A proposed class-action suit filed in Baltimore Tuesday seeks to collect damages against a bail bond company and its agents whom the plaintiffs say used Maryland courts to obtain judgments under an unlicensed trade name. The suit names 4 Aces Bail ...

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The chief sponsor of legislation to preserve the current bail system denounces insinuation that his support was bought by the bail-bonds industry.

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Appellant contends that, because the charges against Smith were entered nolle prosequi on December 11, 2013 -- after the petition for remission was denied, and an appeal filed -- the circuit court should have granted Financial Casualty’s petition for remission according to Maryland Rule 4-217.

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A Maryland Court of Appeals ruling will end initial appearances before court commissioners.

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The Board of Public Works on Wednesday sold general obligation bonds valued at more than $736.8 million.

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Maryland’s bail-bond system could be replaced by a three-tiered pretrial risk assessment program under a set of recommendations made Thursday by a task force appointed to look at ways to reform the bail review system.

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Bail bondsmen are entitled to get their money back when a criminal defendant misses trial due to deportation — even when they know the person was in the United States illegally and could be deported, Maryland’s top court has unanimously ruled.

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The Daily Record’s top stories this week were led by our legal affairs reporters, and included several cases. One article told the story of a school aide who contracted the HIV virus after being bitten by a student; another dealt ...

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