Adults so intimately connected to a child’s upbringing as to be de facto parents are eligible for attorney’s fees when their right to custody, visitation or support is challenged without substantial justification by another party, Maryland’s second-highest court has held. ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 56th anniversary of the premiere of the television soap opera “General Hospital.” Here are some news items to get your week started: — California’s mandatory fingerprinting of lawyers reveals past convictions. — In trial testimony, ex-Sen. ...

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The state is asking a federal judge to vacate her judgment from October 2013 finding Maryland’s state colleges and universities maintained traces of past segregation, arguing the court’s decision was based on flawed reasoning that came to light during this ...

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The plaintiffs in a lawsuit over segregation’s lingering impact on Maryland’s state universities are seeking more than $20 million in attorneys’ fees at the close of more than a decade of litigation. The Coalition for Excellence and Equity in Maryland ...

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A unanimous Maryland high court has upheld a $3.5 million attorneys’ fees award against a construction management company that breached an indemnification contract with a commercial landlord in downtown Bethesda. In its 7-0 decision Tuesday, the Court of Appeals cited a ...

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must pay nearly $1 million in attorney’s fees for continuing to pursue a race discrimination claim after becoming well aware of the “incredibly shoddy work” of its expert witness, a federal judge in Greenbelt has ruled.

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A Baltimore judge has awarded the class counsel representing former patients of Nikita Levy nearly $33 million in attorneys' fees, less than half of what they requested from a $190 million settlement with Johns Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Sylvester B. Cox repeatedly praised the class counsel's efforts and called the settlement "extraordinary."

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Government agencies and employees who violate an individual's rights under the Maryland constitution would be liable for attorneys' fees and court costs, in addition to damages, under legislation aimed at providing greater access to justice for low-income people.

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A former Maryland Transportation Authority police officer previously awarded more than $127,000 in a sexual harassment case is granted an additional $230,000.

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The issues they raise on appeal call into question the validity of the sewer connection to Malone’s property, the constitutionality of the District’s assessment method, Malone’s entitlement to a refund of the 2008 assessment, and the award of attorney’s fees to Malone.

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