The Crime Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The brief was filed as part of Baltimore Police Department v. Open Justice Baltimore, a case that deals with a request from an organization for internal investigation records for police at BPD. The department originally attempted to charge a prepayment of more than $1.4

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday gave a Maryland prison official another chance to defend himself against a federal civil rights claim. Dupree filed a motion for summary judgment – that is, a motion asking the trial judge to rule in his favor on legal grounds, because there is no real dispute about the facts.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2024

If enacted by the Senate, individuals would complete a qualified firearms training course and then submit a permit application to a state agency that would conduct the fingerprinting and background check to confirm that the applicant is legally allowed to own a firearm.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

With less than a dozen states allowing online gambling, Maryland is not the only state that has yet to fully realize the potential of this type of betting.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Civil right and legal advocates said that they had not heard previously of homeland security offices surveilling students following school fights and warned that teenagers would likely have little idea of how their information is later used.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 23, 2023

Share Kevin Younger was detained before trial at a state prison in Baltimore, Maryland. And having to make a legal argument again after the jury makes its factual determinations may seem like a waste of resources to attorneys when their motions are unlikely to succeed, because trial judges are not likely to overturn themselves.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A 12-year-old who admitted to making seven bomb threats to three different Maryland schools this month admitted to doing it while being fully aware that they couldn’t be criminally charged under state law because of their young age, Nina Golgowski reports for the Huffington Post.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Voters in Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota Tuesday voted on recreational marijuana legalization measures. Maryland and Missouri approved the measures while Arkansas, North Dakota and South Dakota did not. Maryland Question 4, on the ballot as a constitutional amendment, was approved by a vote of 65.54

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HowAppealing

JUNE 17, 2021

“Federal appeals court sharply questions legality of Maryland’s ‘broadcast ban’ on court proceedings”: Justin Fenton of The Baltimore Sun has this report. trial-tape ban.” ” You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the U.S. .” ” You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the U.S.

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JURIST

APRIL 5, 2024

Leafly argued that the regulations made it “more difficult for [consumers] to obtain information about legal dispensaries and [to] make informed purchasing decisions.” The state of New York legalized recreational marijuana only three years ago, but the rollout has drawn criticism from many for numerous delays and poor management.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether a prison official appealing a jury verdict against him can raise a purely legal defense not implicated in the trial. The post In Maryland prison-assault case, a request to clarify an important procedural question appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 26, 2022

As prohibitions against marijuana ease around the country, Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota are the latest states to add measures to their ballots in 2022, reports Mike Catalini for the Associated Press. The policies could go into effect as early as this year in some states.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 26, 2022

While only 55 percent of Maryland identifies as Democratic , the map would have given Democrats a huge advantage in every district by carefully “cracking” or distributing Republican voting pockets to diffuse their power. This is the first time that a congressional map has been thrown out in the history of the state. (It

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Under Maryland Rule 4-263(d)(5), the state must “disclose, without request, all metrial of information in any form whether or not admissible, that tends to exculpate the defendant or negate or mitigate the defendant’s guilt.” ” Syed’s friends and family were present for Phinn’s order.

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CourtTechBulletin

MAY 3, 2021

The Justia legal information company has posted a compendium of state court Covid-19 operations in all 50 states. District Court for the District of Maryland that we show above. They write that “State court systems across the country have significantly altered their operations in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Economic and non-economic losses, such as lost wages, medical bills, legal fees, property replacement and pain and suffering are addressed in loss valuations with punitive damages in some cases.

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My Shingle

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Illustration generated by Dall-E Case Summary: In the legal profession, the general rule is that lawyers cannot enter into agreements that restrict their right to practice after leaving a firm, except for retirement benefits. A recent Maryland Supreme Court case, Jamie Bennett v.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 28, 2021

FreeState Justice, which advocates for and provides legal services to low-income lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Maryland residents, will pursue changes to state law in the upcoming session of the Maryland General Assembly.

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JURIST

AUGUST 18, 2021

Indiana Legal Services, Inc. , a nonprofit legal services organization representing the unemployment recipients, is yet to indicate whether it will appeal the decision. The post Indiana Court of Appeals: state may withdraw from federal unemployment program appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 20, 2024

The justices denied review in over 60 cases, including a challenge to a Maryland county’s guidelines to provide support for transgender students. Share The Supreme Court did not add any new cases to its merits docket for the 2024-25 term in a scheduled list of written orders on Monday morning. In John and Jane Parents 1 v.

