Target of frivolous litigation can recover, no matter who paid lawyer.

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The state constitution "is not in conflict with" the election law allowing 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections, according to the Court of Appeals.

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The governor’s decision to put Judge Mary Ellen Barbera in charge of the Court of Appeals is one for the history books, as she will be the first woman to head the state’s Judiciary since its establishment in Colonial times.

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Gov. Martin O'Malley has appointed Maryland Court of Appeals Judge Mary Ellen Barbera to be the first female chief judge of the state's highest court and also elevated Judge Shirley Watts from the Court of Special Appeals to the top court.

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A few government and politics headlines for Tuesday.

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Maryland’s top court issued two long-awaited decisions Wednesday, including one in which a convict waited more than seven years for the Court of Appeals to rule on his challenge to his five-year sentence.

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A long-dormant proposal to impose a mandatory continuing legal education requirement on Maryland lawyers may get a hearing in the Court of Appeals after a new chief judge is named, according to a panel discussion at the Maryland State Bar Association’s annual meeting.

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For Baltimore attorney M. Natalie McSherry, the possibility of serving on Maryland’s highest court was too good to pass up.

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Maryland’s top court has granted a convicted murderer a new trial because his defense attorney was not told of a communication between a judge’s aide and a juror prior to deliberations.

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