Circuit Court Orders Maryland to Continue Paying Unemployment Benefits
LegalReader
JULY 13, 2021
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's office has since said that it will stop trying to end unemployment benefits for eligible residents.
Court rules for Maryland prison official on procedural issue
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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4th Circuit upholds $1M sanction for law firm that tried to ‘sabotage’ federal court’s authority
ABA Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
million sanction against a Maryland law firm for asking state courts to order an end to U.S. district court litigation, a federal appeals court ruled last week. A federal judge had inherent power to impose a $1.05
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Maryland Court Blocks Handgun License Restrictions, Labels Them Unconstitutional
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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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive
Patently O
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]
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Justices to hear procedural question in Maryland prison-assault case
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 23, 2023
Share Kevin Younger was detained before trial at a state prison in Baltimore, Maryland. In the district court, Dupree argued that Younger’s suit could not go forward because he had not pursued all remedies, including internal grievance remedies at the prison, as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
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Damages Available Under a Wrongful Death Claim in Maryland
LegalReader
MAY 25, 2022
Technically, there is no limit for economic damages, but the judge may intervene if they are not reasonable.
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In Maryland prison-assault case, a request to clarify an important procedural question
SCOTUSBlog
SEPTEMBER 24, 2022
Guards at the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic & Classification Center outside Baltimore face a history of internal investigations regarding claims of assaulting inmates. The post In Maryland prison-assault case, a request to clarify an important procedural question appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
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Lawsuit: Maryland Jail Only Let Christians Apply for Chaplain Position
LegalReader
JUNE 1, 2021
Plaintiff Edrees Bridges--a Muslim who worked at the jail as a volunteer chaplain--said applicants for a paid position were required to sign a "Statement of Applicant's Christian Faith.".
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8 Classes Of Marriott Guests Certified In Data Breach MDL
Law 360
MAY 4, 2022
A Maryland federal judge certified eight classes of Marriott International Inc. guests in multidistrict litigation over a major data breach that compromised the personal information of more than 100 million guests at its Starwood-branded hotels, although some other classes were denied certification.
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Maryland Consulting Firm Sued for Sexual Harassment by the EEOC
LegalReader
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
The company went out of its way to make sure that this woman did not receive any unemployment benefits by opposing her applications.
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Federal appeals court upholds dismissal of Wikimedia lawsuit against NSA
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
In 2015, a judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other human rights organizations challenging surveillance by the NSA. NSA’s use of the program was illegally leaked in 2013 by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
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Common Types of Maryland Workers’ Compensation Claims
LegalReader
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
You must report the workplace injury within ten days of the accident or within one year of being diagnosed with a job-related illness.
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Suing for Disfigurement After a Maryland Accident
LegalReader
JUNE 7, 2022
Perhaps the most notable example would be a facial scar, burn, or blemish. However, scars on the body may also constitute disfigurement.
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Oberlin Sues Insurance Companies for the Costs of its Abusive Litigation Against Family-Owned Grocery
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 8, 2023
The college then prolonged the litigation, virtually forcing the family into insolvency. Oberlin President Carmen Twillie Ambar and the Board needlessly spent millions in litigation costs above the damages rather than admit that the college was wrong in the targeting of this grocery. A judge later reduced the award to $25 million.
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Lawsuit: Maryland Woman Denied Care, Forced to Give Birth in Jail Cell
LegalReader
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
An attorney for the woman claims that even zoo animals are afforded better care than his client was offered in the Washington County Jail.
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Baltimore Strikes $80M Opioid Settlement With Teva
Law 360
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Teva Pharmaceuticals will pay Baltimore $80 million to resolve claims that the company inflamed the city's opioid crisis, the city of Baltimore announced Monday ahead of a trial slated to begin next week against the remaining defendants in the Maryland state court litigation.
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Families of Maryland Mass Shooting Settle Lawsuit with Baltimore Sun
LegalReader
JANUARY 6, 2023
The terms of the settlement are likely to remain confidential for the foreseeable future.
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Maryland Truck Accident Attorneys are Instrumental in Comprehensive Damage Recovery
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.
Self-Help Information by the Courts in 2021
CourtTechBulletin
DECEMBER 16, 2021
We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? We share what we found below. In addition, we just learned of a new NIJ study on the use of Chatbots in the Criminal Justice System to add to our list of online helpers.
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Justices dismiss “civil rights tester” case
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 5, 2023
In an opinion by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the court acknowledged concerns by the hotel, which lost in the lower court and had asked the justices to weigh in, “about litigants manipulating the jurisdiction of this Court.”
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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni
Patently O
JULY 23, 2022
University of Maryland. Klarquist Sparkman, LLP – Litigation/IPR Associate. Shook Hardy & Bacon – IP Litigation Attorney. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney – Biotech Intellectual Property Associate. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney – Electrical Patent Associate. AstraZeneca. Transformative Legal. Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP.
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Maryland Father Sues Seaworld’s Sesame Place in Philadelphia After Alleged “Racist” Encounter
LegalReader
JULY 27, 2022
The African-American plaintiff claims that Sesame Place performers intentionally ignored his daughter while lavishing attention on White children.
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More Venue and Corporate Games: This time with ANDA filing
Patently O
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
The 2017 Supreme Court decision in TC Heartland gave renewed teeth to the venue statute governing litigation. The FDA is headquartered in Maryland, and that was the office that received the ANDA documents. and probably also in Maryland, but not in N.J. Celgene Corp. Mylan Pharma ( Fed.
