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Report: Agency failed to stop foreclosure abuses
The federal agency overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac failed to stop abuses by the mortgage giants' network of foreclosure attorneys for years before problems surfaced in news accounts, according to a report released Tuesday. The inspector general for...Tags: Mortgages, Television, Justice System, Freddie Mac, Business Enterprises
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Baltimore housing authority racking up legal bills for lead cases
The Housing Authority of Baltimore City often cites a lack of funds to explain its refusal to pay nearly $12 million in court-ordered judgments to former public housing residents who suffered permanent lead-paint poisoning as children. But the city's...Tags: Judges, Trials, Punishment, Employees, Foreign Aid
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Law firm loses hard drive with patient records
A Baltimore law firm lost a portable hard drive containing information about its cases, including medical records for 161 stent patients suing cardiologist Dr. Mark G. Midei, a firm client, for alleged malpractice at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson....Tags: Judges, Trials, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Lawyers, Georgetown
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Got legal troubles? Get free legal advice in Baltimore on Saturday
On Saturday — Oct. 29th — Marylanders with legal problems can meet one-on-one with lawyers volunteering at a free legal clinic. The lawyers will deal with civil, not criminal issues. Topics that can be addressed: Divorce and child...Tags: Lawyers, Justice System
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Robert B. Green
Baltimore Sun reporterRobert Belknap Green, the managing partner of a Towson law firm, died Oct. 28 at Sinai Hospital after suffering a heart attack while driving to work. The Roland Park resident was 61. "Bob was the best partner and friend anyone could ever have," said...Tags: Judges, Trials, Church and State Relations, Music, Georgetown University
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Ehrlich paid $168,000 for Schurick lawyers
Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. used $168,000 of leftover campaign funds to pay for defense attorneys for Paul Schurick, his longtime aide who was convicted on charges of electoral fraud rising out of Ehrlich's failed run against Gov. Martin O'Malley in...Tags: Justice System, Trials, Corporate Crime, Executive Branch, Fraud
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Md. officials go after taxes from travel websites
In a hunt for more revenue, Maryland officials are weighing ways to pressure hotel-booking websites such as Expedia and Orbitz to pay more taxes — a tactic that has netted some cities, counties and states tens of millions of dollars, but left others...Tags: Judges, Trials, Executive Branch, Tourism and Leisure, Hotels and Accommodations
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Va. law firm hit with penalty for loan-modification work
Maryland regulators said Tuesday that a Virginia law firm must pay a $489,000 penalty for charging homeowners upfront fees to help them seek loan modifications — in violation of state law — and blanketing Maryland with advertisements despite...Tags: Business Enterprises, Judges, Labor Legislation, Lawyers, Advertising
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Self-help center expands free legal services statewide
A legal self-help center at the District Court in Glen Burnie is now offering free legal advice beyond Anne Arundel County, extending its reach statewide via the Internet and a call-in service launched last week. "This is a way to expand the service...Tags: Glen Burnie, Judges, Lawyers, Anne Arundel County, Justice System
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At 100th anniversary, Md. Legal Aid seeing record caseload
In happier times, David Gaines would have been able to find a job.
The 57-year-old Annapolis man was laid off in 2009 from his job as a sales manager for a company that supplied the drums, cones and message boards that alert motorists to construction....Tags: Employment, Annapolis, Employment Opportunities, Carroll County (Maryland), Justice System
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Lead-paint email discusses potential 'big embarrassment' to Gansler
It was late one afternoon when the email went out, warning of "hot front page news" that could be a "big embarrassment" to Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler.
The message came from an assistant attorney general, writing to alert her supervisor that a...Tags: Lead Poisoning, Douglas F. Gansler, Electronics, Painting, Medical Procedures and Tests
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GOP told to repay Steele
State elections officials have told the financially strapped Maryland Republican Party that it must repay $77,500 that Michael S. Steele, now the national GOP chairman, transferred to it in an apparent violation of campaign finance laws.
The state...Tags: Judges, Executive Branch, Fraud, Government, Lawyers
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