Content Posted in 2015
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AALS Membership: What Does It Mean to a Law School?, Walter A. Rafalko
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Abortion Reform, Richard D. Lamm and Steven A.G. Davison
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A Brief History of the University of Baltimore, Our School, James F. Schneider
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A Bug in the Bugging Statute: United States v. Whitaker
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A Case History of Industrial Design Success: The Dove Lamp, William T. Fryer III
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Access to Legal Remedies. The Crisis in Family Law, Jane C. Murphy
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Accountability in the Aftermath of Rwanda's Genocide, Jason Strain and Elizabeth Keyes
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Accountability Solutions in the Consent Search and Seizure Wasteland, José F. Anderson
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Accountants' Obligations under Maryland's New Investment Adviser Law, John A. Gray
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A Chance to View Things from the Bench, Brian Seth Jablon
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A Colleague's Observation... Jerome Frank as Prophet: Courts on Trial Revisited, Damian L. Halstad
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A Collection of Poetry, Gregory J. Hobbs Jr.
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A Comment on the 1988 Maryland General Assembly's Legislative Session, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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A Comment on the 1989 Maryland General Assembly's Legislative Session, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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A Comparison of the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability and the Maryland Law of Products Liability, Robert D. Klein
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A Comprehensive Approach to Truancy for Baltimore City: A Roundtable Discussion, Barbara A. Babb and Gloria Danziger
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A Court for the One Percent: How the Supreme Court Contributes to Economic Inequality, Michele E. Gilman
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A Court of Appeals of Maryland Time Capsule: Six Historic Arguments in the Nation's Oldest Appellate Court
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Employment Discrimination: A Workplace Dilemma, Adam Jason Sevel
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A Critique of Bar Review Courses - To Review or Not to Review, That is the Question, Lindsay Schlottman
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A Critique of Best Practices in Legal Education: Five Things All Law Professors Should Know, Michael T. Gibson
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Addendum to the Baltimore City States Attorney's Office: The Sex Offense Task Force, Ron Byrd
Additional Opportunities in the Legal Field and Applying to Law School, Gregory Dolin
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Addressing the Workforce Housing Crisis in Maryland and throughout the Nation: Do Land Use Regulations That Preclude Reasonable Housing Opportunity Based upon Income Violate the Individual Liberties Protected by State Constitutions?, John J. Delaney
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Addressing Truancy Is a Complex Challenge, Barbara A. Babb and Gloria Danziger
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A Defense of Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Gregory Dolin
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A Designer as an Expert Witness, Roland Carter
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A Designer's View of Current Industrial Design Protection in the United States, Cooper C. Woodring
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A Diagnosis, Dissection, and Prognosis of Maryland's New Wiretap and Electronic Surveillance Law, Richard P. Gilbert
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Administrative "Death Squads" for Patents? Assessing the New Administrative Procedures for Challenging Patents - Podcast, Peter Cicala, Gregory Dolin, Robert Sterne, and Mark F. Schultz
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Administrative Law: Practical Pointers, Gary L. Crawford
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Admission to the Bar in Maryland, Jerrold V. Powers
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Adoption Procedures in Maryland, David Wise III
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Advancing the CRA—Using the CRA's Strategic Plan Option to Promote Community Inclusion: The CRA and Community Inclusion, Cassandra Jones Havard
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Adverse Employment Action in Retaliation Cases, Brian A. Riddell and Richard A. Bales
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Advocating for Nonresident Fathers in Child Welfare Court Cases, Daniel L. Hatcher
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Aerial Surveillance by Helicopter Not Barred by Fourth Amendment, Paul J. Marino and Ellen Condon
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A Faculty Guide to Photocopying for Classroom Use, Robert J. Kasunic
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A Family Court for Maryland: The Time Has Come, Barbara A. Babb
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A Farewell to Arms, Len Moodispaw
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Affirming An Illegitimate Statute, Ron Byrd
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A Fine Line, Redefined: Moving toward More Equitable Asylum Policies, Heather M. Kolinsky
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A Forum Exclusive: New Format for Upcoming Maryland Bar Exam, Jeffrey S. Kluger
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African-American Farmers and Fair Lending: Racializing Rural Economic Space, Cassandra Jones Havard
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After 150 Years, Worst Supreme Court Decision Ever Continues to Haunt, F. Michael Higginbotham
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After "Hiding the Ball" Is Over: How the NLRB Must Change Its Approach to Decision-Making, Michael Hayes
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After Partition: The Perils of South Sudan, Mario Silva
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After the Revolution: Egypt's Changing Forms of Corruption, M. Patrick Yingling and Mohamed A. Arafa
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A Healer or an Executioner: The Proper Role of a Psychiatrist in a Criminal Justice System, Gregory Dolin
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A Heightened Standard for Land Use Permits Redefines the Power Balance Between the Government and Landowners, Michael Farrell
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A Home with Dignity: Domestic Violence and Property Rights, Margaret E. Johnson
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A House Divided: Earl Caldwell, the New York Times, and the Quest for a Testimonial Privilege, Eric Easton
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air Representation vs. Systematic Exclusion, J. Michael Earp
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A Law & Economics Perspective on a "Traditional" Torts Case: Insights for Classroom and Courtroom, Robert H. Lande
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A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.: Who Will Carry the Baton?, F. Michael Higginbotham and José F. Anderson
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All U.S. Sports Need an Anti-Doping Agency: The Anti-Doping Program That Brought down Lance Armstrong Should Cover Our Pro and College Sports, Too, Dionne L. Koller
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Alteration of Wildlife Habitat as a Prohibited Taking Under the Endangered Species Act, Steven A.G. Davison
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Alternative Sentencing For Sexual Deviates, Daniel Feeney
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A Maryland Whistleblowers' Statute, Jeanette L. Cole
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American Banker's Ass'n v. SEC: SEC Has No Authority to Regulate Banks Dealing with the Purchase and Sale of Securities, Cynthia A. Houghten
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American Courts-Martial for Enemy War Crimes, Tara Lee
American Epic: Reading the U.S. Constitution, Garrett Epps
American Justice 2014: Nine Clashing Visions on the Supreme Court, Garrett Epps
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American Workers' Compensation - After the Crossroads, Donald T. DeCarlo
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America’s Death Penalty: Just Another Form of Violence, John Bessler
America's Experiment with Capital Punishment: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of the Ultimate Penal Sanction: Third Edition, John Bessler
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Amnesia and the Defendant's Competency to Stand Trial: Morrow v. State, 293 Md. 247, 443 A. 2d 108 (1982), Barbara Rhea Gathright
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A More Humane Vision of Family Law: Holistic Approach Needed to Shield Children from the Trauma of Breakups, Barbara A. Babb and Mitchell K. Karpf
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An Amendment to the Constitution of the United States to Protect the Rights of Crime Victims: Exploring the Effectiveness of State Efforts, Jennifer J. Stearman
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An Analysis of the Baltimore City Police Complaint Evaluation Procedures, Stephen R. Cochell and John Alan Jones
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An Analysis of the Maryland Mobile Home Park Act: A Need for Amendment, Steven G. Davison
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An Analysis of Unified Family Courts in Maryland and California: Their Relevance for Ontario's Family Justice System, Barbara A. Babb
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An Analysis Scheme for Law Films, Stefan Machura
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An Arctic High, Frank Arentowicz Jr.
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Ancient Decisions, Robert C. Becker
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Ancillary Business: Will the Profession and the Public Benefit?, William I. Weston
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And Death Shall Have No Dominion: How to Achieve the Categorical Exemption of Mentally Retarded Defendants from Execution, J. Amy Dillard
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An Equity-Based, Multilateral Approach for Sourcing Income Among Nations, Fred B. Brown
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A New Attempt at Defining an Old Maxim, Marvin B. Steinberg
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An Experiment in Integrating Critical Theory and Clinical Education, Margaret E. Johnson
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An Eye for a Wetland? Exploring Retribution as a Theory of Environmental Sentencing, Paul A. Gillan Jr.
