A Bowie woman claims she was fired by a health-services contractor for refusing to keep quiet after she witnessed guards beating inmates at Patuxent Institution, the state’s correctional mental health facility in Jessup.

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Even after a decision is made to terminate the attorney-client relationship, an attorney still has important and ongoing ethical duties.

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James “Troy” Durham, who was fired from his job as a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy after he complained about being ordered to doctor an arrest report, has already won a $1.1 million verdict from a federal jury and a state-court action to get his job back.

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Before signing someone else’s contract, every business owner should train his or her staff to S.T.O.P.

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A federal jury awarded $1.1 million to a former Somerset County sheriff’s deputy who claimed he was fired for complaining about being forced to doctor arrest reports. James “Troy” Durham, now working as custodian at a high school in the ...

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A Rochester, N.Y-based construction company that provides services to the U.S. Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground has agreed to pay $230,000 and provide other remedial relief to settle a gender-based abuse and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment ...

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The Daily Record’s top stories this week were led by our legal affairs reporters, and included several cases. One article told the story of a school aide who contracted the HIV virus after being bitten by a student; another dealt ...

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A child care provider fired from a private Eastern Shore school for the disabled has sued the facility under the Americans with Disabilities Act, saying administrators terminated him after he disclosed he has HIV. In papers filed by his attorney ...

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