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4th Circuit affirms ruling against ex-restaurant owner
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The former owners of a defunct Owings Mills bar and grill have lost another round in their claim that their ex-landlord violated federal civil rights laws by...
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Opinions – 5/30/13: Maryland Court of Appeals
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Constitutional Law Double jeopardy BOTTOM LINE: There was no manifest necessity for a mistrial and, therefore, retrial on the three counts for which the jury...
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Opinions – 5/30/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Administrative Law Exhaustion of remedies under FOIA BOTTOM LINE: Because the Drug Enforcement Administration violated its statutory deadline for responding to...
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Opinions – 6/6/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Bankruptcy Law In pari delicto doctrine BOTTOM LINE: In lawsuit by assignee of Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee, in which assignee sought, pursuant to bankruptcy...
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Opinions – 6/13/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Civil Procedure Standing BOTTOM LINE: By electing to conduct their restaurant business through a limited liability company and thereby receive protection of...
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Supreme Court: Lawyers can’t use license info to get clients
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The litigation exception to a federal privacy law did not allow four trial attorneys to obtain the personal information of drivers for the “predominant purpose”...
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Opinions – 6/20/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Administrative Law Injunction against reduction of services BOTTOM LINE: Where the state’s health department chose to comply with a preliminary injunction...
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Law digest – 6/20/13
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> MARYLAND COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS Labor & Employment, Retaliation: The evidence was legally sufficient to sustain plaintiff’s claim that defendant had...
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Opinions – 6/27/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Contract Law Carrier liability BOTTOM LINE: Under the Carmack Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act, the rail carrier was liable for the full amount of...
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Cities, towns face myriad legal challenges
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Local governments can stop homeowners from displaying certain signage on their property, most government information is public, and panhandlers have free reign on...
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Court in Va. revives 1 Md. pregnancy center case
RICHMOND, Va. — A divided federal appeals court in Virginia is breathing new life into a Baltimore ordinance requiring anti-abortion counseling centers to post certain disclaimers. In an 8-4 decision...
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Opinions – 7/3/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Civil Procedure Ineffective assistance of appellate counsel BOTTOM LINE: Appellate counsel did not render ineffective assistance by failing to challenge...
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4th Circuit backs city in Confederate flag dispute
RICHMOND, Va. — Lexington, Va.’s ban on the flying of the Confederate flag on city light poles does not violate a heritage group’s right of free speech, a federal appeals court said Friday. The...
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Opinions 7/11/13: Maryland Court of Appeals
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Civil Procedure Extension of protective order BOTTOM LINE: Circuit court erred by extending a domestic violence protective order, pursuant to a motion timely...
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Law digest – 7/11/13
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Civil Procedure, Extension of protective order: Circuit court erred by extending a domestic violence protective order, pursuant to a...
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Gun-rights group asks Supreme Court to void Md.’s permit requirement
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The Second Amendment Foundation is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a key part of Maryland’s handgun-permit law, which a federal appellate court found...
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4th Circuit upholds Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate, setting the stage for another possible Supreme Court battle next term.
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Opinions – 7/18/13: Maryland Court of Special Appeals
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Consumer Protection Collection agencies BOTTOM LINE: A party may collaterally attack a judgment entered in favor of an unlicensed collection agency because such...
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Law digest – 7/18/13
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Election Law, Residency: Where County Council sought to remove elected councilmember from office based on failure to meet residency...
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4th Circuit won’t revive military sex assault suit
RICHMOND, Va.— A federal appeals court refused Tuesday to revive a lawsuit against two former defense secretaries by 28 military members and veterans who said they were victims of sexual assault. A...
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