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Court to weigh lawyers’ rights to driving records
The Supreme Court has stepped into a dispute over whether lawyers can obtain personal information from driver license records to recruit clients for lawsuits, despite a federal privacy law intended to shield motor vehicle records.
WikiLeaks judge weighs evidence request
FORT MEADE — Military prosecutors argued Wednesday for the right to present evidence of other misconduct by an Army private charged with a massive leak of classified information to the […]
Holder addresses NAACP, opposes voter ID law
HOUSTON — Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he opposes a new photo ID requirement in Texas elections because it would be harmful to minority voters. In remarks to the […]
Tighter security for SAT, ACT in wake of cheating
MINEOLA, N.Y. — Students taking college entrance exams this fall will have to submit photo IDs with their applications — a key security upgrade following a widespread cheating scandal at […]
Maryland Senate to take up moped helmet bill
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Senate is scheduled to take a final vote on a bill that would require moped and motor scooter riders to wear helmets. Senators are expected to […]
Jack L.B. Gohn: Contraception, an unrepresentative church, and unresponsive courts
At this writing we still don’t have an outcome, either regulatory or political, in the fight between the President and the bishops over the proposed mandate that employers, including Catholic […]
11th Circuit strikes insurance requirement
ATLANTA — A federal appeals panel struck down the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care overhaul Friday, moving the argument over whether Americans can be required to buy […]
SEC to require biggest traders report activity
WASHINGTON — Large traders will be required to register with the government and make available more information about their trades under a rule adopted by federal regulators Tuesday. The Securities […]
Arizona ‘birthers’ see tie to citizenship
PHOENIX — Legislation that would require proof of U.S. birth from presidential candidates is intersecting in Arizona with the question of whether U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants are entitled to […]
Md. Board of Ed removes environmental education loophole
Maryland’s Board of Education revised a new environmental education requirement to remove what critics complained was a loophole that school districts could use to get around the mandate. Critics complained […]
What’s so bad about the LSAT?
Approximately 760 people in Maryland took the Law School Admissions Test on Saturday and Monday, the last chance for many to get scores they need to submit to law schools […]
Bill requiring wind power may be back
A bill requiring utilities to enter into long-term purchasing agreements for wind-generated power is in the works for the 2011 General Assembly, with supporters and opponents getting ready to air […]
