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Rules Committee pulls back on proposal to limit discovery in some cases affecting low-income renters
The Maryland Rules Committee declined to limit discovery in certain cases transferred from district court to circuit court.
High court refers dispute over attorney grievance discovery rules to committee
The Maryland Judiciary's rules committee will revisit a recent change to discovery rules after the revision became a key issue in a pending attorney grievance proceeding.
Judge won’t halt public information requests in suit against Baltimore Co.
GREENBELT — A federal judge declined Wednesday to involve herself in a records dispute between Baltimore County and plaintiffs to a lawsuit alleging the police improperly handle sexual assault investigations. […]
It’s time to amend Maryland’s discovery rules
Discovery is an evil-though-necessary process and there should be better guidelines and rules governing the discovery process
Discovery moving HQ from Silver Spring to New York
Discovery Communications is moving its headquarters from Silver Spring to New York City by 2019. The relocation is dependent on the Discovery’s acquisition of Scripps Network Interactive. A national operations […]
Governor’s office ordered to turn over some documents in juvenile lifers case
The governor’s office will have to turn over a half-dozen risk assessments prepared by the parole commission to plaintiffs challenging the parole system’s treatment of juvenile lifers, a federal magistrate judge has […]
Stay lifted in Baltimore police internal affairs records dispute
The Court of Special Appeals has lifted a temporary stay requested by a Baltimore police sergeant of a criminal trial after finding the officer does not have standing to ask the court to […]
Baltimore prosecutors: Role in hearing on access to internal affairs files ‘proactive’
Criminal defense attorneys celebrated a victory for transparency this week as they were given permission by a Baltimore city judge to attempt to introduce internal affairs records for a police […]
Attorneys gain access to Baltimore police officer’s internal affairs records
Defense attorneys will seek to have evidence from more than 30 internal affairs records relating to a Baltimore police sergeant admitted in multiple criminal cases after a judge granted them access […]
Prosecutors, defense lawyers begin to see impact of police body cameras
The impact of the widespread use of police body cameras is still uncertain, but as larger departments continue to put more cameras on the street, prosecutors and defense attorneys have […]
Unsealed documents reveal discovery disputes in Freddie Gray cases
Nearly one year after vitriolic court filings began flying in earnest as litigation in the Freddie Gray cases ramped up, Baltimore City Circuit Judge Barry Williams is unsealing court documents.
Bankruptcy judgment entered after ‘astonishing’ discovery violations
A couple accused of running mortgage fraud schemes committed such “astonishing” discovery violations that the sanction imposed by a federal judge last week was a final judgment in the case. […]