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The Relativity Blog

MAY 24, 2023

When claims of abuse are made, Child Justice steps in to protect Maryland’s children who are “lost in the system.” ” Through Relativity’s Justice for Change program, Acorn Legal Solutions helped with their most recent case.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Somehow the answer wasn't, "just suck it up you weenie." [ Washington Post ] * Study confirms that there aren't enough legal aid lawyers. [ Somehow the answer wasn't, "just suck it up you weenie." [ Washington Post ] * Study confirms that there aren't enough legal aid lawyers. [ This one's headed to the EEOC.

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Above The Law

JUNE 2, 2021

[ Insider ] * A Maryland lawyer has been disbarred for allegedly failing to file an appeal and then lying to a client about the situation. CNBC ] * An asparagus recipe was inadvertently included in a Belgian legal database. Would have expected a waffle recipe. [

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JURIST

AUGUST 7, 2021

Ocean City, a Maryland beach town, passed the ban in 2017 after Chelsea Eline, one of the plaintiffs, called the town police claiming she had the right to be topless at the beach. The US District Court for the District of Maryland rejected the plaintiffs’ argument and granted Ocean City’s Motion for Summary Judgment.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A product launched this week claims to be the fastest search and review platform in legal for matters involving large document collections — discovery, investigations and compliance — and the first to seamlessly combine keyword and algorithmic search. So is it the fastest document search in legal?

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JURIST

OCTOBER 5, 2021

This lawsuit was brought by the states of New York, Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey, which are among the states with the highest state and local taxes. The post Federal appeals court upholds Trump-era tax code change limiting state, local tax deduction appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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Above The Law

JUNE 1, 2022

Congratulations to LGBTQ+ parents in Colorado, New Hampshire, California, Maryland, and New Jersey for having a less painful legal option for family protection. The post The Bad News Is That Nonbirthing Moms Now, More Than Ever, Need To Adopt Their Own Children. The Good News Is That At Least Some States Are Making That Easier.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The Hill ] * Maryland posthumously admits Black lawyer it denied 166 years ago. Washington Post ] * Legal tech prices are heading up. Well, the AG had some questions about that at trial yesterday. American Lawyer ] * Today's the day for Sam Bankman-Fried testimony. Naturally, he refuses to provide any corroboration for this. [

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Law 360

OCTOBER 3, 2022

A federal judge in Maryland on Monday told lawyers for Instagram's parent company that they couldn't quite escape a lawsuit from a dealer of "fine adult paraphernalia" going by the username "lickmykakez" who wants to use trademark law to hold Meta Platforms Inc. legally liable for disabling her account and flooding the market with fakes.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Now, there is a new case involving a Democratic representative and surgeon from Maryland who participated in legislative meetings while operating. There is also a question of legal liability. The patient denies knowledge of any consent and even the request to allow multitasking in a surgery should be viewed as improper.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2023

Maryland stretches. This doctrine stems from the interests of justice, where the legal system seeks to avoid wrongfully convicting an innocent person. The case centers on how far the precedent decided in Brady v.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Adnan Syed murder case in Maryland illustrates systemic problems in the American criminal justice system. His automatic direct appeal was denied by the Appellate Court of Maryland in March 2003. After conducting a two-day evidentiary hearing, the trial court denied all nine claims for post-conviction relief in January 2014.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 23, 2022

law violates right to carry guns outside home; The 6-to-3 ruling clears the way for legal challenges to similar restrictions in California, New Jersey, Maryland, Hawaii and Massachusetts.” Marimow of The Washington Post report that “ Supreme Court finds N.Y. ” David G.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 15, 2021

Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, which had granted a stay of execution this week to allow time for that court to consider the final legal issue in the case. But one final legal obstacle stood in the way of the government’s planned execution of Higgs on Friday. But Maryland abolished capital punishment in 2013. Breyer wrote.

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Law 360

MAY 25, 2023

Mullen Automotive stockholder attorneys pulled away from Delaware's Court of Chancery Thursday with a downsized $1 million legal fee award for a mooted suit challenging the company's capital structure and now-abandoned plan to reincorporate in Maryland, after a $2 million judicial pruning.

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Above The Law

JUNE 2, 2023

* Science confirms that legal writing is terrible. AAAS ] * Maryland judge benchslapped for using Beowulf and Whistler's Mother to import racist stereotypes into an opinion. As racism goes, it's a very erudite version. Much more National Review than Daily Caller. [

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JURIST

JANUARY 6, 2021

Additional law enforcement from Maryland has since arrived at the Capitol to reinforce federal authorities there, and National Guard units are also responding. The post Pro-Trump rioters storm US Capitol as violent lawlessness disrupts Congressional electoral count appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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