A conversation with Court of Special Appeals Chief Judge Patrick L. Woodward from “Appellate Practice for the Maryland Lawyer: State and Federal, Fifth Edition."

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Because when it comes to the opioid crisis, there is no gray area.

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Members of Maryland’s bench and bar might want to get their resumes ready in light of upcoming judicial vacancies.

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Maryland Court of Special Appeals Judge Deborah S. Eyler will step down from the bench Sept. 1, nearly four years before the state constitution would have mandated her retirement at age 70.

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The insurer for Rams Head Tavern in Savage Mill had a duty to defend the business but not its owner in a series of invasion of privacy lawsuits for the owner’s surreptitious videotaping of women using a restroom at the restaurant, the ...

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The Oregon Grille parking lot case is back!

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The Baltimore Police Department correctly followed procedure when it fired an officer involved in a 2013 excessive force incident, the Court of Special Appeals has held in reinstating the termination.

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Patients’ mistreatment of themselves before seeking medical care cannot later serve as a doctor’s defense against a malpractice claim, Maryland’s second-highest court ruled last week.

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The Court of Special Appeals has reversed the manslaughter conviction of a Worcester County drug dealer last week after determining prosecutors failed to establish a causal link between the drugs sold to the victim and his death.

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The aspect of pending oral argument that proved the most challenging to prepare for was a horrible affliction of nerves. Here's how I mitigated them.

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