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Word of the Month for August 2019: Stare Decisis
Legal Research is Easy
AUGUST 5, 2019
Arnold , the parents of Caleigh Wood sued Charles County Public Schools in Maryland, the county board of education, and Evelyn Arnold and Shannon Morris, principal and vice principal of La Plata High School for violating a student’s (i.e. In the early 1960s, the Governor of Maryland appointed Roy Torcaso as a notary public.
Drug Giants Face 3rd RICO Suit In 3 Weeks Over Insulin Prices
Law 360
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
A Maryland county south of Washington, D.C., has joined the flood of litigation accusing drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers of violating a federal racketeering law in a scheme to jack up insulin prices.
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Consultant's Insurers Sue To Deny Condo Collapse Coverage
Law 360
AUGUST 5, 2021
with a lawsuit in Maryland federal court Wednesday, asking a court to declare that they're not responsible for defending the engineering consulting firm against litigation over the Champlain Towers South condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida, that left 98 residents dead.
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Can Prosecutors Be Trusted to Correct Wrongful Convictions?
The Crime Report
MAY 19, 2022
Maryland , is one of the more common post-conviction misconduct allegations. My recent research suggests that prosecutors and defense attorneys who are not professional exonerators are more likely to engage in post-conviction bargaining such as agreeing to forego litigation around negligence or misconduct. Pursuing Brady Violations.
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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 31, 2021
Maryland v. OUTCOME: While no criminal charges are planned, this would appear a likely case for a lawsuit for negligence. Since it only happened yesterday, we may have to follow up next year to see if this got really scary. Janik (2009).
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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 30, 2022
Maryland v. Everyone jumped in fright and Dickson jumped back through an open window that was covered with a sheet — a remarkably negligent act by the haunted house operator. She landed on a fire escape and then fell down some stairs. Janik (2009).
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Civil rights “tester” asks court to dismiss case
SCOTUSBlog
JULY 28, 2023
Deborah Laufer, who has physical disabilities and vision impairments, told the justices that she has voluntarily dismissed her case in the district court after an attorney who represented her in other cases was disciplined by a federal court in Maryland.
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Is this the Fastest Document Search in Legal?
LawSites
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Merlin’s chief data scientist, William Webber , is a highly regarded data scientist who earned his doctoral degree in information retrieval and who did his postdoctoral research at the University of Maryland in development of search technology for discovery of evidence in civil litigation.
Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. and non-U.S. Here are the additions to the U.S. 24, 2016).
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Case preview: Justices to consider procedural issue in major climate-change lawsuit
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 18, 2021
In this case, Chevron removed the lawsuit to a federal district court in Maryland, pointing to eight different grounds for removal. The companies acknowledge that another key goal of Section 1447(d) was to avoid delays caused by protracted litigation over remand issues. First, it avoids “prolonged litigation.”
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State “Climate Superfund” Bills: What You Need to Know
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MARCH 14, 2024
In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.
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Court revives federal appeal for oil and gas companies in climate-change case
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 17, 2021
The city filed its case in a Maryland state court. That is precisely what Chevron did in this case: It transferred the suit to a federal court in Maryland – a procedure known as “removal.” The court rejected the city’s contention that allowing appeals of remand orders will delay litigation of the merits of a case.
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The long conference’s relists
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Abbott involves a long-running series of multi-district litigation cases arising from du Pont’s government-permitted releases of chemicals from one of its plants; because the claims of harm from exposure were varied, the cases proceeded through multidistrict litigation rather than as part of a class action. Maryland and Napue v.
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May Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters – Rulemaking Comments on Various TV Issues and More
Broadcast Law Blog
APRIL 27, 2023
The FCC Administrative Law Judge, who is overseeing the hearing ordered by the Media Bureau on certain alleged factual issues that the Bureau has identified with the proposed acquisition, recently put the proceeding on hold so that the parties do not need to spend more money litigating if the deal will not happen.
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Federal Court Limits State Authority to Deny Interstate Transmission Projects
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JANUARY 22, 2024
PJM Interconnection had identified grid congestion across the Pennsylvania-Maryland border and concluded that such congestion had led to approximately $800 million in costs from 2012 to 2016.
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The Lawyers of Substack
LawSites
MAY 5, 2021
At least one lawyer is in this pantheon of top-paid publishers on Substack – Glenn Greenwald , the former litigator turned Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of four New York Times bestselling books on politics and law, including No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Working Scribe.
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Private rights of action, overtime pay, and the constitutionality of a billboard tax
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 27, 2022
They contend that overbroad application of the court’s older precedents essentially would “ federaliz[e] much medical-malpractice litigation ,” and say the court should use this case as an opportunity to clarify the proper tests for recognizing a private right of action.
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Morrison: Time to Give DC Residents A Vote in Congress
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 12, 2021
One of the briefs written in support of the district in the recent litigation was from constitutional scholars, including my colleague Alan B. He has not only previously written on the blog, but he is one of the most respected legal figures in the country with extensive litigation and public interest experience.
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Justices consider civil rights tester’s right to sue
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 4, 2023
After a group of federal judges had recommended that an attorney who had represented her in other ADA cases be suspended from practicing law in Maryland because of repeated ethics violations, she explained, she had voluntarily dismissed her case in the district court and cannot refile it.
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Maryland’s Frederick County to Pay $125k Discrimination Settlement to Salvadoran Woman
LegalReader
JANUARY 27, 2021
The lawsuit claimed Frederick County Sheriff Charles Jenkins actively side-stepped federal law, forcing "suspicious" motorists to undergo immigration checks for even petty offenses.
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