Judges and court employees are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a law that prohibits sharing audio or video of criminal court proceedings. The “broadcast ban” has been on the books since 1981 and ...

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The Judiciary has sent text messages to more than 9,000 people since December to remind them of court dates and plans to continue exploring options for the notification system. A six-month pilot program launched in early December allowed defendants in ...

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A group of journalists and nonprofits is asking a federal court to declare unconstitutional Maryland’s law against broadcasting lawfully obtained recordings of criminal proceedings. The complaint, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, claims the law “impedes the public’s ...

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More than 4,000 active Maryland attorneys are not registered for the mandatory Attorney Information System database ahead of the June 1 deadline, according to the Maryland Judiciary.

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Producers of a podcast series about Keith Davis Jr., who has been tried three times in the 2015 killing of a Pimlico Race Course security guard, plan to use audio from court proceedings and want the Maryland Judiciary not to ...

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Baltimore County is the latest jurisdiction to implement the state’s electronic filing system, known as Maryland Electronic Courts or MDEC, the largest expansion of the program to date, the Maryland Judiciary announced Friday. MDEC was implemented in the county on ...

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ANNAPOLIS – The General Assembly’s auditing arm has recommended that lawmakers slash $21.2 million from the Maryland Judiciary’s $549 million budget request next fiscal year over the objections of Maryland’s top jurist. The Department of Legislative Services’ suggested cuts include ...

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ANNAPOLIS – Appearing before a joint General Assembly session, Maryland’s top judge said Wednesday that the Maryland judiciary, legislature and executive branch share in the responsibility to act “with diligence and integrity and abiding respect for the rule of law.” ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Judiciary relied on more than just a rote application of caseload per judge in preparing its pending request that the General Assembly create seven additional trial court judgeships in fiscal year 2020, which begins July 1. ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Judiciary will ask the General Assembly to create seven additional trial court judgeships to help handle an overwhelming caseload, the state’s top jurist stated in a recent letter to legislative leaders. The proposal, to be introduced ...

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