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An Honest Approach to Plea Bargaining, Steven P. Grossman
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An Interdisciplinary Approach to Family Law Jurisprudence: Application of an Ecological and Therapeutic Perspective, Barbara A. Babb
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An Interdisciplinary Approach to Family Law Jurisprudence: Application of an Ecological and Therapeutic Perspective, Barbara A. Babb
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An International Restatement: The Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts, E. Allan Farnsworth
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Annotating the News: Mitigating the Effects of Media Convergence and Consolidation, Eric Easton
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Annual Review: Annual Review of Maryland Law: The Court of Appeals of Maryland, 1995-96 Opinions, John B. Beckman, Joseph R. Salko, Christopher J. Marchand, Dan Curry, Jennifer R. Terrasa, Douglas I. Wood, Laurel Anne Albin, Gregory T. Lawrence, Laura L. Chester, Gabriel A. Terrasa, and Lucy M. Moran
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Anonymity, Faceprints, and the Constitution, Kimberly N. Wehle
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An Open Letter from Heaven to Barack Obama, F. Michael Higginbotham
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An Opportunity Missed?: Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises - Podcast, Gregory Dolin
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Another Effect of Globalization: Role of Foreign Educated Lawyers in Maryland Legal Practice, Michele Gilligan
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Appellate Fruit Salad and Other Concepts: A Short Course in Appellate Process, Amy E. Sloan
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A Practical Guide to Voting Trusts, John J. Woloszyn
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A Practitioner's Guide to the Statutes of Limitations in Product Liability Suits, Francis B. Burch Jr.
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A Primer on Consumer Debt Collection, R. M. Dapkunas
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A Primer on Recovering Attorney's Fees, James Kevin MacAlister
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Are Antitrust "Treble" Damages Really Single Damages?, Robert H. Lande
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A Rebuttal to Cries for Computerized, "Do-itYourself' Legal Services, Abba David Poliakoff
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A Regulatory Scheme That Works: The Case for a Statutory Right to Representation by Counsel in Maryland Residential Mortgage Transactions, Robert P. Pratz
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A Report From the Placement Office, David Ash
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A Request from Heaven to the President: On the State of Race Relations in America Today, F. Michael Higginbotham
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A Review of Real Property Support Rights in Maryland, Judith Ann Cross
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A Review of the Maryland Construction Trust Statute Decisions in the Court of Appeals of Maryland and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, David F. Albright Jr.
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Are We Bulletproof?: A Defensive Business Strategy to Protect Health Care Companies from False Claims Act Litigation and Corporate Integrity Agreements, Jim Moye
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A Roadmap through Malice, Actual or Implied: Punitive Damages in Torts Arising out of Contract in Maryland, Gary I. Strausberg
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Arson In Maryland A New Legal Approach, Robert W. Glowinski
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Artists' Rights: Should Maryland Grant Moral Rights?, Eric C. Schneider
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A Salute to Black Judges of the Maryland Judiciary, David B. Mitchell
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Asbestos Claims Facility: An Unprecedented, Private Alternative for Dispute Resolution, Anthony Zaccagnini
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A Special Report on the Justice Department Anti-Trust Suit against the ABA, Lawrence E. Walsh
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Assembly Bill to Speed Divorce after Abuse Will Save Many Lives, Bring Needed Reform, Jane C. Murphy
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Assessing the Constitutionality of Adjusting Prisoner Census Data in Congressional Redistricting: Maryland's Test Case, Michelle Davis
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Astrachan and Easton: Fight Wikileaks Case in Court, Not in Cyberspace, James B. Astrachan and Eric Easton
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At His Discretion (n.): "To Be Disposed of as He Thinks Fit; At His Disposal, at His Mercy; Unconditionally", J. Amy Dillard
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A Traditional and Textualist Analysis of the Goals of Antitrust: Efficiency, Preventing Theft from Consumers, and Consumer Choice, Robert H. Lande
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A Tribute to Roger D. Groot: Always Mr. Groot, J. Amy Dillard
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A Truancy Court Program to Keep Students in School, Barbara A. Babb
A Truancy Court Program Toolkit, Barbara A. Babb, Gloria Danziger, Leigh Dalton, Anthony Green, and Arion Alston
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Attorney Compensation in Bankruptcy: The Ethical Obligation, Kimberly S. Armstrong
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Attorney's Guide to Drugs in the Workplace, Tia Schneider Denenberg, Richard V. Denenberg, and Gloria Danziger
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A Unified Approach to Causation in Disparate Treatment Cases: Using Sexual Harassment by Supervisors as the Causal Nexus for the Discriminatory Motivating Factor in Mixed Motive Cases, Margaret E. Johnson
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A Unified Family Court, Barbara A. Babb
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Authority of The House of Representatives to Expell a Member, Thomas J. Sehler
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Ave Defamation, Atque Vale Libel and Slander, Francis D. Murnaghan Jr
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A Visit with the Chairman of the Presidium: Russian Law and Logic, Robin Goodenough
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A Vote Delayed Is A Vote Denied: A Proactive Approach to Eliminating Election Administration Legislation that Disenfranchises Unwanted Voters, Gilda R. Daniels
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A Wistful Farewell to Pink Bugg & Queen Caroline, Joseph F. Murphy Jr.
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Back to the Future: United States v Jones Resuscitates Property Law Concepts in Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence, Nancy Forster
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Back to the Parent: Holding Company Liability for Subsidiary Banks — A Discussion of the Net Worth Maintenance Agreement, the Source of Strength Doctrine, and the Prompt Corrective Action Provision, Cassandra Jones Havard
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Balancing ERISA's Anti-Alienation Provisions against Garnishment of a Convicted Criminal's Retirements Funds: Unscrambling the Approaches to Protecting the Retirement Nest Egg, Alan K. Ragan
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Balancing Liberty, Dignity and Safety: The Impact of Domestic Violence Lethality Screening, Margaret E. Johnson
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Baltimore City’s Child-Focused Court, Barbara A. Babb and Judith D. Moran
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Baltimore's Legal Clinic, Edward Coltman
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Baltimore's Own Law & Order Cowboy - an Interview with State's Attorney William Swisher, Leonard A. Sipes Jr. and Larry Krause
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Banking on Those Who Don't, Cassandra Jones Havard
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Battling the Voices of Unreason: HUD Plays Foul in Its Fight to Uphold the FHA, Amanda Stakem Conn
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Bear Right at the Light, Alexander Armstrong
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Beauty of Law, Thomas J. Moyer
Becoming a Trial Lawyer, Steven P. Grossman, Michele E. Gilman, and Fredric I. Lederer
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Behavioral Study of Justice Goldberg and the Supreme Court, David Hanley
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Below Market Loans: From Abuse to Misuses – A Sports Illustration, Phillip J. Closius and Douglas K. Chapman
Benchbook on Substance Abuse and Addiction for Family Courts, Barbara A. Babb, Gloria Danziger, and Judith D. Moran
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Maryland Criminal Defendants, Already Subject to Severely Limited Voir Dire, Now Also Face the Prospect of Anonymous Juries, Nancy S. Forster
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Beyond a Beautiful Fraud: Using a Human Rights Framework to Realize the Promise of Democracy, Janel A. George
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Beyond Saints and Sinners: Discretion and the Need for New Narratives in the U.S. Immigration System, Elizabeth Keyes
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Beyond the Roar of the Crowd: Victim Impact Testimony Collides with Due Process, Marshall N. Perkins
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Bibliography: State Securities Regulation, Gary David Raffel
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Big Brother IS Watching: The Reality Show You Didn't Audition For, J. Amy Dillard
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Big Brother or Little Brother? Surrendering Seizure Privacy for the Benefits of Communication Technology, José F. Anderson
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Bivens Actions for Federal Employees in the Aftermath of Bush v. Lucas: Which Remedies for Whom?, Barry F. Smith
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Blue Sky Law and Practice: An Overview, Ronald M. Shapiro and Alan R. Sachs
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Blunderbuss Scholarship: Perverting the Original Intent and Plain Meaning of the Second Amendment, Kenneth Lasson
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Body Language at the Bar, Hanora O'Sullivan
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Bold Promises but Baby Steps: Maryland's Growth Policy to the Year 2020, Philip J. Tierney
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Book Review: Crème de Crime: Techniques for Interviewing White-Collar Criminals, Jonathan J. Rusch
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Book Review: Final Judgment. My Life as a Soviet Defense Attorney, Yevsey Podolsky
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Book Review: Maryland Taxes, Benjamin L. Cardin
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Book Reviews: A Concise Textbook on Legal Capital, Mark D. Coplin
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Book Reviews: A Guide to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 144, Ronald M. Shapiro
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Book Reviews: American International Law Cases 1783-1968, Stuart S. Malawer
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Book Reviews: Antitrust In Japan
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Book Reviews: A Question of Judgment: The Fortas Case and the Struggle for the Supreme Court
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Book Reviews: A Republic If You Can Keep It
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Book Reviews: Attica—My Story, H. Mebane Turner
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Book Reviews: Basic Civil Procedure, Julius Isaacson
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Book Reviews: Briefing and Arguing Federal Appeals, Paul Mark Sandler
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Book Reviews: Cases and Materials on Corporate Finance, John J. Woloszyn
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Book Reviews: Children's Rights: Contemporary Perspectives, Suzanne Posner
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Book Reviews: Class, State, and Crime, Richard M. Pfeffer
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Book Reviews: Copyright Handbook, Joseph Scafetta Jr.
