Local doctors caught up in litigation against opioid manufacturers and distributors lack both the massive legal teams and vast potential resources of their co-defendants, and they are asking judges to dismiss them from the complex lawsuits where their alleged wrongdoing is barely mentioned. ...

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One of the defendants charged criminally in a $364 million Ponzi scheme is asking a federal judge to dismiss the Securities and Exchange Commission civil complaint or transfer the case to a different court. Jay B. Ledford is one of ...

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Baltimore and the state are asking a federal judge to dismiss them from a lawsuit over a fatal car chase initiated by members of the Gun Trace Task Force because state and federal law prohibit the claims against them.

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An executive being sued for defamation over remarks accusing Harford County officials of discriminating against a Joppatown subdivision targeting Muslim buyers is asking a federal judge to dismiss the officials’ claim. William R. Luther is the managing partner of OT LLC, which ...

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