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21 May 2020, 5:18 pm
Family court judges in Maryland follow the frequent practice of sua sponte adding a nondisparagement provision to divorce decrees, simply announcing that fact to the parties. While parties to a divorce can always enter into nondisparagement agreements voluntarily and have them enforced by courts, a decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rendered on May 7 places court ... [read post]
21 Feb 2020, 2:36 pm
House Bill 355, commonly known as the Judicial Transparency Act, is a bill that has no real benefit and should not become law. In it, the State Commission on Criminal Sentencing is to compile information on crimes and sentencing policy and practice. Its report is to be compiled each year and provided to the General ... [read post]
16 Jan 2020, 12:22 pm
Under Maryland personal injury law, defendants alleged to have negligently caused harm can not only dispute the plaintiff’s claim but can raise affirmative defenses against the plaintiff. In Maryland the defense that gets the most attention is the rule of “contributory negligence,” under which in Maryland, as in three other states (and the District of ... [read post]
2 Jan 2020, 2:00 pm
Del. Cheryl Glenn of Baltimore city abruptly resigned from the state legislature on Dec. 18. The reason for her resignation became clear on Dec. 23, when U.S. Attorney Robert Hur announced that Glenn had been charged with honest services wire fraud and bribery. It appears Glenn was saddled with debt and was facing foreclosure on ... [read post]
25 Oct 2019, 11:27 am
On Oct. 17, 2019, the state of Maryland truly lost a giant of a warrior and a pillar within the community. Elijah Eugene Cummings, Maryland House representative for the 7th Congressional District of Baltimore city since 1996, died after battling longtime health complications. Congressman Cummings garnered national attention for his public challenges to the Trump ... [read post]
30 Sep 2019, 1:13 pm
Most readers of this newspaper are aware of the continuing controversy over the rights of those who allege in lawsuits that they have been wronged by the misconduct of Baltimore city police officers and then attempt to settle those claims while retaining their First Amendment rights to free speech. Hopefully, readers also are aware of ... [read post]
14 Feb 2019, 1:20 pm
We have written editorials both defending and criticizing judges. [read post]
27 Sep 2018, 2:41 pm
Disbarment can be devastating but it should not be a death sentence. [read post]
23 Aug 2018, 2:57 pm
Whether the Rules Committee adopts the model rule in its entirety or decides to take a more targeted rule like they did in 2005, we believe it is time for the Rules Committee to revisit Maryland’s Rule on misconduct. [read post]
28 Jun 2018, 1:43 pm
We encourage any attorney struggling alone to break the cycle and seek help. [read post]
6 Jun 2017, 1:15 pm
CNN fired Kathy Griffin over her recent photo shoot where she held aloft a severed head resembling President Donald Trump. Other sponsors announced they were cutting her contracts over the incident. It wasn’t Trump’s actual head, and she violated no laws with her rather crude, visual, political commentary. Back in Baltimore, Mayor Catherine Pugh’s aide, ... [read post]
15 Feb 2018, 7:41 am
Baltimore struggles with appalling levels of crime and poverty, huge problems requiring multi-pronged solutions, through both civil and criminal law. Because wrongful eviction can cascade into other social ills – homelessness, depression, kids’ displacement from schools – we should provide low-income tenants with counsel in eviction cases. Eviction triggers escalating losses. Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer Prize ... [read post]
28 Dec 2017, 12:00 pm
A judicial vacancy was created earlier this year when Washington County Circuit Judge Kenneth Long Jr. reached the mandatory retirement age. Gov. Larry Hogan recently appointed Del. Brett Wilson, R-Washington, to the bench. The vacancy was advertised, and applicants wishing to be considered were told to submit their names to Washington County’s Judicial Nominating Commission. ... [read post]
11 Jul 2017, 1:18 pm
As a board of Maryland lawyers, we are proud to congratulate Lydia E. [read post]
31 Mar 2015, 8:25 pm
With the upcoming retirement of Senator Barbara Mikulski, we urge Baltimore and the State of Maryland this April 1 to begin planning a retirement commemoration for her. What better than the Barbara Mikulski Memorial Highway? [read post]
8 May 2015, 5:47 am
The occurrences of last week have caused significant damage to the City of Baltimore. For an entire week, Baltimore was the focus of national attention all for the wrong reasons. The Mayor, members of her administration, and local political leaders of all stripe, while not defending the actions of those causing significant damage, noted the ... [read post]
15 Feb 2017, 1:49 pm
The Maryland Bar has lost one of its greats. E. Clinton Bamberger Jr., died Sunday after a long illness at age 90. Many of us remember well Clinton’s victory lap when he gave a number of presentations in 2013 on the 50th of his greatest court victory, Brady v. Maryland, the landmark 1963 Supreme Court ... [read post]
13 Jul 2016, 12:52 pm
There is a critical problem with the state’s mentally ill criminal defendants that needs urgent attention. Maryland Criminal Procedure Article, Section 3-106 provides that “if after a hearing the court finds that the defendant is incompetent to stand trial and, because of mental retardation or a mental disorder, is a danger to self or the ... [read post]
30 Jun 2016, 4:09 pm
We wrote an editorial earlier this year on “StingRays and the Fourth Amendment. [read post]
23 Nov 2015, 3:32 pm
The Maryland Code of Judicial Conduct states that a judge shall act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the independence, integrity and impartiality of the Judiciary. In Maryland, state judges must retire at age 70, and some retire before that age. Some retired judges leave the state or occupy their ... [read post]
