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Opinions: January 3, 2011
MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Consumer Law Telephone Consumer Protection Act BOTTOM LINE: The Maryland Telephone Consumer Protection Act is not a statutory “specialty” law under the CJP and, therefore, […]
Week in review: December 31, 2010
EPA unveils bay restoration plan The federal Environmental Protection Agency outlined a plan of action Wednesday to restore the Chesapeake Bay, involving Maryland and five other states and the District of […]
Week in review: December 3, 2010
Family settles fatality suit The family of John R. Yates, a Baltimore man who was killed last year when his bicycle collided with a large truck, has settled a lawsuit […]
Dishonest Eastern Shore lawyer disbarred
Maryland‘s top court on Tuesday unanimously disbarred an Eastern Shore lawyer who had surreptitiously and repeatedly transferred funds from a client escrow account to his law firm’s general fund, telling […]
Charles County lawyer pleads guilty to fraud
A disbarred Charles County attorney pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt Friday to wire and mail fraud after he conned clients out of money he used for his […]
Disbarred Towson lawyer faces criminal charges
A former Towson lawyer‘s initial appearance on charges that he stole money from four of his clients was postponed last week. Peter M. Callegary was indicted last month on four […]
Consensual disbarment remains a mystery
Last Monday, the Court of Appeals indefinitely suspended David M. Robaton from the practice of law. On Tuesday, the court filed an order stating that Robaton had consented to disbarment. […]
Lawyer hid funds to avoid paying sexual abuse damages
A unanimous Court of Appeals has disbarred a Reistertown lawyer who hid and fraudulently conveyed money to avoid paying a $386,000 damages award to the family of a teenager he […]
Fenty’s ex-adviser disbarred in Md.
A former legal adviser to Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty was disbarred in Maryland on Wednesday, one day after he failed to show up for oral argument in the Court of […]
