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Maryland appeals court reinstates conviction of Adnan Syed

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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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Justices to hear procedural question in Maryland prison-assault case

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Share Kevin Younger was detained before trial at a state prison in Baltimore, Maryland. The statute requires exhaustion as a matter of law; whether remedies were available for an individual prisoner is a fact-specific inquiry. The post Justices to hear procedural question in Maryland prison-assault case appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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US appeals court sends fossil fuel cases back to state court

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Judge Sandra Ikuta stated that the statutes that govern removing cases from state to federal court must be interpreted narrowly. Two other US circuit courts have since remanded cases by Baltimore and Colorado municipalities. Other lawsuits are still pending.

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Indiana Court of Appeals: state may withdraw from federal unemployment program

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Last month in a similar case, a Maryland judge issued a preliminary injunction to prevent Governor Larry Hogan from withdrawing from the CARES Act program and terminating federal unemployment assistance for over 300,000 Maryland residents. There the plaintiffs succeeded after arguing that Gov.

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Israeli citizen challenges U.S. wire-fraud conviction for foreign financial scheme

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The Supreme Court has issued a number of decisions in recent years limiting the reach of the federal wire-fraud statute, which outlaws the use of “the wires” – including internet and phone lines – to commit fraud. As part of its retention efforts, Yukom employees emailed two investors in Maryland and contacted a third by phone call.

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Case preview: Justices to consider procedural issue in major climate-change lawsuit

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In this case, Chevron removed the lawsuit to a federal district court in Maryland, pointing to eight different grounds for removal. Under federal law, cases filed in state court can be transferred – the technical term is “removed” – to federal court if they meet one of several criteria. Arguments of the oil companies.

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More Venue and Corporate Games: This time with ANDA filing

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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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