HowAppealing

JANUARY 16, 2024

appeals court to consider Maryland assault weapons ban; 4th Circuit to hear three Second Amendment cases en banc in March; Cases include two challenges to Maryland gun control laws”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report. “Full U.S. The post “Full U.S. The post “Full U.S.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 26, 2023

“Black lawyer denied law license in 1857 wins posthumous admission to Maryland bar”: David Thomas of Reuters has this report. The post “Black lawyer denied law license in 1857 wins posthumous admission to Maryland bar” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

MARCH 28, 2023

The Appellate Court of Maryland Tuesday reinstated the conviction of Adnan Syed for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee and remanded the case. Under the Maryland law, “before a hearing on a motion filed under this section, the victim or victim’s representative shall be notified.”

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2023

A Maryland federal judge denied Thursday a parents’ request to have their children “opt-out’ of education on LGBTQ+ history and topics. ” The parents also brought claims under Maryland law. In Mahmoud v.

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Law 360

MAY 9, 2024

Maryland's governor on Thursday signed data privacy legislation that strictly limits the personal information that companies can collect from consumers and a separate bill to boost online safeguards for children that's modeled after a California bill that's currently embroiled in a constitutional challenge.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A Maryland law requiring those who want handguns to wait up to 30 days for a “handgun qualification license” violates the Second Amendment, a federal…

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JURIST

JULY 16, 2022

The US Department of Justice Friday opened an investigation of the Maryland Department of State Police’s (MDSP) hiring and promotion practices. US Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. percent of Maryland troopers were Black, with more than 80 percent being white. As of December 31, 2020, only 12.6

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My Shingle

MAY 25, 2022

Welcome to MyShingle’s series celebrating Woman-Owned and Mom-Owned Law Firms. This profile features Frances Shefter, an education law attorney in Rockville, Maryland. Frances Shefter Law School attended and year of graduation. Stetson University College of Law, 2005 Name, location(s) and URL of Law Firm.

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HowAppealing

JULY 13, 2022

“Maryland police warn officers will enforce law against disturbing peace outside Supreme Court justices’ homes”: Whitney Wild and Joan Biskupic of CNN have this report.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Voters approved recreational marijuana in Maryland and Missouri while Arkansas and North Dakota voters rejected legalization proposals, reports Andrew DeMedillo for the Associated Press. Maryland will also make changes in criminal law and create automatic expungements of past marijuana possession convictions.

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HowAppealing

JULY 6, 2022

“Why Marc Elrich Won’t Protect Supreme Court Justices; A Maryland official compares his county’s law to Putin’s Russia”: This editorial will appear in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

appeals court on Tuesday declared that Maryland’s licensing requirements for people seeking to buy handguns were unconstitutional, Nate Raymond reports for Reuters. The NRA backed the lawsuit that challenged the law and covered the legal costs of the litigation.

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My Shingle

MARCH 23, 2022

Welcome to MyShingle’s series celebrating Woman-Owned and Mom-Owned Law Firms. This profile features Cynthia Batchelder, a family law attorney in Towson, Maryland. Batchelder Law School attended and year of graduation. University of Baltimore 1995 Name, location(s) and URL of Law Firm. What is your name?

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HowAppealing

MARCH 20, 2024

“Fourth Circuit hears third challenge to Maryland assault weapons ban; Gun rights advocates argue the more than 20 million AR-15 rifles in circulation show they are in common use and therefore protected by the Second Amendment”: Joe Dodson of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The post “Fourth Circuit rehears challenge to Maryland assault weapons ban; After the Supreme Court recently struck down firearm restrictions in New York, gun rights supporters say Maryland’s law is no longer constitutional” appeared first on How Appealing. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

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Above The Law

JUNE 2, 2023

The post Maryland Cops Can’t Seem To Understand Why Marijuana Legalization Means They Can’t Search Cars Just Because They Smell Marijuana appeared first on Above the Law. Duh, you smelled something legal.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative will include dozens of criminal justice system agencies and advocacy organizations and will examine existing laws, policies and practices, as well as probe biases in the system.

