Proposed amendments to the Maryland Rules would allow the Court of Appeals to place judges on administrative leave or even suspend them without pay during disciplinary proceedings, changes prompted by the situation in Baltimore involving now-retired Judge Devy Patterson Russell. ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Baltimore prosecutors are preparing to file nearly 800 motions to vacate convictions that relied significantly on testimony from corrupt police officers under a new law that takes effect Oct. 1. Deputy State’s Attorney Janice Bledsoe told the Court ...

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The Court of Appeals enacted a piece of consumer debt collection reform earlier this month when it made it harder to have someone arrested for failing to show up at a hearing. After a judgment is issued, creditors can request a ...

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A lawsuit against a class of defendants in Montgomery County may be the first and last of its kind for the foreseeable future after the Court of Appeals voted to bar defendant class actions beginning June 1. After the lawsuit ...

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The Rules Committee is considering an amendment to the Maryland Attorneys Rules of Professional Conduct on the unauthorized practice of law that would allow foreign attorneys to act as consultants and work with a Maryland attorneys in legal disputes. The ...

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The committee that develops Maryland’s court rules made a change last summer allowing the removal of information about police officers from the Maryland Judiciary Case Search website that is now just coming to light. As of Thursday, the public could no longer ...

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I'm excited to finally have easy access to unreported opinions from the Court of Special Appeals.They will be a great resource when preparing appellate briefs and other trial papers -- even if you can't cite them.

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Attorneys who plan to represent a client in the collaborative law process would be required to first make a “reasonable effort” to discover whether the client has had a “coercive or violent relationship” with another party, under a proposal being considered by a Maryland Judiciary committee.

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The Maryland Judiciary’s rules committee has recommended repealing a regulation that would require attorneys, beginning Sept. 1, to certify that each document they file with the court has been scrubbed free of any litigant’s Social Security or other identifying number.

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Donna E. McBride of Miller, Miller & Canby has been appointed to the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure by the Maryland Court of Appeals.

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