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Opinions – 7/25/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Civil Procedure Justiciability BOTTOM LINE: Where plaintiff showed that the North Carolina’s investigation of his website caused plaintiff to curtail his online...
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4th Circuit affirms $1M robocall judgment against Henson
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed a $1 million judgment against Universal Elections and its owner, Julius Henson, for violating federal law...
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4th Circuit panel affirms $1.6 million award in slip-and-fall case
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A ship owner’s lawyer plans to ask the full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a nearly $1.6 million award to a Port of Baltimore longshoreman who...
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Opinions – 8/1/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Civil Procedure Remand BOTTOM LINE: Under the applicable federal statute allowing the U.S. District Court to remand a case to state court based on its lack of...
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4th Circuit affirms fee award in black-lung case
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A federal appeals court has awarded more than $32,000 in fees to a law firm that represented a former coal miner in his successful bid to be compensated for the...
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Opinions – 8/8/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Constitutional Law Reporter’s testimony as to sources BOTTOM LINE: In the criminal trial of a former CIA agent for unauthorized disclosure of classified...
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Law digest: 8/8/13
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Evidence, Frye/Reed analysis: Where the testimony of plaintiffs’ expert did not involve a “novel scientific method,” a Frye/Reed...
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4th Circuit revives, narrows race bias lawsuit
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court has revived but narrowed the scope of a lawsuit by a Salvadoran woman who was arrested in Maryland on an immigration warrant. Roxana Santos claimed her 2008...
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Long-running Fallston Exxon case to stay in state court
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> About 750 Fallston residents have cleared a legal hurdle in their multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp., alleging they were exposed to groundwater...
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Opinions – 8/15/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Administrative Law Jurisdiction BOTTOM LINE: District court lacked jurisdiction under Administrative Procedure Act to consider emergency petition to alter terms...
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Law digest – 8/15/13
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> U.S. 4TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS Administrative Law, Jurisdiction: District court lacked jurisdiction under Administrative Procedure Act to consider emergency...
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Va. man back in court over inclusion on no-fly list
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — It’s been 2 ½ years since Gulet Mohamed, then 19, found himself stuck in Kuwait, unable to return to the United States because of his apparent placement on the government’s no-fly...
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Opinions – 8/22/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Workers’ Compensation Attorney’s fees under Black Lung Benefits Act BOTTOM LINE: In former employer’s challenges to attorneys’ fees and other related fees...
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Law digest – 8/22/13
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Professional Responsibility, Sixty-day suspension: Where attorney, who had previously been disciplined for similar misconduct, failed...
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4th Circuit revives $25M action alleging bid to block Wegmans
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A Gambrills shopping center developer can pursue its $25 million lawsuit against a labor union for using allegedly “sham litigation” to wage an unsuccessful war...
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Court: Clicking ‘Like’ on Facebook is free speech
RICHMOND, Va. — Clicking “Like” on Facebook is constitutionally protected free speech and can be considered the 21st century-equivalent of a campaign yard sign, a federal appeals court ruled...
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Opinions – 9/18/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Criminal Procedure Search & seizure BOTTOM LINE: The defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of a trash can that was located at...
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Law digest – 9/18/13
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> MARYLAND COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS Civil Procedure, Attorneys’ fees: Plaintiff was entitled to bad faith attorneys’ fees under Rule 1-341 against defendant, where...
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Lawyers for convicted terrorists in N.C. say conspiracy not proven
RICHMOND, Va. — Attorneys for three members of a North Carolina terror ring are asking a federal appeals court in Virginia to toss out their convictions and sentences because of insufficient evidence...
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Opinions – 10/2/13: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Constitutional Law Freedom of expression BOTTOM LINE: In §1983 1st Amendment retaliation suit based on sheriff’s failure to reappoint employees due to employees’...
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