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Vaccine Hunters take control of appointment search

March 4, 2021 Comments Off on Vaccine Hunters take control of appointment search

A man walks past a mural in an office on the Facebook campus in Menlo Park, Calif. in 2014. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Frustrated with the slow rollout, many residents are turning to a Facebook group for help in hunting down COVID-19 vaccine appointments. The Maryland Vaccine Hunters group has existed for just over a month but boasts, at publishing, nearly 55,000 members. ...

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Md. high court sets admissibility standard for Facebook ‘unfriending’

May 13, 2020 Comments Off on Md. high court sets admissibility standard for Facebook ‘unfriending’

“Here, we unequivocally hold that, despite the circumstance – and our recognition – that jury nullification sometimes occurs, jury nullification is not authorized in Maryland and a jury does not have the right to engage in jury nullification,” Judge Shirley M. Watts wrote for the high court majority. (The Daily Record/File Photo)

Maryland’s top court has unanimously reinstated an attempted armed robbery conviction, saying the trial judge properly allowed the jury to hear damning evidence that the defendant “unfriended” from his Facebook page his alleged accomplice just hours after that person was ...

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Indiana’s chief lawyer loses license

May 11, 2020 Comments Off on Indiana’s chief lawyer loses license

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2019, file photo, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill arrives for a hearing at the state Supreme Court at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. Hill's law license will be suspended for 30 days over an allegation that he drunkenly groped four women during a party, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday, May 11, 2020. The unanimous court decision said that the state's attorney disciplinary commission "proved by clear and convincing evidence that (Hill) committed the criminal act of battery." (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Welcome to Monday, the 39th anniversary of the London premiere of “Cats.” Here are some news items to get your week started. — Indiana attorney general loses law license for a month over alleged groping. — Could Trump v. Biden ...

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Md. high court considers admissibility of Facebook ‘unfriending’

March 9, 2020 Comments Off on Md. high court considers admissibility of Facebook ‘unfriending’

Scott MacMullan, an Annapolis solo practitioner, says lawyers should use social media, such as Facebook, to engage with both colleagues and potential clients. ‘It’s a way to start a dialogue and develop a relationship with people where you can then take it offline,’ he says. (AP file photo)

ANNAPOLIS – An attorney for Maryland urged the state’s top court Monday to reinstate an attempted armed robbery conviction, saying the trial judge properly allowed the jury to hear damning evidence that the defendant “unfriended” from his Facebook page his ...

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High court will consider if ‘defriending’ goes to jury

November 7, 2019 Comments Off on High court will consider if ‘defriending’ goes to jury

The Court of Appeals builiding in Annapolis. MF-D 9/20/04.

Maryland’s top court will join a social network and evidentiary rules when it considers whether a jury was properly permitted to hear damning evidence that a Facebook profile owner “defriended” his alleged accomplice just hours after that person was killed ...

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Social media-savvy lawyers connect via Md. Facebook group

October 1, 2019 Comments Off on Social media-savvy lawyers connect via Md. Facebook group

(Facebook) The cover photo for the Maryland Lawyers Facebook group.

Today, lawyers who are increasingly social media-savvy are turning to Facebook to refer prospective clients, ask questions and discuss legal matters. Towson family law attorney Stuart Axilbund has helped to cultivate the “Maryland Lawyers” Facebook group, which now has just ...

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Judge allows racist Facebook page as evidence in fatal stabbing

June 5, 2019 Comments Off on Judge allows racist Facebook page as evidence in fatal stabbing

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the University of Maryland Police Department, Sean Urbanski. Urbanski, arrested in a fatal stabbing at the University of Maryland that has been under investigation as a possible hate crime has been indicted on a murder charge. (University of Maryland Police Department via AP, File)

A judge is allowing prosecutors to present evidence that a white man charged with fatally stabbing a black student on the University of Maryland's campus belonged to a racist Facebook group and had racist memes on his cellphone.

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Truman’s Supreme Court loss may be omen for Trump

February 25, 2019 Comments Off on Truman’s Supreme Court loss may be omen for Trump

Welcome to Monday, the 106th anniversary of the ratification of the 16th Amendment, which authorized the assessment of income tax. Here are some news items to get your week started: — Foes of President Trump’s emergency declaration look to Youngstown ...

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Judge bars enforcement of Maryland online political ad law

January 4, 2019 Comments Off on Judge bars enforcement of Maryland online political ad law

Salisbury University student Jake Burdett allegedly live-streamed a meeting on Facebook with a staffer for Rep. Andy Harris.

ANNAPOLIS — A federal judge says a Maryland law aimed at addressing foreign interference in local elections on social media platforms such as Facebook appears to overstep the First Amendment. The law requires certain media websites to publish online ad ...

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Feds’ slow explosion inquiry stalls victims’ suits

November 19, 2018 Comments Off on Feds’ slow explosion inquiry stalls victims’ suits

Silver Spring explosion's aftermath leads news summary including judicial Facebooking, GPS tracking and sexual-harassment allegations.

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