Maryland office of their firm, Kimmel & Silverman, could operate during their suspension. Kimmel and Silverman, whose firm ...

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Information on federal judicial misconduct sanctions will soon be as close as your computer, according to our sister blog, DC Dicta. Under new rules approved this week by the U.S. Judicial Conference, sanctions will be posted online and will identify ...

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The University of Maryland’s Capital News Service has a couple of interesting stories on what we here like to call “Lawyers Behaving Badly,” a.k.a. Attorney Grievance Commission actions. (Come on, you know you like this stuff. Attorney malfeasance stories are ...

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