Welcome to Tuesday, the 22nd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that most of Ellis Island is in New Jersey, not New York. Here are some news items to get your holiday-shortened week started. — Spain expects chaos when ...

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Veteran prosecutor Robert K. Hur took a giant step toward becoming Maryland’s next chief federal prosecutor Thursday when the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee recommended by voice vote the full Senate approve his confirmation to be U.S. attorney.

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Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein has told associates he has no plans to leave his job when President-elect Donald J. Trump is sworn in on Jan. 20.

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A federal judge has dismissed an Eighth Amendment complaint brought against employees of a Western Maryland prison accused of failing to provide adequate accommodations for an inmate’s medical issues which allegedly led to his fatal heart attack. U.S. District Judge ...

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Federal prosecutors anticipate additional charges will soon be filed against Jeffrey Cohen, the founder and former CEO of Sparks-based Indemnity Insurance Corp. Risk Retention Group.

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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder announced a major shift Monday in federal sentencing policies, targeting long mandatory terms that he said have flooded the nation’s prisons with low-level drug offenders and diverted crime-fighting dollars that could be far better ...

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NEW YORK — Prosecutors said a large volume of evidence including electronic messages, court-ordered wiretaps and consensual recordings is stacked against a Connecticut-based hedge fund that pleaded not guilty Friday to criminal charges accusing it of letting insider trading flourish ...

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A 14th Baltimore police officer has been sentenced for his role in a towing company extortion scheme. Jaime Luis Lugo was sentenced in federal court in Baltimore on Tuesday to two years in prison. Lugo, of Aberdeen, and other officers ...

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It was the best times and the worst of times in the law blog round-up this Monday. Though, it was mostly just the worst of times if you are a current or incoming law school student – or if you ...

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When prominent Baltimore defense attorney Stanley H. Needleman pleaded guilty this month to structuring his bank deposits to evade mandatory tax reporting, he joined a growing list of perpetrators locally and nationally. Investigations and prosecutions for the offense — which ...

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