Federal jury trials and grand jury sessions have been put on hold until late January amid the latest wave of COVID-19 cases in Maryland.
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Read More »December 27, 2021 Comments Off on Maryland federal courts postpone jury trials, grand juries as COVID-19 spikes
Federal jury trials and grand jury sessions have been put on hold until late January amid the latest wave of COVID-19 cases in Maryland.
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Read More »August 20, 2021 Comments Off on Federal courts impose new COVID-19 restrictions as infections increase
In Maryland, everyone entering or occupying a public area in the federal courthouses in Baltimore and Greenbelt must wear a mask under order of Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar.
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Read More »June 14, 2021 Comments Off on Online mediation here to stay, say Maryland lawyers, mediators
Like other legal issues, personal injury cases have been upended during the pandemic, forcing many cases to be delayed and those that went forward to be done online.
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Read More »May 21, 2021 Comments Off on Retired cop put in chokehold by police takes case to Supreme Court
When José Oliva tried to sue after police put him in a chokehold and threw him to the ground, a federal appeals court ruled he was out of luck. He’s asking the Supreme Court to revive his lawsuit.
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Read More »May 20, 2021 Comments Off on ‘I should not have said that. Are there cameras in here?’: Judges disciplined for remarks in 2020
From calling a defendant an addict to making sexist remarks about a clerk, U.S. judges made — and were punished for — some outrageous comments in 2020.
Read More »April 9, 2020 Comments Off on Justice delayed: Virus upends court systems across US
BOSTON — Courthouses shuttered. Thousands of trials on hold. Legal deadlines pushed. The coronavirus pandemic has crippled the U.S. legal system, creating constitutional dilemmas as the accused miss their days in court. The public health crisis could build a legal ...
Read More »March 12, 2020 Comments Off on Md. courts to suspend non-essential activities, postpone jury trials
Maryland courts will suspend all non-essential judicial activities effective immediately and suspend all jury trials beginning Monday in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera issued an order Thursday evening suspending out-of-state and out-of-country travel, requiring the minimization ...
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Read More »December 31, 2019 Comments Off on Rules committee proposes written form, not court, to learn debtor assets
Creditors may soon be able to ask debtors to disclose their assets on a court form rather than require them to attend court or answer complex interrogatories, an idea that has been in the works for more than a year. A ...
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Read More »September 30, 2014 Comments Off on Anne Arundel courts soon to plug in to e-filing
A Maryland Judiciary project to enable attorneys and litigants to file claims electronically in trial courts will begin Oct. 14 in Anne Arundel County, pending a vote by the state’s top court Thursday in Annapolis.
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Read More »July 3, 2013 Comments Off on Editorial: A new era for Maryland’s Judiciary
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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