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Book Reviews: Ending Insult to Injury: No Fault Insurance for Products and Services, Eugene J. Davidson
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Book Reviews: Executive Privilege: A Constitutional Myth, Charles A. Rees
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Book Reviews: Freedom and the Court, Eugene J. Davidson
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Book Reviews: Guide to Maryland Zoning Decisions; Handling the Land Use Case, Philip J. Tierney
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Book Reviews: How to Prove Damages in Wrongful Personal Injury and Death Cases, Eugene J. Davidson
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Book Reviews: Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems, Hall Hammond
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Book Reviews: Jury Selection Procedures: Our Uncertain Commitment to Representative Juries, G. Mitchell Mowell
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Book Reviews: Law of Sentencing, Robert F. Fischer
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Book Reviews: Lawsuit, John A. Lynch Jr.
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Book Reviews: Lawyer's Lawyer, the Life of John W. Davis, Paul Mark Sandler
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Book Reviews: Lawyers on Trial, Arnold Rochvarg
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Book Reviews: Maryland Rules Commentary, George W. White Jr.
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Book Reviews: Mediation and the Dynamics of Collective Bargaining, A. Samuel Cook
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Book Reviews: Milestones! 200 Years of American Law: Milestones in Our Legal History, Eugene J. Davidson
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Book Reviews: One L., John Bennett Sinclair
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Book Reviews: Oppression of Minority Shareholders, John J. Ghingher III
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Book Reviews: Pattern Interrogatories: Products Liability, Eugene J. Davidson
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Book Reviews: Plea Bargaining: The Experiences of Prosecutors, Judges, and Defense Attorneys, Bernard F. Goldberg and F. Howard Silverstein
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Book Reviews: Product Liability, Eugene J. Davidson
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Book Reviews: Reform of Court Rule-Making Procedures, Julius Isaacson
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Book Reviews: Regulation by Prosecution: The Securities and Exchange Commission vs. Corporate America; The Transformation of Wall Street: A History of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Modern Corporate Finance, Mark A. Sargent
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Book Reviews: Shades of Freedom: Racial Politics and Presumptions of the American Legal Process, José F. Anderson
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Book Reviews: Small Claims Courts: A National Examination, Robert F. Sweeney
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Book Reviews: Sources of Law, Legal Change and Ambiguity, Walter A. Rafalko
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Book Reviews: The Alias Program, Robert A. Greenberg
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Book Reviews: The Best Defense, Peter A. Zheutlin
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Book Reviews: The Brandeis/Frankfurter Connection: The Secret Political Activities of Two Supreme Court Justices, Alan Betten
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Book Reviews: The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court, Eugene J. Davidson
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Book Reviews: The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court, Kenneth Lasson
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Book Reviews: The Conscience of a Lawyer, Eugene J. Davidson
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Book Reviews: The Conscience of a Lawyer, Eugene J. Davidson
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Book Reviews: The Court Years: 1939-1975, Seth A. Davidson
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Book Reviews: The Implementation Game, Richard A. Buddeke
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Book Reviews: The Lawyer, the Public, and Professional Responsibility
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Book Reviews: The Right to Treatment, James G. Maggio
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Book Reviews: Tort Law in America: An Intellectual History, Alan Betten
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Book Reviews: Trusts and Trustees, Cases and Materials, Harold D. Cunningham Jr.
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Book Reviews: Two Million Unnecessary Arrests
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Book Reviews: Unmarried Couples and the Law, Ann McKenrick Turnbull
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Book Reviews: Verdicts on Lawyers, Eugene J. Davidson
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Book Reviews: Watergate and the Constitution, Ilona Modly Hogan and Lawrence J. Hogan
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Book Reviews: Workmen's Compensation in Maryland, G. Darrell Russel Jr.
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Book Review: The Free Press Crisis of 1800: Thomas Cooper's Trial for Seditious Libel, Eric Easton
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Book Review: The Law of Tug, Tow, and Pilotage, Francis John Gorman
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Book Review: The Litigious Society, Alfred L. Scanlan Jr.
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Book Review: The Moral Decision, Harold D. Cunningham Jr.
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Book Review: The Rules of the Game: Reform and Evolution in the International Monetary System, Kenneth D. Auerbach
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Book Review: The Sword and the Scales: The United States and International Courts and Tribunals, Nienke Grossman
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Book Review: The Tolerant Society: Freedom of Speech and Extremist Speech in America, Abner J. Mikva
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Books and the Founding Fathers, George H. Nash
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Books Received
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Breaking the Cycle of Defeat for 'Deadbroke' Noncustodial Parents Through Advocacy on Child Support Issues, Daniel L. Hatcher and Hannah Lieberman
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Bringing Balance to Mid-North America: Restructuring the Sovereign Relationships between Tribal Nations and the United States, Angelique Townsend EagleWoman (Wambdi A. WasteWin)
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Burden of Proof in the World of Patents: Medtronic v. Boston Scientific - Podcast, Gregory Dolin
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Burdens of Persuasion: Burdened by Too Many Burdens, Marvin B. Steinberg
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Can State "Medical" Marijuana Statutes Survive the Sovereign's Federal Drug Laws? A Toke Too Far, M. Wesley Clark
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Capital Punishment ... On the Way Out?
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CASA of Maryland and the Battle Regarding Human Trafficking and Domestic Worker Rights, Elizabeth Keyes
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Casenote: Drugs: Recent Decisions, Peter H. Meyers
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Casenote: Fair Trial / Free Press, Lindsay Schlottman
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Case Note: Fraud Negligent Misrepresentation and Infliction of Emotional Distress after 20 Years of Void Marriage Vance v. Vance, Md., 408 A.2d 728 (1979), Mark D. Woodard
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Case Note: Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar - Lawyers and the Free Enterprise System, Lindsay Schlottman
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Casenote: Michigan v. Mosley: Miranda Safeguards Eased, Charles J. Iseman
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Case Note: Mullaney v. Wilbur - Defendant's Burden to Reduce Homicide to Manslaughter Violates the Due Process Clause, Byron L. Warnken
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Casenote: Norton v. Weinberger an Inside Look, Thomas W. Keech
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Case Note: O'Connor v. Donaldson, 95 S. Ct. 2486 (1975) - "They Weren't any Crazier Than I was", Lindsay Schlottman
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Casenote: Recent Maryland Decisions, Jerry Fenzel
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Casenote: Rizzo v. Goode - Federal Court Intervention and Local Police Departments, Lindsay Schlottman
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Casenotes: Admiralty — Collision Damages — Fourth Circuit Holds That a Time Charterer May Recover Hire Paid during Detention from the Vessel at Fault. Venore Transportation Co. v. M/V Struma, 583 F.2d 708 (4th Cir. 1978), David Eugene Rice
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Casenotes: Admiralty — Environmental Law — Oil Spill Liability — Federal Water Pollution Control Act Does Not Preempt State Statutes Imposing Unlimited Strict Liability. Steuart Transportation Co. v. Allied Towing Corp., 596 F.2d 609 (4th Cir. 1979), Daniel C. Riker
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Casenotes: Admiralty — Maritime Garnishment — Proceeds of Partially Executed Contract of Affreightment Held Subject to Garnishment Even Though Bills of Lading Not Delivered and Debt Unmatured. Iran Express Lines v. Sumatrop, AG, 563 F.2d 648 (4th Cir. 1977), Thomas S. Spencer
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Casenotes: Agency — Duty to Employer — Unfair Competition — Employee Does Not Breach Fiduciary Duty to Employer by Mere Failure to Disclose Details' of Preparatory Plans of Future Competition. Maryland Metals, Inc. U. Metzner, 282 Md. 31, 382 A.2d 564 (1978), Charles P. Bauer and J. Michael Dougherty Jr.
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Casenotes: Antitrust — Clayton Act Section 4 — Standing — Supreme Court Holds That Only Direct Purchasers Have Standing to Bring Treble Damage Suit under Section 4 of Clayton Act. Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois, 431 U.S. 720 (1977), William F. Ryan Jr.
