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2 candidates, 2 reactions to abortion clinic buffer-zone ruling
The two major party candidates for Maryland attorney general had diverse reactions to the Supreme Court’s decision striking down — on free-speech grounds — a 35-foot protest-free zone outside abortion clinics in Massachusetts.
Phone search? Get a warrant
Maryland defense and prosecution attorneys alike welcomed Wednesday’s unanimous Supreme Court ruling that police generally may not search the cellphones of people they arrest without first getting search warrants.
How Frosh pulled off the comeback
In the end, experience and Annapolis connections prevailed over a familiar family name.
EBDI holdout loses quick-take battle
Maryland’s top court has cleared the way for Baltimore to condemn the property of Edward J. Makowski, the last holdout on his block, which happens to sit in the 88-acre footprint of the East Baltimore Development Inc. initiative.
How to concede in elections without really crying
Candidates for political office never need help with victory speeches: They have those prepared months in advance. But woe to those candidates who lose.
For AG candidates, a fight to the bitter end
The three-way Democratic race for attorney general might be the tightest — and most bitter — contest in the state as voters head to the polls Tuesday.
Two reprimanded for foreclosure problems
Maryland’s top court has unanimously reprimanded a former managing partner and part-time attorney at a law firm for their involvement in improper signatures on foreclosure documents in about 900 cases.
Federal judge upholds vaccination policy
Death penalty lifted, journalists imprisoned and Sotomayor reflects in this week's Law Blog Roundup.
Juror’s comment showed she was tired, not biased
A man convicted of murder is not entitled to a new trial despite a deliberating juror’s statement that she would be willing to change her vote if it meant getting home sooner.
White supervisor settled with schools for $39K
The Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners paid $39,000 to settle a white supervisor’s claim that he was fired because of his race in violation of federal civil rights law.
Rules Committee votes to repeal ‘ID-free’ certificates
The Maryland Judiciary’s rules committee has recommended repealing a regulation that would require attorneys, beginning Sept. 1, to certify that each document they file with the court has been scrubbed free of any litigant’s Social Security or other identifying number.
M&T must give up $560K in dirty cash
A federal judge in Baltimore has ordered M&T Bank Corp. to forfeit to the U.S. government $560,000 in drug proceeds laundered through the bank and for which M&T did not file currency transaction reports.
