Laws

Trauma still fresh for transgender beating victim

2012-05-15 18:14:00

The windows are wide open in the messy apartment, the afternoon sky darkening fast. Chrissy Polis can't stand the Essex neighborhood outside, where everyone knows who she is. But she doesn't know how to get out, or where she'd go if she did. "I just...

Judge in Dyer's hearing says board's charges against him are not clear

2012-05-15 17:27:00

The administrative law judge hearing the Howard County school board's case against fellow member Allen Dyer said Tuesday that Dyer's assertion that the board has not clearly spelled out its reasons for wanting him removed is "becoming increasingly more...

Baltimore doctor indicted in 2007 Minn. suicide

2012-05-14 15:54:14

HASTINGS, Minn. — A Minnesota grand jury has indicted a national right-to-die group and several members for their actions in the 2007 suicide of a suburban Minneapolis woman, prosecutors announced Monday. The 17-count indictment charges the medical...

Annapolis retiree awarded $342,000 in bad-mortgage case

2012-05-11 16:10:21

A 78-year-old Annapolis man who said he was duped into getting unsuitable mortgages — sending the home he had owned for decades into foreclosure — was awarded $342,000 by an Anne Arundel County jury this week. The jury found that Dennis...

George Warren "Moose" Mix, attorney

2012-05-11 12:07:00

George Warren "Moose" Mix Sr., a well-known Towson attorney whose legal expertise included administrative, criminal and family law, died May 4 of heart failure at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The 30-year Lutherville resident was 74. "I knew Warren when I was...

Harford law enforcement officers honored for their 2011 DWI arrests

2012-05-10 13:28:41

The Harford County State's Attorney's Office held its annual awards ceremony Wednesday for the top law enforcement officers who made outstanding drunk and drugged driving arrests in Harford County during 2011. State's Attorney Joseph Cassilly presented...

Groceries seeking ways around wine sales ban

2012-05-05 11:46:00

Unlike most other states, Maryland shoppers have to make one extra stop for a cabernet to go with that steak they bought on sale at the supermarket —grocery stores in the state generally are banned from selling alcohol. Increasingly, though,...

Cardin understands that racial profiling undermines public trust in the criminal justice system

2012-05-07 12:00:00

I applaud Sen. Ben Cardin's efforts to end racial profiling: Nothing is more divisive than to bring an "us against them" mentality into law enforcement ("Candidates make final push before Tuesday," April 2). What could be more demoralizing and...

Wegmans vs. the liquor lobby

2012-05-10 06:50:00

If local pharmacists could write the regulations, Marylanders probably wouldn't ever have been allowed to get their prescriptions filled at chain stores like Walgreens and Rite-Aid. Independent video stores probably would have liked to outlaw Blockbuster,...

Ocean City's Seacrets files another trademark infringement lawsuit

2012-05-09 13:31:00

The Seacrets branding crusade continues. After winning a similar case last November, Ocean City's Seacrets has filed another trademark infringement lawsuit, this time against Baltimore restaurant Caribbean Secrets. Seacrets — which this...

Do credit bureaus have constitutional right to report negative information about customers -- forever?

2012-05-08 09:39:00

Interesting case going on in a federal district court in eastern district of Pennsylvania. A woman sued General Information Services, Inc., a credit reporting agency, for reporting dismissed criminal charges against her that were more than seven years...

Editorial: Lawsuit appropriately targets redistricting crazy quilt

2012-05-08 10:34:00

They twist and they turn. They break up communities. They sprawl across jurisdictional boundaries. And, in something akin to cellular mitosis, one has been divided into two entities that are miles apart. "They" are the state legislative districts newly...

He leads a team of more than 100 attorneys, one of the largest groups in the firm. Responsible for driving the firm's national labor and employment initiatives, he leads business development in Chicago and oversees talent management, hiring, professional development and performance evaluation.

2012-05-03 00:00:00

A statewide smoking ban is now law, but it's not what many people wanted. Governor Mitch Daniels signed the bill Monday.

2012-03-19 00:00:00

Lakeland police officer Arnulfo Crispin, 25, who had been on the force for 18 months, died Dec. 20, 2010. He was shot in the head Dec. 18 while checking on a complaint about three suspicious men near an apartment complex.

2012-03-07 17:20:27