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4th Circuit revives whistleblower case
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has revived in part employment claims filed by one the nation’s leading sickle cell disease researchers. A three-judge panel unanimously reinstated Dr. Duane […]
4th Circuit revives police recruit discrimination case
A federal appellate panel has revived part of a hostile work environment lawsuit brought against the city of Hagerstown by a black, female former police recruit. In a 2-1 decision, […]
Police win case over cell-phone photos
RICHMOND, VA — Voyeuristic police officers who passed around revealing photographs discovered on a defendant’s cellphone are not subject to a civil rights suit by the defendant’s girlfriend, pictured in […]
Senate confirms Hollander, Bredar to U.S. District Court
Ellen L. Hollander and James K. Bredar will become U.S. District Court judges in Baltimore. The U.S. Senate on Saturday confirmed Hollander, a Maryland Court of Special Appeals judge, to […]
4th Circuit upholds civil commitment
RICHMOND, Va. — A law allowing the indefinite confinement of “sexually dangerous” federal inmates after their prison terms end does not violate their due process rights, an appeals court has […]
Cangene shutdown survives injunction request
A federal appeals court has denied a California pharmaceutical company’s 11th-hour attempt to prevent the Baltimore manufacturer of its colorectal cancer treatment from going forward with today’s scheduled plant shutdown. […]
Supreme Court rejects McCrary case, others
The Supreme Court turned aside a host of petitioners Monday, including some of the defendants in retired Baltimore Raven Michael McCrary’s long-running insurance fraud case. Tamara J. “TJ” Fisher and […]
Drug-maker Cangene can close for upgrades
Baltimore drug manufacturer Cangene bioPharma does not have to cancel its scheduled plant shutdown to make hundreds of thousands of doses of a colorectal cancer treatment, a U.S. District Court […]
Judge weighs Cangene closure against need for cancer treatment
A federal judge could decide as early as Wednesday whether a Baltimore drug manufacturer must cancel a long-planned winter shutdown to make hundreds of thousands of doses of a colorectal […]
4th Circuit upholds dismissal of race discrimination case
A U.S. appeals court has upheld the dismissal of an $800,000 race discrimination case against the Maryland Judiciary, saying the fired worker’s “conclusory” complaint failed to allege facts that would […]
Column: Judges, vampires and immortality
Since arguing a case before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals several days prior to Halloween, I have been thinking a lot about judges, vampires and immortality. The time […]
Art suit settles three days before retrial
A contentious three-year copyright infringement battle ended with a settlement just days before the case was set for a new trial on damages. A Baltimore jury had awarded artist Douglas […]
