What to do when every social media account now seems to come with a shiny new law degree.

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What do you perceive to be the role of a juror?

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The stars literally aligned in Baltimore City Circuit Court as not one, but two Baltimore celebrities showed up for jury duty Tuesday.

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The revised model jury instructions on the use of social media, released last week by the federal judiciary, have an interesting feature.

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A Baltimore County jury awarded the owner of Bengies Drive-in Theatre in Middle River $838,000 in damages Friday after finding that a nearby convenience store had polluted the large outdoor screening area off Eastern Boulevard nightly with beams of light. ...

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Alleged victims of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will have to testify using their real names, and tweets or other electronic communications by reporters will not be permitted during the trial, the judge ruled ...

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend is appealing his conviction. Attorneys for George W. Huguely V filed a motion Friday in Charlottesville Circuit Court asking that his second-degree murder conviction be ...

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GREENSBORO, N.C. — A jury deliberating whether John Edwards broke campaign finance laws made a request for evidence and office supplies Friday, suggesting they are settling in for detailed talks about the money from wealthy donors that was used to ...

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I recently had a case that was settled for much less than the client or I would have wanted. What started out, by all appearances, to be a strong plaintiff’s case unraveled as unexpected evidentiary issues plagued us. To say ...

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Two of life’s greatest inconveniences — jury duty and traffic — collided this week in California. A courthouse computer system in Auburn accidentally summoned 1,200 people for jury duty  Tuesday. Traffic was jammed on the way to the Placer County Courthouse as ...

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