Maryland’s top court on Friday rejected requests from the state public defender’s office and civil rights groups to release low-level juvenile and adult inmates and detainees amid the coronavirus pandemic. The public defender’s office said in its petition to the ...

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The historic business disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic will likely lead to unprecedented litigation as parties to contracts debate whether force majeure provisions apply to their situations, Maryland attorneys say. With nonessential businesses closed and citizens, with limited exceptions, required ...

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Immigrants’ rights advocates on Thursday urged a federal judge to order the release of two people from Maryland immigration detention facilities, saying their medical conditions carry a high risk of death or serious illness from a coronavirus infection.

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As Maryland businesses scramble to understand and respond to the legal implications of the coronavirus pandemic, Baltimore law firms are providing free online resources and services to help.  Firms say hundreds of people have listened to legal webinars or taken ...

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The Maryland governor’s stay-at-home order and court closings that have stunned the general populace and largely stymied trial attorneys have left appellate counsel largely unscathed, as their research, writing and argument preparation are generally accomplished indoors and in private. “In ...

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With all but essential businesses shuttered in Maryland, and with revenue streams drying up, executives throughout the state are now reading up on their commercial policies to see if they might be covered for the calamity that is COVID-19. A ...

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COVID-19 is affecting life around the world, and the real estate sector is no exception.  As parties review their existing contractual relationships and consider new transactions, they should pay particular attention to force majeure provisions. Many commercial contracts — including ...

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A Maryland man violated the governor’s ban on large gatherings by hosting a party with 10 teenagers in a hotel room, authorities said.

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While courts are largely closed as the coronavirus tears through the United States, most of the nation’s 68 immigration courts have remained open at the behest of the U.S. Department of Justice. The Trump administration has resisted calls from immigration ...

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As the coronavirus pandemic upends plans nationwide, the National Conference of Bar Examiners has announced it will leave to state bar examiners the decision on whether to hold the bar examination in July or to postpone it until the fall.  ...

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