Circuit court judges must appoint counsel for indigent criminal defendants who fire, with the judges’ approval, not only their public defender but the Office of Public Defender and still want an attorney, Maryland’s top court has unanimously ruled.

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Gov. Martin O’Malley has appointed the General Assembly’s top lawyer to the state’s second-highest court, one of seven judge positions he filled Tuesday.

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Tony Campbell, a Republican candidate for Baltimore County Executive, and outgoing Del. Doyle L. Niemann, a Democratic candidate for the Prince George's County Council, both filed requests with their respective county election boards

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The sitting judges prevailed in the first contested judicial election in Baltimore since 2006, and by and large in contested judicial elections across the state. But there were exceptions.

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A state audit has found more than $12 million in criminal fees has gone uncollected by the Office of the Clerk of Circuit Court for Baltimore City — including more than $7.8 million highlighted in an audit released three years ago — and that the office also has inadequate controls over the collection of fees in civil cases.

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It looks more like a museum than a court building, all angles on the outside and easy-to-navigate inside. The South Tower of the Montgomery County Circuit Court, which opens Monday after three years of construction, features state-of-the-art technology inside the most environmentally friendly court building in the state.

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What is now a certified, federal class-action lawsuit alleging a kickback scheme involving one of Maryland’s largest real estate groups began with a discovery request in Howard County Circuit Court.

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The City of Rockville will appeal a judge’s ruling that it must turn over summaries of interviews an outside law firm conducted with employees to investigate complaints of discrimination as it defends itself against a racial discrimination lawsuit.

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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court is considering whether for-profit businesses can be exempted from a contraceptive mandate in the health care law because of the owners’ religious views. The law already exempts houses of worship from the requirement, but ...

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An Ellicott City lawyer is fighting a change in the rules governing access to court records, which he says denies him public information and hampers his business.

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