The Court of Appeals has given K. Hovnanian Homes another chance to defend itself against claims that one of its units breached a contract at the Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole. The project’s developer, a limited liability entity created by ...

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Norfolk Southern Railway Co. has agreed to pay $60,000 to an employee who said she was discriminated against because of her gender. Kathryn Class said she was unfairly removed from training to become a yardmaster because she would have become ...

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NEW YORK — Things keep getting worse for Bank of America. On Tuesday, the largest U.S. bank reported a loss of $9.1billion during the second quarter, partly due to an $8.5 billion settlement with investors. That agreement, reached in June, ...

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A judge in Baltimore has held up the $115,000 settlement of a labor lawsuit against a Federal Hill tavern owner because the portion earmarked for the plaintiffs’ lawyer — $100,000 — was not well-documented and “likely not reasonable.” Judge Richard ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington told a federal bankruptcy judge Friday that the diocese’s reorganization plan is fair and just for all creditors, including victims of priest sex abuse, and that he doesn’t expect ...

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An Ocean City man accepted a $462,000 offer of judgment after an auto accident with a trucker left him with neck injuries that he said resulted in bankruptcy and the loss of his job and home. James A. Gelfo and ...

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WASHINGTON — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $211 million after admitting one of its divisions rigged dozens of bidding competitions to win business from state and local governments. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC made at least 93 secret ...

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South Baltimore bar owner Jason Zink has agreed to pay $115,000 to settle litigation brought by five of his former employees, according to settlement papers filed Tuesday in federal court. The fact of a pretrial resolution was known a month ...

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A former high-ranking employee of Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission has won a $1.65 million verdict for his wrongful termination in 2005. A Prince George’s County Circuit Court jury found on Tuesday that Allen W. Cartwright Jr., a black man, had ...

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Denny’s has agreed to pay $1.3 million to dozens of former employees as part of a consent decree that requires the restaurant chain to overhaul its corporate policies regarding people with disabilities. The settlement, signed by U.S. District Court Judge ...

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