On July 8, Gov. Larry Hogan directed the State Board of Elections to open every precinct and early voting center in Maryland for the November General Election. The Governor also directed the state board to send an absentee ballot application ...

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Unless you are a recent law school grad preparing to take (and pass) the examination prerequisites to practice law in Maryland, the information in this editorial likely will be news to you. It was news to many members of this ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan recently responded to President Donald Trump’s threat to send federal law enforcement agents to Baltimore to deal with unrest. Hogan said only peaceful protests are happening in Baltimore and that he, “doesn’t know what they would do ...

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Around the country multiple states, both red and blue, and with Republican and Democratic governors, have had difficulty with reopening during the coronavirus pandemic. Most Marylanders have been taking the suggested steps to reopen our state. Owners of bars and ...

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Asymptomatic “super-spreaders” and inadequate testing to detect them. Airborne viral microbes and antiquated ventilation systems. Jury rooms and trial tables too small to permit social distancing. Conferences up at the bench with lawyers and court personnel huddled together. Crowded public ...

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In response to the nationwide protests over the death of an unarmed African-American man, George Floyd, who died in police custody (in Minneapolis by white officers), President Donald Trump about a month ago had declared that the “United States will ...

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Recently, Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera released a “Statement on Equal Justice Under Law” urging “members of the system of justice” to  “assure that our courts do not suffer bias, conscious or unconscious,” and examine “the reasons for disproportionate impact ...

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One of The Daily Record Editorial Advisory Board members was recently reviewing a contract to renew employee retirement benefits. The member was surprised that in 2020 a large national company would provide a contract that used all male pronouns, with ...

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On May 6, the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission charged Judge Carroll Kelly of the 11th Judicial Circuit with “len[ding] the prestige of your judicial office to advance the private interests of yourself and others” after the judge agreed to allow ...

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Family court judges in Maryland follow the frequent practice of sua sponte adding a nondisparagement provision to divorce decrees, simply announcing that fact to the parties. While parties to a divorce can always enter into nondisparagement agreements voluntarily and have them enforced by ...

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