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Casenotes: Antitrust Laws — Agreement among Competing Physicians Setting Maximum Fees That May Be Claimed for Health Services Provided to Policyholders of Specified Insurance Plans Is a per Se Violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society, 457 U.S. 332 (1982), Robert E. Rupp
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Casenotes: Antitrust — Parent Corporation and Its Wholly Owned Subsidiary Are Incapable of Conspiring with Each Other under Section One of the Sherman Act. Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp., 104 S. Ct. 2731 (1984), Linda T. Penn
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Casenotes: Arbitration — Court, Not Arbitrator, Must Determine Threshold Issue Whether Valid Contract to Arbitrate Exists. Deferential Standard of Review Rejected; Court Must Undertake De Novo Review. Stephen L. Messersmith, Inc. v. Barclay Townhouse Associates, 313 Md. 652, 547 A.2d 1048 (1988), Julia Kingsley Evans
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Casenotes: Attorney Conduct — a Defense Attorney Who Follows ABA Standards When His Client Manifests an Intent to Commit Perjury Is Not Jeopardizing the Client's Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel. Nix v. Whiteside, 475 U.S. 157 (1986), John M. Seeberger
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Casenotes: Attorney Malpractice — under Third Party Beneficiary Theory, Nonclient Can Sue Attorney for Negligent Misrepresentation without Proof of Privity of Contract. Flaherty v. Weinberg, 303 Md. 116, 492 A.2d 618 (1985), Courtney Blair Michel
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Casenotes: Bankruptcy — Trustee May Not Abandon Property in Contravention of a State Statute or Regulation That Is Designed to Protect the Public from Identified Hazards. Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 474 U.S. 494 (1986), Laura Jacobs Margulies
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Casenotes: Bar Admissions — Applicant's Failure to Fully Disclose Armed Robbery Conviction Deemed Insufficient to Deny Admission to Bar upon Demonstration of Good Moral Character. In re Application of G.L.S., 292 Md. 378, 439 A.2d 1107 (1982), Michael Thomas Murphy
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Casenotes: Blue Sky Law — New York Blue Sky Law Antifraud Provision Used to Impose Criminal Liability on Attorney Who Engaged in Insider Trading. People v. Florentino, 116 Misc. 2d 692, 456 N.Y.S.2d 638 (N.Y. Crim. Ct. 1982), Ralph V. Partlow III
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Casenotes: Charter Home Rule — Charter Material — Exercise of Police Power by Non-Legislative Body — Citizens' Right to Initiate Legislation — Electorate's Exercise of Police Power in Charter Amendment Form Violates Home Rule Amendment of State Constitution. Cheeks v. Cedlair Corp., 287 Md. 595, 415 A.2d 255 (1980), Martha Frisby Rasin
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Casenotes: Civil Procedure — Quasi-in-Rem Jurisdiction — Attachment — Insurer's Obligations to Defend and Indemnify Insured Not Attachable for Purposes of Jurisdiction. Belcher v. Government Employees' Insurance Co., 282 Md. 718, 387 A.2d 770 (1978), Harry C. Storm
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Casenotes: Civil Rights — 42 U.S.C. § 1983 — Punitive Damages Are Available under Section 1983 When the Defendant's Conduct Involves Reckless or Callous Indifference of the Plaintiff's Federally Protected Rights. Smith v. Wade, 103 S. Ct. 1625 (1983), Dale E. Cantone
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Casenotes: Civil Rights — Equal Employment Opportunity — Title VII — Private Employers May Voluntarily Adopt Affirmative Action Measures to Eliminate Conspicuous Racial Imbalance in Traditionally Segregated Job Categories. United Steelworkers of America v. Weber, 99 S. Ct. 2721 (1979), Glenn Weinberg
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Casenotes: Constitutional Criminal Law — Life Sentence without Parole Imposed on Recidivist Guilty of Seven Non-Violent Crimes Constitutes Cruel and Unusual Punishment under the Eighth Amendment Proportionality Test — Solem v. Helm, 103 S.Ct. 3001 (1983), Elizabeth Gilbert Osterman
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Casenotes: Constitutional Criminal Law — Sentencing — Mandatory Sentencing Statute Requiring Life Imprisonment without Parole for Habitual Offenders of Violent Crimes Satisfies the Eighth Amendment's Proportionality Principle When Applied to a Fourth Conviction of Daytime Housebreaking. State v. Davis, 310 Md. 611, 530 A.2d 1223 (1987), Thomas Patrick Ott
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Casenotes: Constitutional Criminal Procedure — Absent a Showing of Prejudice to the Defendant, Due Process Is Not Violated by Prosecutor's Contact with Counsel for Defense Witness in an Effort to Prevent Perjury. United States v. Teague, 737 F.2d 378 (4th Cir. 1984), cert. denied, 105 S.Ct. 913 (1985), Dennis Patrick McGlone
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Casenotes: Constitutional Criminal Procedure — despite Discrepancy between Prior Description and Defendant's Actual Appearance, Eyewitness' Testimony of Pretrial and in-Court Identifications of Defendant Is Sufficient Evidence to Sustain a Conviction. Branch v. State, 305 Md. 177, 502 A.2d 496 (1986), Lisa Kristine Hoffman
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Casenotes: Constitutional Criminal Procedure — Self-Incrimination — Court May Compel Witnesses to Testify before a Grand Jury Who Are Immune from Prosecution in the United States, but Amenable to Prosecution in a Foreign Jurisdiction. United States v. Under Seal, 794 F.2d 920 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 107 S. Ct. 331 (1986), Ellen Beth Berkow
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Award of Punitive Damages Permissible under the Doctrine of Respondeat Superior in First Amendment Cases. Embrey v. Holly, 293 Md. 128, 442 A.2d 966 (1982), Susan M. Moses
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Civil Procedure — Landlord and Tenant — Rent Escrow Statute Requiring Payment into Escrow of Accrued Rents Pursuant to Demand for Jury Trial in Summary Eviction Proceeding Is an Unconstitutional Infringement of the Right to Jury Trial — Lucky Ned Pepper's Ltd. v. Columbia Park & Recreation Ass'n, 64 Md. App. 222, 494 A.2d 947 (1985), David J. Weymer
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Commerce Power Authorizes Extension of ADEA to Protect Employees of State Governments. EEOC v. Wyoming, 103 S. Ct. 1054 (1983), Steven Scott Stephens
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Commercial Speech — Federal Statute Prohibiting Mailing of Unsolicited Contraception Advertisements Violates First Amendment as Applied to Accurate Mailings That Contribute to Informed Decision Making. Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp., 103 S. Ct. 2875 (1983), Janet S. Hankin
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Constitutional Guarantees of Open Public Proceedings in Criminal Trials Extend to Voir Dire Examination of Potential Jurors. Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court, 104 S. Ct. 819 (1984), Kevin M. Soper
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Constitutionality of Double Celling Requires Examination of Total Prison Conditions. Nelson v. Collins, 659 F.2d 420 (4th Cir. 1981) (en banc), Harry Levy
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Constitutionality of Legislative Imposition of Vicarious Parental Liability for Delinquent Acts of Juveniles. In re John H., 293 Md. 295, 443 A.2d 594 (1982), Burton H. Levin
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Criminal Law — Double Jeopardy — Under "Required Evidence" Test, Underlying Attempted Armed Robbery Merges upon Conviction for Felony-Murder. Newton v. State, 280 Md. 260, 373 A.2d 262 (1977), Michael W. Prokopik
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Criminal Law — Maryland Declaration of Rights Requires Unanimous Jury Verdict, Unless Defendant Waives Right Effectively. State v. Mckay, 280 Md. 558, 375 A.2d 228 (1977), Robert A. Greenberg
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Criminal Procedure — Eavesdropping — Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968: A Search without a Warrant? Dalia v. United States, 441 U.S. 238 (1979), Theodore Scott Basik
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Criminal Procedure — Plea Bargains — Constitution Held to Afford Criminal Defendants a Right to Specific Performance of Plea Proposals under Appropriate Circumstances. Cooper v. United States, 594 F.2d 12 (4th Cir. 1979), Judith A. Wood
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Criminal Procedure — Right to Counsel — Indigent Misdemeanor Defendant Not Entitled to Court-Appointed Attorney Unless Sentenced to Actual Confinement. Scott v. Illinois, 440 U.S. 367 (1979), Michael E. Cross
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — First Amendment — Dismissal of State Employee for Distributing Questionnaire Upheld Where Speech Tangentially Affected Public Concern and Questionnaire Had Potential to Disrupt Office, Undermine Supervisory Authority, and Destroy Close Working Relationships. Connick v. Meyers, 103 S. Ct. 1984 (1983), Kevin Thornton
