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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After nearly 20 years of delegating the design, operation and expense of the professionalism course for new lawyers to the Maryland State Bar Association, the state’s top court has decided to make a change. Under a rule that went into ...

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Next month, when lawyers get the letter directing them to report their pro bono activities for the past year, they’ll find a little something extra in the envelope. Included in the mailing will be a flier from the Maryland Judiciary, ...

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A U.S. appeals court has upheld the dismissal of an $800,000 race discrimination case against the Maryland Judiciary, saying the fired worker’s “conclusory” complaint failed to allege facts that would indicate an unlawful act occurred. Daniel Coleman’s bias complaint failed ...

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