The state’s top court in a deferred opinion has determined that signatures need not be legible on referendum petitions to count. The 5-2 Court of Appeals opinion released Tuesday came six months after its Sept. 29 per curiam ruling reversing ...

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Maryland’s top court has ruled that lenders cannot execute a deed in lieu of foreclosure as a condition of approving the loan before the borrower has defaulted on the mortgage. In an opinion on Friday, the Court of Appeals vacated ...

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Maryland’s top court has unanimously disbarred an attorney who failed to keep his clients informed about the status of their personal-injury cases and to cooperate with Bar Counsel’s investigation of his lack of diligence. David E. Fox, in a one ...

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ROCKVILLE — Prosecutors say a Potomac teenager has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in the death of a 57-year-old car salesman last year. Eighteen-year-old Emily Geller was sentenced on Monday. She pleaded guilty in July to first-degree murder ...

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MedStar-Georgetown Medical Center Inc. has won again in its effort to keep revenue generated from its use of a high-tech device it purchased to treat cancer patients without surgery. The Court of Special Appeals has held that Georgetown need not ...

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