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — First Amendment — Regulation Prohibiting Sleeping in National Parks Upheld as a Valid Time, Place, and Manner Regulation Regardless of Whether Sleeping Is Speech. Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence, 104 S. Ct. 3065 (1984), Susan H. Hickes
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Fourth Amendment — Random Stopping of Vehicles by Police for Routine Checks of License and Vehicle Registration Violates Fourth Amendment. Goode v. State, 41 Md. App. 623, 398 A.2d 801 (1979), Constantine James Sfekas and Cynthia A. Riley
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Freedom of Speech — Maryland Court of Appeals Holds Unconstitutional Maryland's Anti-Residential Picketing Statute. State v. Schuller, 280 Md. 305, 372 A.2d 1076 (1977), Alan Cohen
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Income Tax Deductions for Tuition, Transportation, and Textbook Expenditures Made by Parents of Children Attending Public and Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Schools Are Not Violative of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Mueller v. Allen, 103 S. Ct. 3062 (1983), Judith D. Markoya
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — in Personam Jurisdiction — Nonresident Insurer's Solicitation of Modification to Insurance Contract Provides Sufficient Minimum Contact with Forum State to Satisfy Due Process Jurisdictional Requirements. August v. HBA Life Insurance Co., 734 F.2d 168 (4th Cir. 1984), Elizabeth Suzan VanLaningham-Miller
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Maryland Circuit Courts Have Parens Patriae Jurisdiction to Authorize Guardians to Consent to Sterilization of Incompetent Minors When the Procedure Is Medically Necessary. Wentzel v. Montgomery General Hospital, Inc., 293 Md. 685, 447 A.2d 1244 (1982), Lori Joy Eisner
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Military Enlisted Personnel May Not Recover Damages from Superior Officers for Violations of Constitutional Rights. Chappell v. Wallace, 103 S. Ct. 2362 (1983), Alan G. Kaufman
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Roadside Sobriety Tests May Not Be Administered by Law Enforcement Officials without Probable Cause to Believe the Defendant Was Driving While Intoxicated. People v. Carlson, 677 P.2d 310 (Colo. 1984), Elena A. Rodney
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Scope of a Warrantless Automobile Search Extends to Closed Containers and Is as Broad as a Magistrate Could Authorize in a Warrant. United States v. Ross, 102 S. Ct. 2157 (1982), Ronald W. Slonaker
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Search and Seizure — 19 U.S.C. § 1581(a) — Random and Suspicionless Boarding of Vessel by Customs Officers Does Not Violate the Fourth Amendment's Prohibition against Unreasonable Search and Seizure. United States v. Villamonte-Marquez, 103 S. Ct. 2573 (1983), Richard Lloyd Miller
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Sixth Amendment Guarantees Assistance of Counsel That Is Reasonably Effective and Does Not Prejudice the Fairness of the Proceeding. Strickland v. Washington, 104 S. Ct. 2052 (1984), Jonathan E. Fink
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — Standing — Parents of Black Children Attending Public Schools Undergoing Desegregation Lack Standing to Challenge Allegedly Ineffective IRS Procedures Designed to Limit Tax-Exempt Status to Racially Nondiscriminatory Private Schools. Allen v. Wright, 104 S. Ct. 3315 (1984), Susan D. Cobun
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — the Rejection of an Otherwise Qualified Male Applicant to a State-Funded Nursing College Solely Because of Sex Constitutes a Violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan, 102 S. Ct. 3331 (1982), Gerry E. Hoban
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law — The Supreme Court Upholds the Constitutionality of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Mistretta v. United States, 488 U.S. 361 (1989), Stanley Turk
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Casenotes: Constitutional Law - upon Proof of His Insanity by a Preponderance of the Evidence, Due Process Does Not Require Limiting the Confinement of an Insanity Acquittee to the Hypothetical Maximum Sentence He Could Have Received. Jones v. United States, 103 S. Ct. 3043 (1983), Lori Lynn Blair
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Casenotes: Contract Law — Waiver of Arbitration Rights by Litigating One Issue Is Not a Waiver of the Same Rights as to Unrelated Issues. Charles J. Frank, Inc. v. Associated Jewish Charities, Inc., 294 Md. 443, 450 A.2d 1304 (1982), Neal Mullan Brown
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Casenotes: Contracts — Damages — Government Procurement — Government Not Liable for Impact Damages Suffered in the Performance of a Subsequent Contract Allegedly Caused by Constructive Changes to a Prior Contract. General Dynamics Corp. v. United States, 585 F.2d 457 (Ct. Cl. 1978), Francis John Gorman
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Casenotes: Corporations — Fiduciary Duty — Circumstances Held Not Sufficiently Suspicious to Invoke Majority Stockholder's Duty to Investigate Purchasers Prior to Sale of Stock. Clagett v. Hutchison, 583 F.2d 1259 (4th Cir. 1978), Sherry A. Aarons
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Casenotes: Corporations — Fiduciary Duty of Majority Shareholders — Has Spring Arrived for the Frozen out Minority? Twenty Seven Trust v. Realty Growth Investors & RGI Holding Co., 533 F. Supp. 1028 (D. Md. 1982), Bryan D. Bolton
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Casenotes: Corporations — Securities Law — Definition of Security — Federal Securities Laws Applicable to Sale of a Business Effectuated by a Stock Sale of All the Business's Stock. Landreth Timber Co. v. Landreth, 105 S. Ct. 2297 (1985), Jeff Cook
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Casenotes: Criminal Law — Accessoryship — an Accessory before the Fact May Be Convicted of a Greater Crime or Degree of Crime Than the Principal. Jones v. State, 302 Md. 153, 486 A.2d 184 (1985), Michael Carlis
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Casenotes: Criminal Law — Admission into Evidence of Defendant's Refusal to Submit to Blood-Alcohol Test Does Not Violate the Fifth Amendment Privilege against Self-Incrimination. South Dakota v. Neville, 103 S. Ct. 916 (1983), Richard Kelley Reed
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Casenotes: Criminal Law — Amnesia as to the Events of the Crime Charged Does Not by Itself Justify a Finding of Incompetence to Stand Trial. Morrow v. State, 293 Md. 247, 443 A.2d 108 (1982), Kevin L. Shepherd
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Casenotes: Criminal Law — Conspiracy — Rule of Conspiratorial Consistency Not Applicable to Verdicts Rendered in Separate Trials. Gardner v. State, 286 Md. 520, 408 A.2d 1317 (1979), Lauren A. Greco
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Casenotes: Criminal Law — Constitutional Law — Intervention — Media May Intervene in Criminal Cases to Contest Orders Restricting Publicity. News American v. State, 294 Md. 30, 447 A.2d 1264 (1982), Catherine A. Potthast
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Casenotes: Criminal Law — Evidence — Attorney-Client Privilege — Disclosures by Criminal Defendant to Defense-Retained Psychiatrist Held within Scope of Attorney-Client Privilege Which Defendant Does Not Waive by Pleading Insanity. State v. Pratt, 284 Md. 516, 398 A.2d 421 (1979), Stuart J. Cordish
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Casenotes Criminal Law — Evidence — Expert Testimony That Rape Victim Suffered Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Is Admissible to Rebut a Defense of Consent. State v. Allewalt, 308 Md. 89, 517 A.2d 741 (1986), Robert C. Sanders
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Casenotes: Criminal Law — Homicide — Felony-Murder — Felon Is Culpable for Murder in the First Degree under Maryland's Felony-Murder Statute When Police Officer Kills Kidnapped Hostage Used by Felon as Human Shield. Jackson v. State, 286 Md. 430, 408 A.2d 711 (1979), John A. Roberts
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Casenotes: Criminal Law — Maryland Adopts the Model Penal Code's Substantial Step Test for Criminal Attempt. Young v. State, 303 Md. 298, 493 A.2d 352 (1985), A. Dean Stocksdale
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Casenotes: Criminal Procedure — Appellate Review of Sentencing — Sentencing Guidelines — Sentencing Judge's Mistaken Application of Sentencing Guidelines Did Not Require Appellate Court to Vacate Sentence When Sentence Was within Statutory Limits and Was the Result of the Judge's Good Faith Exercise of Discretion. Teasley v. State, 298 Md. 364, 470 A.2d 337 (1984), Mary Elizabeth Wildemann
