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ABA opposes potential income-tax change for law firms
The Maryland State Bar Association has joined a national lawyers’ group in opposing draft congressional legislation that would require high-revenue law firms and other personal-services firms to pay income tax on money their clients still owe them.
Reform of citizen complaint process floated
The rights of domestic-violence victims should not be lost as a state commission searches for ways to improve how the Maryland criminal justice system treats arrested individuals before trial, the legal director of a women’s shelter told the panel Tuesday.
Appeals court rules against Maryland homebuyers in finder’s-fee cases
A federal appeals court dealt two blows to Maryland homebuyers with decisions holding that mortgage lenders cannot be held liable under a state law designed to prevent mortgage brokers from charging an undisclosed “finder’s fee” at settlement.
Atlanta Braves face lawsuit over foul ball that fractured girl’s skull
Marriage matters not, Citigroup settles and jail mail round out this week's Law Blog Roundup.
The chief judge’s first year
Maryland’s top court is “right on target” to achieve its goal of deciding by Aug. 31 all of the 127 cases it has heard since its term started in September, Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera said Thursday.
4th Circuit: Better than average at high court
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears appeals from federal courts in Maryland, has an enviable record before the U.S. Supreme Court when the justices choose to review its decisions.
Baltimore man accused of rape sues city, police for $5M
An indigent Baltimore man is suing the city and its police force for arresting and holding him in jail for seven months on a rape charge for which he was never prosecuted.
Former beer company executive seeks new trial
Clippers trial, convicted lawyer and Islamic courts round out this week's Law Blog Roundup.
The quotable Cathell
Judge Dale R. Cathell recalls the knife fight that changed his life, recounts carrying a concealed handgun on the bench, blasts dilatory appellate jurists, bemoans retirement and contemplates death in a recently published, some-holds-barred memoir.
Cathell’s ‘Memoirs of a bad boy’ not a tell-all book
Retired Judge Dale R. Cathell said he imagines his checkered past will surprise those who know him primarily for his years on the bench.
Baltimore murder conviction reversed due to prosecutor’s error
The prosecution’s challenge to an accused murderer's testimony came too late, a Maryland appeals court has held, overturning the man’s conviction and life sentence.
Bail, day 1: ‘Very few glitches’
By order of Maryland’s highest court, District Court commissioners at 8 a.m. Tuesday began telling people awaiting their initial bail hearing that they have the right to an attorney and if they could not afford a lawyer, one would be appointed for them.
