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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ANNAPOLIS — The committee in charge of recommending amendments to the Maryland Rules will attempt to balance concerns from stakeholders before submitting an overhaul of the Judicial Disabilities rules to the Court of Appeals for approval. Retired Court of Appeals ...

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In an attempt to address problems cited by judges and the Court of Appeals, a proposed update to Maryland’s rules governing judicial ethics would create an avenue for Court of Appeals review, allow immediate notice of complaints and require discovery disclosures. ...

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Maryland’s top court has ordered a Judiciary committee to revisit amendments to the judicial discipline rules, changes set aside in 2016 while a challenge to the process was on appeal. The Court of Appeals last week told the Standing Committee ...

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Maryland lawyers, as of this month, are allowed to use the word “specialize” when advertising their area of practice. But because the word was prohibited for so long, attorneys and those who enforce the Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct ...

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Maryland attorneys have long been prohibited from advertising themselves as “specialists” in a particular area of law. But a proposed change to the Maryland Rules would lift that ban, largely due to concern over whether it is constitutional. The Maryland ...

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Maryland does not have to change its rules of civil procedure just because the federal courts amend theirs, the state Judiciary’s rules committee said Friday.

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The Court of Appeals of Maryland appears to be ready to strike down the doctrine of contributory negligence.

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With the General Assembly having spoken, Maryland’s top court will soon consider and vote on a procedural rule for providing public defenders to indigent defendants at bail review hearings. A Maryland Judiciary panel gave its approval to the proposed rule ...

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The American Bar Association, spurred by globalization and technology, has been holding hearings on potential changes to the legal ethics rules that could affect the practice of law far into the next century. Naturally, any changes to the ethics and ...

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