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Casenotes: Criminal Procedure — Appellate Review — Plain Error Rule — Advisory Instruction to Jury Suggesting Unavailability of "Not Guilty" Alternative Constitutes Reviewable Plain Error despite Absence of Trial Objection and Presence of "Not Guilty" Option on Jury's Verdict Sheet. State v. Hutchinson, 287 Md. 198, 411 A.2d 1035 (1980), Kevin G. Hessler
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Casenotes: Criminal Procedure — Constitutional Law — Refusal to Allow Defendant to Introduce Testimony of Alibi Witness Was Neither an Abuse of Discretion nor a Violation of Due Process When the Defendant Failed to Comply with Procedural Notice of Alibi Rule. Taliaferro v. State, 295 Md. 376, 456 A.2d 29, cert. denied, 103 S. Ct. 2114 (1983), Stuart R. Berger
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Casenotes: Criminal Procedure — Defendant's Absence from a Stage of the Trial Can Constitute Harmless Error despite Maryland Rule Requiring Presence. Noble v. State, 293 Md. 549, 446 A.2d 844 (1982), Gary David Raffel
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Casenotes: Criminal Procedure — Double Jeopardy Clause Does Not Prohibit Legislatures from Authorizing Cumulative Punishment for Separate Offenses Considered the Same under Blockburger Test. Missouri v. Hunter, 103 S. Ct. 673 (1983), Jeffrey M. Kotz
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Casenotes: Criminal Procedure — Exclusionary Rule — Evidence Obtained from Defendant during Period of Unnecessary Delay in Presenting Him before a Judicial Officer Subject to Exclusion under M.D.R. 723(a). Johnson v. State, 282 Md. 314, 384 A.2d 709 (1978), John E. Betts
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Casenotes: Criminal Procedure — Juveniles — State Law Authorizing Pretrial Detention of Juveniles upon a Finding of Risk of Future Criminal Behavior Upheld as Valid under the Due Process Clause. Schall v. Martin, 104 S. Ct. 2403 (1984), Kim Detrick
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Casenotes: Criminal Procedure — Maryland Rule 746 — Scheduling Criminal Cases for Trial — Maryland Rule 746 Requires That Criminal Charges Be Dismissed When State Fails to Bring Case to Trial within Prescribed Period and Fails to Establish Extraordinary Cause Justifying Postponement. State v. Hicks, 285 Md. 310, 403 A.2d 356 (1979), Stephen Fielder and Jeffrey Miller
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Casenotes: Criminal Procedure — Right to Counsel — Premature Verdict Rendered before Summation, Even if Stricken, Amounts to a Denial of Right to Assistance of Counsel. Spence v. State, 296 Md. 416, 463 A.2d 808 (1983), Stuart H. Arnovits
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Casenotes: Debtor-Creditor Relations — Garnishment — Garnishee Who Enters into a Bona Fide Pregarnishment Contract with a Debtor Does Not Have Possession of Debtor's Property and Is Not Liable for Fees Received by Debtor. Cocco v. Merchants Mortgage Co., 69 Md. App. 68, 516 A.2d 596 (1986), James E. Urmin
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Casenotes: Domestic Relations — Antenuptial Agreements — Antenuptial Agreements Waiving Alimony Are Not Void per se. Frey v. Frey, 298 Md. 552, 471 A.2d 705 (1984), Kathryn Lego Armiger
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Casenotes: Domestic Relations — Child Custody — a Parent's Adultery Raises No Presumption of Unfitness for Child Custody. Davis v. Davis, 280 Md. 119, 372 A.2d 231 (1977), Raymond L. Bank
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Casenotes: Domestic Relations — Divorce and Separation — Term Minor Child in Maryland Property Disposition Statute Does Not Include Stepchild for Award of Use and Possession of the Family Home. Bledsoe v. Bledsoe, 294 Md. 183, 448 A.2d 353 (1982), Elizabeth A. Hambrick-Stowe
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Casenotes: Domestic Relations — Doctrine of Necessaries — Court of Appeals of Maryland Abrogates Common Law Doctrine of Necessaries and Declares Statutory Duty of a Husband to Be Liable for Necessaries Supplied to His Wife Invalid. Condore v. Prince George's County, 289 Md. 516, 425 A.2d 1011 (1981), Nancy Kabara Dowling
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Casenotes: Domestic Relations — Support of Stepchildren — Obligation to Support Stepchild Held to Be a Debt, Not a Legal Duty, and Therefore Stepparent's Contempt of Court for Default in Support Payments Cannot Be Punished by Imprisonment. Brown v. Brown, 287 Md. 273, 412 A.2d 396 (1980), Catherine L. Kruchen
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Casenotes: Educational Tort Law — Cause of Action for Educational Malpractice Requires Intentional and Malicious Conduct by School Officials. Hunter v. Board of Education, 292 Md. 481, 439 A.2d 582 (1982), Michael Morucci
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Casenotes: Eminent Domain — Compensation — a Public Condemnee Is Entitled Only to the Market Value of a Condemned Facility When the Market Value of the Condemned Facility Is Ascertainable. United States v. 50 Acres of Land, 105 S. Ct. 451 (1984), Steven M. Sindler
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Casenotes: Employment Discrimination — "Person" in Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments Includes Employees of Federally Funded Programs — HEW Regulations to Enforce Title IX Are Valid. North Haven Board of Education v. Bell, 456 U.S. 512 (1982), Cathleen N. Cawley
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Casenotes: Evidence — Maryland Adopts the Present Sense Impression Exception to the Hearsay Rule. Booth v. State, 306 Md. 313, 508 A.2d 976 (1986), Jonathan Z. May
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Casenotes: Evidence — Scientific Evidence — Spectrographic Voice Identification Held Inadmissible Pending the General Acceptance of the Technique by the Scientific Community. Reed v. State, 283 Md. 374, 391 A.2d 364 (1978), Daniel R. Anderson
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Casenotes: Evidence — Use of Prior Bad Acts Not Resulting in Conviction Are Permissible for Impeachment Purposes if Probative of Veracity and Readily Provable. State v. Cox, 298 Md. 173, 468 A.2d 319 (1983), John Jude Hathway
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Casenotes: Executive Power — Executive Privilege — Privilege of Executive to Shield Information from Discovery — Doctrine of Executive Privilege Recognized in Maryland to Prevent Disclosure of Official Information. Hamilton v. Verdow, 287 Md. 544, 414 A.2d 914 (1980), JoAnn Ellinghaus-Jones
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Casenotes: Family Law — a Professional Degree or License Acquired during Marriage Is Not Marital Property Subject to Equitable Distribution under the Property Disposition in Annulment and Divorce Law. Archer v. Archer, 303 Md. 347, 493 A.2d 1074 (1985), Shoshana L. Katz
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Casenotes: Family Law — Joint Custody — a Trial Court Has the Authority to Award Joint Custody under Its Equity Powers, but Should Consider a Variety of Factors before Determining That a Joint Custody Award Is Appropriate. Taylor v. Taylor, 306 Md. 290, 508 A.2d 964 (1986), Denise Barrett-Benvenga
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Casenotes: Federal Bankruptcy Law — a Personal Guarantee from a Corporate Insider May Mean That Payments Received by the Lender within One Year Prior to the Debtor's Filing for Insolvency Are Subject to an Extended Preference Period and Recovery from the Lender. Levit v. Ingersoll Rand Financial Corp., 874 F.2d 1186 (7th Cir. 1989), Chellis E. Neal
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Casenotes: Federal Income Tax — Charitable Contributions — an Individual's Assignment of Premium Refunds to the American Bar Endowment Is Deductible When the Relationship between the Endowment and the Taxpayer Is Not Predominately of a Business Nature and the Transaction Has a Substantial Charitable Component. American Bar Endowment v. United States, 761 F.2d 1573 (Fed. Cir.), Cert. Granted, 106 S. Ct. 522 (1985), James M. di Stefano
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Casenotes: Federal Income Tax — Foreign Currency Transactions — Loss on Borrowing and Repayment of Foreign Currency, Even Though Foreign Currency Is a Capital Asset, Results in an Ordinary Loss as There Was No Sale or Exchange. National-Standard Co. v. Commissioner, 80 T.C. 551 (1983), Neil Z. Insel
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Casenotes: Federal Income Tax — Section 1001 — Donor's Gift of Appreciated Property Conditioned on the Donee's Payment of Resulting Gift Tax Results in Taxable Income to the Extent That Gift Tax Paid by Donee Exceeds Donor's Adjusted Basis in the Property. Diedrich v. Commissioner, 457 U.S. 191 (1982), John J. Varley
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Casenotes: Federal Income Tax — Taxpayers Can Defer the Gain Recognized on the Sale of Their Primary Residence and Deduct Depreciation and Maintenance Expenses on the Rental of That Same Property. Bolaris v. Commissioner, 776 F.2d 1428 (9th Cir. 1985), Kendel L. Sibiski
