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Maryland reaches $33.5M ‘defeat devices’ settlement with Volkswagen
Volkswagen AG will pump $33.5 million into Maryland‘s economy under a settlement the German automaker reached with the state to resolve allegations it violated environmental laws by installing devices designed […]
Law links: Law professor pursues presidency
Law professor's presidential run leads news summary that includes political consequences of environmental law, lawyer loses club membership and Italy's top court knocks Knox prosecution.
UM Carey Environmental Law Program receives $1 million gift
The Environmental Law Program at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law received a $1 million gift, the school announced Tuesday.
Residents fear ground contamination on casino site
State environmental officials have pledged to consider comments made during a public meeting Thursday about a plan to construct the $400 million Horseshoe Casino on a former industrial site near M&T Stadium.
UM Carey hosts environmental experts
Environmental law experts meeting in Baltimore this week are putting a more positive spin on the results of the Rio+20 summit. Speakers assessing the impact of the recent summit in […]
State senator wants law clinic to support farmers
ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland legislator wants to transfer funding from an embattled University of Maryland environmental law clinic to create a similar program for farmers as retribution for the clinic’s […]
O’Malley stands by criticism of environmental law clinic
Gov. Martin O’Malley on Friday stood by his right to criticize the University of Maryland‘s environmental law clinic for continuing litigation against a family-owned chicken farm on the Eastern Shore, […]
Environmental group has standing, says Court of Appeals
An environmental group has standing to challenge roadway construction it says may pollute the Patuxent River, because one of its members paddles on and draws and sells maps of the […]
Chesapeake Conservation Corps celebrates 1st year
ANNAPOLIS — Members of the new Chesapeake Conservation Corps planted trees in Annapolis to celebrate their first year. The corps pairs young adults with watershed organizations, local governments and other […]
Law Digest: 1/31/11
MARYLAND COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS Civil Procedure, Discovery sanctions: Where the plaintiff’s counsel’s answers to interrogatories did not comply with Rule 2-402, the trial court did not abuse its discretion […]
Plan identifies best places for solar on US lands
LOS ANGELES — A draft plan identifying prime areas for solar energy projects on public lands in the Southwest was released Thursday by the Interior Department in an effort to […]
Suit seeks action to protect shad and herring
An environmental group has filed suit against state and federal fishery management agencies, saying the agencies turned responsibility for protecting shad and river herring populations into a finger-pointing blame game […]
