This week in Maryland Lawyer

jackie.sauter//April 28, 2008//

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Can lawyer layoffs happen here? Pick one: (a) They already are; (b) Yes, it’s just a matter of time; (c) Maybe, but it won’t be as bad as it is elsewhere; or (d) all of the above.

As Caryn Tamber writes in Maryland Lawyer, the answer depends on whom you ask.

Also in today’s issue, Brendan Kearney previews the death penalty case to be heard by the Court of Appeals. Lawyers for Jody Lee Miles know their argument has failed before, but they hope a 2007 Supreme Court ruling will make a difference — or that Judge Alan M. Wilner’s replacement, Judge Joseph F. Murphy Jr., will.

Then there’s the $2 million verdict in a surgical med-mal case; the latest battle in the war over Piney Run; and the attorneys’ fee award against a Bethesda woman who tried to have her husband killed during their divorce.

Plus:

Damon’s Grill operator seeks dismissal of fraud action
Jacobson named to environmental post
Pro bono: Barbara Bakal Greene used it as a springboard to her own solo practice
Interrogatory: What’s the strangest answer you’ve heard under oath?
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Opinion and Commentary by our Editorial Advisory Board and Jack L.B. Gohn
Case digests