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Casenotes: Federal Securities Law — Definition of a Security — the Sale of Business Doctrine Rejected — Federal Jurisdiction under Rule 10b-5 When Fraud Occurs in Connection with the Sale of a Business Structured as a Sale of the Corporate Stocks. Golden v. Garafalo, 678 F.2d 1139 (2d Cir. 1982), Donna Bianco Imhoff
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Casenotes: Income Tax — Section 162 — Traveling Expense Deductions — Absent Principal Place of Business, Traveling Salesperson's Tax Home Is Geographic Concentration of Income-Producing Activity. Daly v. Commissioner, 662 F.2d 253 (4th Cir. 1981), Rita Linder Blundo
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Casenotes: Insurance — Professional Liability — Insurer Must Prove Actual Prejudice to Escape Liability Because of Late Notice by Insured Where Claims-Made Policy Is Ambiguous as to Coverage. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v. House, 315 Md. 328, 554 A.2d 404 (1989) (4-3 decision), Frederick W. Goundry III
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Casenotes: Insurance — Where Spouse Deliberately Damages Jointly Owned Property, the Innocent Spouse May Recover under a Fire Insurance Policy Which Protects the Interests of Each Spouse. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v. Molloy, 291 Md. 139, 433 A.2d 1135 (1981), Mark G. Levin
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Casenotes: Joint Tort-Feasors — Contribution — Release — Joint Tort-Feasor's Payment for Pro Rata Release in Excess of Its Pro Rata Share Operated to Satisfy Injured Party's Judgment Entered against Nonsettling Joint Tort-Feasor. Martinez v. Lopez, 300 Md. 91, 476 A.2d 197 (1984), Daniel R. Lanier
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Casenotes: Judicial Immunity — State Judicial Officials Are Not Immune from Prospective Relief in an Action Brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 or from Paying Attorney's Fees to Prevailing Parties Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988. Pulliam v. Allen, 104 S. Ct. 1970 (1984), Douglas Noah Silber
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Casenotes: Landlord — Tenant — Tenant Has a Claim against Landlord for Breach of Quiet Enjoyment Leading to Constructive Eviction When Landlord Fails to Enforce a Provision in Another Tenant's Lease That Bars Excessive Noise. Bocchini v. Gorn Management Co., 69 Md. App. 1, 515 A.2d 1179 (1986), Susan Schuppner Sands
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Casenotes: Maritime Law — Doctrine of Interspousal Immunity Held Inapplicable within Federal Admiralty Jurisdiction. Byrd v. Byrd, 657 F.2d 615 (4th Cir. 1981), Gail Rudie Cohn
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Casenotes: Maritime Law — Land-Based Negligence Standard of Care Established in a Longshoreman's Third Party Action against Vessel Owner Under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act of 1972. Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. Santos, 451 U.S. 156 (1981), Julia C. Neal
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Casenotes: Medical Malpractice — Limitation of Actions — Discovery Rule Denies Preliminary Investigation Period Because Knowledge of Facts Raising the Inquiry Satisfies Actual Notice Requirement. Lutheran Hospital v. Levy, 60 Md. App. 227, 482 A.2d 23 (1984), cert. denied, 302 Md. 288, 487 A.2d 292 (1985), Edward T. Pinder
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Casenotes: Municipal Corporations/Charter Counties — County Ordinance Enacted Pursuant to Express Powers Act Prevails over Ordinances Enacted by Municipalities within That County Pursuant to Municipal Express Powers Act. Mayor of Forest Heights v. Tillie Frank, 291 Md. 331, 435 A.2d 425 (1981), Susan L. Spence
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Casenotes: New Trials — Criminal Procedure — Constitutional Law — New Trial Not Warranted Unless Newly Discovered Evidence Satisfies Threshold Requirement of Materiality to the Outcome of the Case. Stevenson v. State, 299 Md. 297, 473 A.2d 450 (1984), Nicole Porter
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Casenotes: New Trials — Juror Misconduct — Evidence — Where Motion for New Trial Is Based on Jury's Exposure to Extraneous Matter during Deliberations, Movant Must Show Probable Prejudice — Jurors' Affidavits Are Incompetent Evidence. Wernsing v. General Motors Corp., 298 Md. 406, 470 A.2d 802 (1984), Laurell Kalvan
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Casenotes: Securities Fraud — Rule 10b-5 — Tippee Liability Requires Breach of Fiduciary Duty by Tipper, and Tippee's Knowledge of the Breach. Dirks v. SEC, 103 S. Ct. 3255 (1983), Nancy I. Knapp
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Casenotes: Statute of Limitations — Medical Malpractice — Constitutional Law — Five Year Statute of Repose on Medical Malpractice Claims That Commences When an Injury Occurs Is Constitutional. Hill v. Fitzgerald, 304 Md. 689, 501 A.2d 27 (1985), Nancy E. Leibowitz
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Casenotes: Statutes — Referendum — Appropriation — Stadium Enactments Not Subject to Referendum Because They Fall within Appropriation Exception to Referendum Amendment. Kelly v. Marylanders for Sports Sanity, Inc., 310 Md. 437, 530 A.2d 245 (1987), Denise Ramsburg Stanley
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Casenotes: Tax Collection — Where One Codepositor in a Joint Bank Account Fails to Pay Federal Income Tax, the Internal Revenue Service May Levy on the Account without Notice to Innocent Codepositors, Provided the Delinquent Taxpayer Has an Absolute Right under State Law to Withdraw Funds from the Joint Account. United States v. National Bank of Commerce, 105 S. Ct. 2919 (1985), Stephen S. McCloskey
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Casenotes: Title VII — Employment Discrimination — Title VII Provides Claim for Law Firm Associate Alleging Sex Discrimination in Partnership Selection. Hishon v. King & Spalding, 104 S. Ct. 2229 (1984), Marjorie H. Wax
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Casenotes: Title VII — Spousal Pregnancy Benefits — Differential Treatment of Spousal Benefits Violates Title VII. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. EEOC, 103 S. Ct. 2622 (1983), Mari Stanley
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Casenotes: Tort Law — Emotional Distress Capable of Healing Itself Is an Insufficient Injury for a Claim of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, and Emotional Distress That Does Not Cause Physical Injury Capable of Objective Determination Is an Insufficient Injury for a Claim of Negligence. Hamilton v. Ford Motor Credit Co., 66 Md. App. 46, 502 A.2d 1057, cert. denied, 306 Md. 118, 507 A.2d 631 (1986), Neal C. Baroody
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Casenotes: Tort Law — Upon Request, Jurors in a Personal Injury Case Must Be Instructed That the Damages Awarded Are Not Subject to Federal and State Income Taxes. Blanchfield v. Dennis, 292 Md. 319, 438 A.2d 1330 (1982), John R. Kaye
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Casenotes: Torts — Causes of Action Exist for Negligence, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, and Fraud for Transmission of a Sexually Communicable Disease between Unmarried Partners. B.N. v. K.K., 312 Md. 135, 538 A.2d 1175 (1988), Glen P. Smith
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Casenotes: Torts — Defamation — Comments Made While Petitioning a Legislative Body for a Redress of Grievances Are Absolutely Privileged. Sherrard v. Hull, 53 Md. App. 553, 456 A.2d 59, aff'd per curiam, 296 Md. 189, 460 A.2d 601 (1983), Michael A. Duff
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Casenotes: Torts — Defamation — Judicial Immunity — Absolute Immunity Afforded Potential Witnesses for Statements Published in Unfiled Documents Prepared for Possible Use in a Pending Judicial Proceeding. Adams v. Peck, 288 Md. 1, 415 A.2d 292 (1980), Harold Douglas Norton
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Casenotes: Torts — Domestic Law — Maryland Abrogates Interspousal Immunity in Negligence Cases. Boblitz v. Boblitz, 296 Md. 242, 462 A.2d 506 (1983), Brian Seth Jablon
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Casenotes: Torts — Family Law — Criminal Conversation — Judicial Abrogation of the Civil Action for Adultery. Kline v. Ansell, 287 Md. 585, 414 A.2d 929 (1980), Sherry Hamburg Flax
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Casenotes: Torts — Interspousal Immunity — Maryland Abrogates Interspousal Immunity in Cases of Outrageous Intentional Torts. Lusby v. Lusby, 283 Md. 334, 390 A.2d 77 (1978), Judith Bette Becker and Richard D. Caplan
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Casenotes: Torts — Joint Tortfeasors — Accord and Satisfaction Executed by One Joint Tortfeasor Constitutes a Release of That Defendant from Further Liability but Not a Bar to the Plaintiff's Suit against the Unreleased Joint Tortfeasor nor to the Unreleased Joint Tortfeasor's Indemnity Claim against the Released Tortfeasor. Loh v. Safeway Stores, Inc., 47 Md. App. 110, 422 A.2d 16 (1980), Timothy M. Mulligan Jr.