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Above The Law

JULY 26, 2023

The post Maryland Appellate Ruling Confirms Continued Complexity Of Embryo Clashes appeared first on Above the Law. More customization and filling in of specific preferences by fertility clinic patients will likely be for the best.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Maryland State Police (MSP) troopers Matin Dunlap, Byron Tribue and Analisse Diaz have filed a class-action lawsuit against the department, alleging racial discrimination against its officers of color and seeking compensation for loss of income and emotional distress, reports Jonathan Franklin for NPR.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has ordered a detailed review of 100 autopsies of people who died in law enforcement custody following a one-of-a-kind probe of 1,300 autopsies handled by former Maryland medical examiner David Fowler, who testified for the defense in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted for the (..)

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Howard County, Maryland’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Program (LEAD), recently marked its one-year anniversary with a 91 percent success rate, reports Kristin Danley-Greiner for Patch.

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My Shingle

MAY 19, 2022

Welcome to the MyShingle profile series, Run Solo Run where we feature solo and small law firm owners running for office. Tomlin owner of Tomlin Law Offices a family law firm in Largo, Maryland — my home state. Tomlin is a candidate for Delegate for Maryland District 23.…

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The Crime Report

MARCH 7, 2023

A Maryland State Trooper was shot several times while conducting a traffic stop in Wicomico County yesterday evening according to a recent press release. The suspect has been identified as 23-year-old Keiford Lee Copper III of Trappe, Maryland and he is believed to have died at the scene following a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 4, 2024

University of Maryland President Darryll Pines has joined the ignoble line of educators and administrators enabling the growing anti-free speech movement on our campuses. CUNY Law Dean Mary Lu Bilek showed how far this trend has gone. Pines has defended the shouting down of Rep. Jamie Raskin (D., as exercising free speech as hecklers.

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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. Younger rested on procedural issues, but it was an important one for the litigants involved – and, as Justice Amy Coney Barrett observed in announcing it, for law professors.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 14, 2023

Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s ex-chief of staff, Roy McGrath, is now a fugitive after failing to appear in federal court Monday for the start of his criminal trial on fraud and theft charges, Pamela Wood and Tim Prudente report for The Baltimore Banner. A wanted poster was issued for him on Tuesday.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 9, 2021

Judiciary reports show authorities in Maryland had never used a social media or app wiretap until 2018, when four such wiretaps were obtained. The Harford case, authorized by a Circuit Court judge in February 2020, was one of only nine social media or digital app wiretaps applied for by authorities in Maryland last year. ”

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LegalReader

JANUARY 4, 2022

Whether you go by state laws or federal laws, sexual harassment is always illegal in Maryland workplaces. .

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

has filed a federal suit against Washington County, Maryland, its sheriff department and sheriff, as well as nurses and deputies at the jail, accusing them of violating her rights under state law and the Constitution, reports Colleen Slevin for the Associated Press.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 7, 2021

Maryland has become one of the first states in the country to set rules limiting how police can use the popular websites and their databases, reports the Baltimore Sun. Maryland and Washington, D.C., With the new bill, Maryland joins Montana and Utah as the first states to limit how police may use genealogy websites.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 13, 2022

Police departments in some Maryland counties have collective bargaining agreements that expire in June, and an extension could allow them time to sign a new agreement and not be required to adhere to the new law.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Maryland's recently introduced Biometric Identifiers Privacy Act diverges from other states' biometrics legislation by integrating a range of privacy principles ordinarily confined to broader consumer privacy laws, introducing an entirely new set of compliance obligations faced by companies that utilize biometrics in their operations today, says David (..)

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My Shingle

MARCH 25, 2022

Welcome to MyShingle’s series celebrating Woman-Owned and Mom-Owned Law Firms. This profile features Jessica Markham, a family law attorney in Bethesda, Maryland. Jessica Markham Law School attended and year of graduation. University of Miami, 2005 Name, location(s) and URL of Law Firm. What is your name?

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The Crime Report

JUNE 1, 2021

Maryland and Montana are the first states in the country to adopt laws that limit the use of genetic genealogy by police, reports The New York Times. In Maryland, the new law will require a judge to sign off before granting access to the technology, while Montana’s law requires a search warrant.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 29, 2022

Gahler to turn over all evidence to Maryland state officials in a fatal shooting by deputies, granting Attorney General Brian E. Curtin said that the language of a law enacted last year obviously intended for state officials, rather than local law enforcement agencies, to conduct independent investigations of such shootings.

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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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