An attorney who claimed he was fired from the Securities and Exchange Commission for having told superiors and congressional committees of agency misconduct has received $580,000 in settlement of his unlawful-retaliation lawsuit against the SEC.

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is slated to approve the settlement of a lawsuit filed by a mother who said her daughter was assaulted and verbally harassed by another classmate.

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A Maryland woman and her 10-year-old brother who were injured after plummeting off a dam while riding a personal watercraft on the Potomac River will receive a $91,000 settlement from the state.

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Two Montgomery County families are suing law firm Hogan Lovells for giving them bad legal advice during their dealings with a property developer, which ultimately ended in a $36 million verdict against them.

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A Metro bus driver’s negligence in colliding with an automobile on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway two years ago will not cost the transit authority any money, as a federal court jury concluded last week that the plaintiff’s alleged injuries were not proximately caused by the morning rush-hour collision.

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