There’s a long way to go before the November election, and even longer before returning lawmakers and their newly elected colleagues head back to Annapolis to get down to business. There are, however, some certainties that came out of Tuesday ...

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… Because they sure didn’t vote at lunch time. “As of the 1 o’clock numbers, we had 6 percent of the voters coming out, which is 22,660,” Abigail Jones, administrative officer at Baltimore City Board of Elections, told reporter Brendan Kearney. Jones ...

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I blogged last month about The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s “copyright enforcement partner,” who sues websites and bloggers that post the newspaper’s stories in their entirety, rather than just the links. The Review-Journal’s strategy raised a whole bunch of legal questions. ...

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Previous coverage Baltimore City state’s attorney candidates address issues Live blog from the Baltimore City state’s attorney debate Photos: Baltimore state’s attorney debate between Jessamy and challengers It’s primary election day in Maryland. Candidates for offices at almost every level ...

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Baltimore City State’s Attorney Patricia C. Jessamy raised more in campaign contributions in the last two weeks of August than she had the rest of the summer, but still continues to lag behind her challenger financially. Jessamy raised more than ...

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It’s back to work after an extended weekend, and you’ll want to check out the news on billing rates. Here’s a special Tuesday edition of the law blog roundup for your shortened work week. Got a trucking-accident case? Don’t forget ...

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Mike Ertel decided last month not to take legal action against Bill Paulshock, one of his Democratic primary opponents in the Baltimore County Council’s Fifth District, over the allegedly incorrect address Paulshock lists on his voter registration form. Ertel’s campaign ...

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Among a flurry of endorsement e-mails I received yesterday from the campaign of Baltimore County executive candidate Joe Bartenfelder, one stood out. “BARTENFELDER’S RUN FOR COUNTY EXECUTIVE ENDORSED BY SUZANNE MENSH, LONG-STANDING ELECTED OFFICIAL,” the headline read. The press release ...

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I’ve been working on a story about contested judicial elections and coincidentally came across a story about such a race in Oklahoma. (Shameless self-promotion: my story is slated for our Aug. 9 Maryland Lawyer.) John Mantooth was running for a seat in ...

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