Under Maryland Judiciary rules, judges may list “no change” on their annual State of Financial Interests if the asset or liability has not changed from the prior year.

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Six of the seven judges on Maryland’s top court own more than one home, two are carrying more than $10,000 in non-mortgage debt, two have car payments and one is ruing a bad investment from 25 years ago.

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A new online guide designed to help non-lawyers in representing themselves before the Court of Special Appeals can also assist inexperienced attorneys comply with the court’s procedures, the court’s leader said ...

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The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday regarding a fired Maryland court employee’s contention that states can be sued for violating the self-care provision of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. Daniel Coleman, once the executive director of procurement ...

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Thirty-six years ago, the Maryland Judiciary treated itself to a financial disclosure shortcut. Rather than filling out all those pesky boxes on their annual Statements of Financial Interest, judges gave themselves the option of listing only what had changed from ...

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When I set out to review the judges’ financial disclosure forms, I never expected that the process of getting the documents would be the story. My assignment was to review the disclosures filed by the seven judges on the state’s ...

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While the percentage of minority judges nationwide remained stagnant in the last decade, Maryland bucked the trend. According to figures from the Maryland Judiciary, as of July 1 nearly 23 percent of all state judges were minority members. That’s an ...

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In a victory for consumers, entities that purchase debts owed to credit card companies must now provide Maryland courts with documentation spelling out that they are legally entitled to the money they seek, under a rule the state’s top court ...

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With a resolution rate of 58 percent, a pilot program offering appellate mediation in Maryland has proved successful enough in its first 14 months to warrant making it permanent, Court of Special Appeals Chief Judge Peter B. Krauser said last ...

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One reason I’m looking forward to electronic filing in state courts is to retire one of my favorite pastimes: deciphering the results on Maryland Judiciary Case Search. Trying to make sense of the entries in a case file online sometimes is ...

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