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Maryland Court of Appeals Adopts Daubert Test To Evaluate The Admissibility Of Expert Testimony
On August 28, 2020, in its opinion in Rochkind v. Stevenson, the Maryland Court of Appeals officially adopted the reliability factors set forth by the ...
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Potential defenses to embezzlement charges
If you have been charged with embezzlement, it can be easy to feel like you have already been found guilty. You might lose your job, the trust of your ...
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The Maryland Court of Appeals Imposes Indefinite Suspensions on Two Attorneys for Inappropriate Email Content Violating MLRPC 8.4(e)
Last month, two Maryland lawyers who had been engaged in sending misogynistic, racist, and homophobic emails from their government email accounts ...
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Lawyers Turning in Other Lawyers for Violating Rules of Professional Conduct
There are many ways a grievance, or professional disciplinary complaint, can get filed against a lawyer. The disciplinary authority can start an ...
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New Justice Reinvestment Act - Allows for Misdemeanor Expungements That Were Not Available Before October 1, 2017
The Justice Reinvestment Act provides an opportunity for expungement of your record if you were convicted of one of the misdemeanors designated in the ...
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Will the Supreme Court Revisit the Breadth of Qualified Immunity Granted to Law Enforcement Officers in Civil Rights Cases?
As of last week, the Supreme Court was evaluating petitions for certiorari in 13 cases dealing with qualified immunity. In at least 10 of those cases, ...
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In The Recent "Bridgegate Scandal" Decision, The Supreme Court Narrows The Scope Of Fraud Prosecution Theories Against Public Officials
With a unanimous decision issued by the Supreme Court last week in Kelly et al. v. United States, the Court is continuing its trend toward narrowing ...
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Internet crime creates insecurities and financial losses
The political parties and private servers are not the only computer networks that are being hit by cyber terrorists and hackers. Major business ...
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Some Inmates in Maryland will Benefit from a New Law that could Provide for Earlier Release
An inmate serving a mandatory sentence without parole for a conviction related to a drug offense may now qualify for a reduced sentence under ...
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New Justice Reinvestment Act - Allows for Misdemeanor Expungements That Were Not Available Before October 1, 2017
The Justice Reinvestment Act provides an opportunity for expungement of your record if you were convicted of one of the misdemeanors designated in the ...
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New Justice Reinvestment Act - Allows for Misdemeanor Expungements That Were Not Available Before October 1, 2017
The Justice Reinvestment Act provides an opportunity for expungement of your record if you were convicted of one of the misdemeanors designated in the ...
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Melvin Thomas Exonerated After 19 Years in Prison for A Crime He Did Not Commit
This morning, the Baltimore City Circuit Court vacated the conviction of Melvin Thomas, who spent nearly 19 years in prison for an attempted murder he ...
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Pension rights in public corruption cases involving lawmakers: looking state and federal law
Previously, we’ve looked at criminal cases dealing with the pension rights of public officials convicted on charges of corruption. The issue we’re ...
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