An insurance policy’s standard coverage for lost business due to property damage does not apply to a restaurant’s loss of revenue after eateries were ordered closed to in-house dining in 2020, Maryland’s second highest court ruled.

Tagged with: bars Covid COVID-19 Gov. Larry Hogan Insurance property damage Restaurants

Maryland’s then top judge acted within her constitutional authority in suspending the deadline for filing civil claims as she closed the clerks’ offices to stanch the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the state’s high court unanimously ruled Wednesday. In its ...

Tagged with: COVID-19 Larry Hogan Mary Ellen Barbera maryland constitution separation of powers

A federal grand jury indicted an Arnold doctor for allegedly submitting inflated and false Medicare claims related to COVID-19 tests his office conducted.

Tagged with: Covid COVID-19 erek barron medicare medicare fraud

Maryland’s courts will return to normal operations next week, marking the first time since March 2020 that the judiciary hasn’t run under a phased COVID-19 reopening plan. In a series of orders issued Monday, Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge ...

Tagged with: COVID-19 COVID-19 protocols Joseph M. Getty Maryland covid-19 response maryland judiciary

Wearing a face mask is voluntary in Maryland courthouses as of Monday, according to an administrative order issued late last week. Monday also marks a return to Phase V of the courts’ reopening plan, which includes resuming jury trials. Jury ...

Tagged with: COVID-19 Joseph M. Getty maryland courts maryland courts covid-19 mask mandates Victor Velazquez

Maryland courts will begin holding jury trials again as of March 7 under a new administrative order issued Friday amid a decline in COVID-19 cases. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Joseph M. Getty issued an order that will return the ...

Tagged with: administrative order COVID-19 Joseph M. Getty jury trial

Twin brothers have been charged in federal court with illegally obtaining more than $1 million in COVID-19 relief money and unemployment benefits using fake names — including, prosecutors allege, the name “Allen Gator.” Jerry and Jaleel Phillips, both 24, of ...

Tagged with: COVID-19 erek barron unemployment fraud wire fraud

A Florida man pleaded guilty in federal court in Maryland to obtaining tens of thousands of dollars in fraudulent unemployment funds using information from identity theft victims. Christopher K. Guy, 30, of Tampa, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire ...

Tagged with: COVID-19 Maryland U.S. attorney's office Unemployment unemployment fraud

Maryland courts will extend the pause on jury trials until at least March amid a recent surge in COVID-19 cases.

Tagged with: Court of Appeals COVID-19 jury trials

WASHINGTON — Fully vaccinated and mostly masked, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical Friday of the Biden administration’s authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation’s large employers. The court seemed more open to a separate vaccine mandate ...

Tagged with: COVID vaccination COVID-19