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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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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Constitutional Law Free speech in schools  BOTTOM LINE: When a student wore shirts that displayed the Confederate flag in a community where racial tensions continued to exist, such speech threatened to disrupt school and school officials could prohibit or punish ...

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MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS  Professional Responsibility, Disbarment: Disbarment was the appropriate sanction where attorney violated Title 16 of the Maryland Rules and many of the Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct, including those involving the mishandling and misappropriation of client ...

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Working on federal cases reminds me how much Iove electronic filing.

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ANNAPOLIS — The trial of Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold is continuing in Annapolis. Defense attorney Bruce Marcus is expected to seek a motion for acquittal from Judge Dennis Sweeney. The trial will continue on Friday. If the motion ...

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In ADA claim of discrimination based on employee’s pregnancy, District court properly granted employer’s summary judgment motion because employee pointed to no more than the objective fact of her pregnancy, and offered no evidence tending to show that employer subjectively believed employee to be disabled as a result of her pregnancy.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says some discrimination complaints from federal workers can go to federal district court, instead of being forced into the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The justices on Monday ruled unanimously that some ...

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The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland has honored Chris Brown, a partner at Brown, Goldstein & Levy, with the 2012 Elisabeth Gilman Award for his commitment and impact as general counsel of the ACLU and his lifetime of legal ...

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State Sen. Jamie Raskin wants voters heading to the polls to remember that Robert Bork is among the legal advisers to the Republican ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.

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