In what might be another first for same-sex couples married in Maryland, a Baltimore man invoked spousal privilege Tuesday to avoid testifying in a domestic violence case against his husband of four days.

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The source of a loud, booming noise from a trash can outside the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse in downtown Baltimore remained unclear Thursday despite reports of an explosion.

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The once- and would-be developer of the Baltimore-owned Superblock property sued the city Tuesday for at least $50 million in an effort to block Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake from entertaining new bids for the project.

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Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in a Baltimore family’s $10 million wrongful death lawsuit against the maker of the prescription diabetes medication Actos.

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More than three years after it heard argument, the state’s highest court has decided that former Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin P. Clark is not entitled to reinstatement or to any damages beyond what the city has already paid him.

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The families of a grandmother and her four young grandchildren who died in a house fire last fall are suing the landlord and the Housing Authority of Baltimore City.

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A hearing on a motion to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to stop construction of the Horseshoe Baltimore casino has been postponed until September.

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A hearing on a motion to dismiss a lawsuit attempting to halt construction of the Horseshoe Baltimore casino has been set for July 29 in Baltimore City Circuit Court.

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The family of a woman who lapsed into a coma and died shortly after being released from detention plans to file a civil rights lawsuit against corrections officials, the family’s attorney said Monday.

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Asbestos companies are not liable for the illnesses suffered by family members of people who brought the carcinogenic fibers home with them before 1972, when federal safety regulations were issued, Maryland’s top court held Monday.

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