All too often, one litigant or another, sometimes both, play a game of chicken before settling their cases by waiting until a jury has been selected and seated. Seating a jury is costly to the court both in terms of ...

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Baltimore is one of several government and union plaintiffs that stands to recoup damages sustained in a proposed $337 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit accusing major financial institutions of a price-fixing conspiracy. The city filed a lawsuit earlier this year ...

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Citizens who have settled cases with Baltimore over alleged police misconduct are free to speak about their experiences regardless of any clause in their settlement agreement that restricts their speech, the city’s attorney said Wednesday. Baltimore City Solicitor Andre M. ...

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The day after two Baltimore City Council members introduced a bill to ban “gag orders” in police settlement agreements, the city’s lawyer filed a petition to reverse an appellate opinion that found such orders unconstitutional. Council President Brandon M. Scott and ...

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has reached a $300,000 settlement in a racial discrimination lawsuit against Maritime Autowash, the federal agency announced Wednesday. In a lawsuit filed in August 2017, the EEOC alleged Maritime, later known as Phase 2 ...

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Lawmakers in 16 states, including Maryland, introduced bills this year to restrict the use by private employers of non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment cases.

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Attorneys for the city of Salisbury will argue Thursday for dismissal of an ACLU of Maryland lawsuit alleging violations of the Maryland Public Information Act for withholding documents related to a police settlement.

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Sarann Han moved to a townhouse in Halethorpe with her two young children last summer. But she did not know the home’s property management company had treated the unit with chemicals until the day before she moved in to address ...

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve more than $1.1 million in police settlements Wednesday, including $600,000 for the family of Tyrone West Sr. West died in July 2013 following an altercation with Baltimore and Morgan State ...

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A lawsuit filed by a Severna Park man who was in a coma for nine days after his car was hit by an alleged drunk driver has settled for $1.25 million. David Saul was driving his Ford Focus on Chestnut Tree ...

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