Before stepping down in July, retired Chief Judge Robert M. Bell issued opinions in three criminal appeals cases that had been sitting on his desk for at least five-and-a-half years after they were argued.

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Maryland’s top court has removed a key obstacle to the conditional release of a man who was found not criminally responsible for the murder of his mother and a teenage boarder at their Columbia home in 2001.

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A Maryland appeals court has invalidated a prenuptial agreement that a woman signed 26 years ago while dealing with severe morning sickness and a threat by her fiancé — who had insisted she prove her fertility before marriage — that he would call off the wedding if she did not sign it immediately.

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In a decision that could prove costly to businesses and workers’ compensation insurers, a Maryland appeals court has found that a law passed a dozen years ago does not mean what those groups thought it did.

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An Annapolis-based mortgage broker owes the victim of a foreclosure-rescue scheme $300,000, including $150,000 in punitive damages and $80,000 in attorney’s fees, an appellate court has held.

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NEW YORK — A federal appeals judge agreed Monday to delay a court challenge to Google Inc.’s plans to create the world’s largest digital library while an appeals panel considers whether authors should receive class status. The 2nd U.S. Circuit ...

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The Court of Appeals of Maryland appears to be ready to strike down the doctrine of contributory negligence.

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The Maryland Office of the Public Defender on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to stop allowing police to collect DNA samples from people arrested for violent crimes, contrary to a ruling by the state’s highest court.

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Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad on Monday commuted the mandatory life sentences of 38 convicted killers who committed their crimes as juveniles, a move aimed at ensuring they will spend decades in prison rather than be released earlier because of a ...

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The Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act surely did not resolve our country’s health care dilemma.

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