MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS  Criminal Procedure, Harmless error: The intermediate appellate court misapplied the harmless error standard in analyzing the trial court’s restriction of defendant’s cross-examination of a State’s witness regarding his expectation of leniency in a violation-of-probation proceeding. Dionas ...

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The state constitution "is not in conflict with" the election law allowing 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections, according to the Court of Appeals.

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A former CareFirst executive lost a $4 million battle on Friday when Maryland’s top court unanimously held that he was entitled to just $2.7 million of the $6.7 million termination package his employment contract had provided.

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There is a “war on leaks” being waged by the U.S. Department of Justice and it’s generating serious collateral damage to the freedom of the American press to gather and report the news. Revelations that DOJ secretly subpoenaed the telephone records of The Associated Press (AP) and executed a search warrant for email communications between a Fox News reporter and his source are more than chilling; they threaten precious First Amendment values.

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A man who was convicted of sexual offenses committed before 1995 cannot be ordered to be listed on the state sex offender registry, which went into effect that year, Maryland’s top court ruled Monday.

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Baltimore’s public school system is not required to provide a private-school student with educational services for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and anxiety, a federal appellate court held Wednesday.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Florida man’s floating home was a house, not a boat, and not covered under maritime law, in a case that could affect thousands of people around the country who make their ...

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A telecommunications company owes its former joint venture partner more than $45 million for fraudulently inducing it to invest in a cell phone network in Iraq, a Maryland appellate court has held.

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An Annapolis-based mortgage broker owes the victim of a foreclosure-rescue scheme $300,000, including $150,000 in punitive damages and $80,000 in attorney’s fees, an appellate court has held.

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The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Thursday that the Defense of Marriage Act violates the Constitution's equal protection guarantee.

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