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Anne Arundel Co. woman taps federal statute to allege child pornography conspiracy
An Anne Arundel County woman has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against more than 180 defendants who she says circulated or watched child pornography showing her two young children being molested by their father and another person. In the lawsuit...
Tags: Punishment, Court Preliminary, Prosecution, Trials, Defendants
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Closing Northwestern High
It's understandable that Northwestern High School alumni are dismayed by the Baltimore City school board's decision to close the school in 2016. Northwestern was once a venerable neighborhood institution, several of whose graduates went on to become...
Tags: Public Schools, Students, Teaching and Learning, Schools, Laws
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'Wage theft' prevails in post-recession economy
Behind the counter at a convenience store in Princess Anne, Elvira Orellana worked 72 hours a week, making sandwiches, cleaning the kitchen and ordering the ingredients to prepare oxtail, curry chicken and cheese steaks. Her employer paid her $648 a week...
Tags: Theft, Civil Rights, Internal Revenue Service, Trials, Labor Legislation
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Five questions with … Ari Karen
The 25-year-old Baltimore-based law firm Offit Kurman recently formed a pioneering mortgage compliance affiliate, C3 Compliance Consultants, to help lenders across the United States conform with regulations launched this year by the federal Consumer...Tags: Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Legal Service, Business Enterprises, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Justice System
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Coal-ash pollution at three Maryland landfills to be cleaned up
The operator of three coal-fired power plants in Maryland has agreed to pay a total of $2.2 million in penalties and fix long-standing pollution problems at the landfills in Southern Maryland and Montgomery County where it disposes of the ash from those...Tags: Waste, Bodies of Water, Water, Trials, Environmental Pollution
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Don't deny some Marylanders the right to marry
I am a Roman Catholic, and I will be voting for Question 6 on the Maryland ballot on Tuesday. I am voting for this referendum because I believe my family member, Mike, and his partner, Ron, have as much right to marry as I have. I am voting for this...Tags: Laws, Referenda, Voting, Elections
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Maryland unemployment-insurance tax to drop in 2013
Many Maryland employers will see the tax they pay for unemployment insurance drop by more than half next year. The tax cut, which will be announced Monday by the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, reflects the improving employment...Tags: University of Baltimore, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Insurance, Labor Legislation, Job Layoffs
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Bob Dole and the GOP's disability
Much ink has been spilled in recent weeks criticizing the Republican Party and its failed presidential candidate for a lack of compassion and obvious antipathy toward "47 percent" of the electorate (if not a bit more), so it was reassuring to see two of...
Tags: United Nations, Human Rights, Rick Santorum, Democratic Party, Susan Collins
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Alston must go
Another Maryland politician has broken the law and is, nonetheless, trying to hold on to elected office. Del. Tiffany Alston this week agreed to a plea deal that allowed her to avoid trial on charges that she misused money from her campaign funds to pay...
Tags: Punishment, Theft, Judges, Trials, Justice System
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Maryland should scrap its antiquated liability rules
In the coming months, the Maryland Court of Appeals will decide if the state should move to a different system for deciding whether many accident victims — who would not have been injured without the negligence of others — can recover at least...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Laws, Lobbying, Maryland General Assembly, Business
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Baltimore County faces new workplace discrimination suits
Weeks after Baltimore County agreed pay about $500,000 to settle a workplace discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, a former county police lieutenant and two former firefighters have filed federal lawsuits claiming that they were...Tags: Laws, Cardiologists, Trials, Justice System, Discrimination
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Arundel employees could repay costs of legal settlements
Deliberate misbehavior by Anne Arundel County employees could leave them on the hook for the county's legal costs under a new bill introduced Monday night. The legislation requires the county attorney to try to recoup from employees whose conduct...Tags: Laws, Arbitration, Employees, Trials, Justice System
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