It’s been a busy week at our firm. Rod Gaston and I just finished a three-day trial in Baltimore County Circuit Court (made special because it was Judge Jan Alexander’s first time overseeing a jury trial since his promotion to ...

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I’ve never really admitted it before, but I just don’t understand all the fuss about Las Vegas. Many of my friends love the city, and love the chance to live it up when they visit. Ho hum. I end up ...

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A recent declaration by our sister publication, Virginia Lawyers Weekly, that the “Shaggy defense” is a term of legal art went national this week. That’s thanks to Slate, the online magazine that picked up a recent VLW story on a ...

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From a man at work who enjoys Men at Work, here now some news tidbits from Australia. The headline says it all: “Ninja students foil Aussie mugging.” Three blokes in the middle of beating a man for his iPod and ...

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As filming of the second season of “Jersey Shore” continues, footage from the first season has been the topic of discussion in a New Jersey courtroom. A Superior Court judge on Monday allowed a lawsuit to proceed alleging the show’s ...

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Peter Angelos is a legal giant and a Baltimore icon. He’s won billions in asbestos, lead paint and tobacco litigation, loves his city, celebrates his heritage (Greek) and seems to be a relatively philanthropic guy. Those are the last nice ...

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I saw a link the other day to this MSNBC story with the title, “Lindsey Vonn to appear on ‘Law and Order.” Admittedly, before I read the tagline (“Gold medalist says crime drama is her favorite TV show”), I didn’t ...

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So, glancing through my inbox,  I happened upon an interesting press release I must say I’m still not sure what to think of, namely an effort to give Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” the Charm City treatment. Opera Vivente, the ...

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I am a proud fan of the purple and black. Which means, of course, that I can’t stand the Pittsburgh Steelers or Big Ben.  So, as you might imagine, Wednesday’s six-game suspension of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was not unwelcome. That ...

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According to filmmaker Jason Neff, “everybody said a race like this could never happen.” On Preakness weekend, eight retired women jockeys are running in the first “Lady Legends Race for the Cure,” organized by the Maryland Jockey Club and benefiting ...

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