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Casenotes: Torts — Judicial Immunity: A Sword for the Malicious or a Shield for the Conscientious? Stump v. Sparkman, 98 S. Ct. 1099 (1978), John Bennett Sinclair
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Casenotes: Torts — Loss of Consortium — Children Do Not Have a Cause of Action for Loss of Parental Consortium When a Parent Survives a Tortious Injury. Gaver v. Harrant, 316 Md. 17, 557 A.2d 210 (1989), James E. Myers
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Casenotes: Torts — Master and Servant — Negligent Hiring — Employer Owes a Duty to the General Public to Use Reasonable Care in Hiring and Retaining Employees. Evans v. Morsell, 284 Md. 160, 395 A.2d 480 (1978), Marianne Jeannette Schmitt
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Casenotes: Torts — Medical Malpractice — Court of Appeals of Maryland Adopts Doctrine of Informed Consent. Sard v. Hardy, 281 Md. 432, 379 A.2d 1014 (1977), John R. Penhallegon
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Casenotes: Torts — Negligence — Physicians Are Liable for the Expenses of Raising a Child When the Child's Birth Is the Result of a Negligently Performed Sterilization Procedure. Jones v. Malinowski, 299 Md. 257, 473 A.2d 429 (1984), Lisa Stello
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Casenotes: Torts — Private Citizen Attempting to Arrest Felon Liable for Negligent Acts toward Innocent Third Parties. Giant Food, Inc. v. Scherry, 51 Md. App. 586, 444 A.2d 483 (1982), Nicholas F. McCoy
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Casenotes: Torts — Satisfaction — Release — Where the Terms of a General Release Are Ambiguous with Respect to Whether the Parties Intend to Bar Suit against a Subsequent Negligent Physician, Parol Evidence Is Admissible to Determine the Intent of the Parties at the Time of Execution. Morgan v. Cohen, 309 Md. 304, 523 A.2d 1003 (1987) (4-3 decision), Mark Alan Billhimer
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Casenotes: Trademark Law — Monopoly Trademark Held Generic under a "Mutually Exclusive Approach." Anti-Monopoly, Inc. v. General Mills Fun Group, Inc., 684 F.2d 1316 (9th Cir. 1982), Donna Ann Rubelmann
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Casenotes: Trusts — Spendthrift Provisions — Inter Vivos Transfer of Grantor-Spouse's Interest in Tenancy by Entirety and Subsequent Testamentary Creation of Spendthrift Trust by Grantee-Spouse in Favor of Grantor-Spouse Held to Be Valid against Latter's Creditors. Watterson v. Edgerly, 40 Md. App. 230, 388 A.2d 934 (1978), Richard C.B. Woods
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Casenotes: Uniform Commercial Code — Implied Warranty Provisions of the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code Are Applicable to Consumer Goods Even When the Transaction Is Predominantly One for the Rendering of Consumer Services. Anthony Pools v. Sheehan, 295 Md. 285, 455 A.2d 434 (1983), Dennis J. Bodley
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Casenotes: Usury — Maryland Annotated Code, Article 49 — a Lender's Retention of Loan Related Costs, Unless Exempted, Constitutes Interest — Unpaid Balance Is That Sum Actually Owed by a Borrower to a Lender. Tri-County Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. Lyle, 280 Md. 69, 371 A.2d 424 (1977), Jeffrey J. Plum
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Casenotes: Wills — Apportionment of Estate Tax — Uniform Estate Tax Apportionment Act Held to Require That Only Clear and Unambiguous Language May Direct That Residuary Legatees Bear the Estate Tax on the Whole of the Estate. Johnson v. Hall, 283 Md. 644, 392 A.2d 1103 (1978), Edward S. Geldermann
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Casenotes: Workers' Compensation Law — Coemployee Liability — Injured Employees May Not Recover Damages from Supervisors or Corporate Officers Absent the Breach of a Personal Duty of Care. Athas v. Hill, 300 Md. 133, 476 A.2d 710 (1984), Michael L. Jennings
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Casenotes: Workmen's Compensation — Permanent Partial Disability — Evidence of Actual Wages Admissible as a Factor to Be Considered in Determining Claimant's Loss of Earning Capacity. Hall v. Willard Sand & Gravel Co., 60 Md. App. 260, 482 A.2d 159 (1984), Ralph E. Wilson III
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Casenote: The Death Penalty Cases: A Summary, Charles J. Iseman
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Casenote: The "Import-Export" Clause Reexamined, Byron L. Warnken
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Casenote: Warrantless Arrests, Lindsay Schlottman
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Casenote Women In Labor (or The Female's Blue Collar Blues) - 999 S. Ct. 2628 (April 1, 1976), J. Cheever Loophole
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Case Note: Zoning-Riparian Rights-Improved Lands under Navigable Waters Subject to Local Ordinances. Harbor Island Marina v. Board of Commissioners, 286 Md. 303, 407 A.2d 738 (1979), Harold Norton
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Catch Me If You Can! Resolving the Ethical Tragedies in the Brave New World of Jury Selection, José F. Anderson
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Causation in Employment Discrimination Analysis: A Proposed Marriage of the Croson and Wards Cove Rationales, Michael L. Marshall
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Caveat Venditor: Constructive Eviction and Implied Warranties in Leasing, Stuart R. Blatt and Nicholas Nunzio
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CEDAW and Rural Development: Empowering Women with Law from the Top down, Activism from the Bottom Up, Marta R. Vanegas and Lisa R. Pruitt
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Challenging Public Investigative Reports: How to Fight the Hearsay Exception, Steven P. Grossman and Stephen J. Shapiro
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Changing Course in the Anti-Domestic Violence Legal Movement: From Safety to Security, Margaret E. Johnson
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"Charitable Choice" and the Accountability Challenge: Reconciling the Need for Regulation with the First Amendment Religion Clauses, Michele E. Gilman
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Check List and Basic Guide to the Administration of Decedents' Estates under New Article 93, Revised to July 1, 1973, Together with a Summary of Pertinent 1973 Session Laws of the General Assembly of Maryland and an Appendix of Forms, James G. McCabe
Chesapeake Waters: Four Centuries of Controversy, Concern and Legislation (Second Edition), Steven A.G. Davison, Jay G. Merwin Jr., John Capper, Garrett Power, and Frank R. Shivers Jr.
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Child Abuse: The Second Victimization, Paul A. Dorf
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Child Custody and Visitation in Maryland: In the Best Interests of the Child, Kim H. McGavin
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Child Custody Disputes Between Biological Parents and Third Parties, Harry C. Storm
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Child Custody Evaluations: Review of the Literature and Annotated Bibliography, Barbara A. Babb, Gloria Danziger, Judith D. Moran, J. Mason Weeda, and William A. Mack
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Children Are Losing Maryland's "Tender Years" War, Lynn McLain
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Child Support Harming Children: Subordinating the Best Interests of Children to the Fiscal Interests of the State, Daniel L. Hatcher
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Child Support in Maryland: Time for Change?, Barbara A. Babb
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Choice of Law in Product Liability Actions: Order for the Practitioner in a Reign of Chaos, Edward S. Digges Jr. and Michael T. Wharton
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Choosing the Appropriate State Statute of Limitations for Section 1983 Claims after Wilson v. Garcia: A Theory Applied to Maryland Law, Stephen J. Shapiro
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Citizen Journalists & the Right to Gather News: Why Maryland Needs to Acknowledge a First Amendment Right to Record the Police, Kristine L. Dietz
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Clinical Legal Education: A (Brief) Comparison of the Evolving Structures and Pedagogy in Mexico, Canada and the United States, Elizabeth Keyes, David C. Koelsch, and Alejandro Posadas
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Closing the Barn Door After the Genie is Out of the Bag: Recognizing a "Futility Principle" in First Amendment Jurisprudence, Eric Easton
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Code of Ethics Revisited, William I. Weston
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Cole v. Burns International Security Services: Mandatory Arbitration of Statutory Discrimination Claim, John A. Gray
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Collateral Children: Consequence and Illegality at the Intersection of Foster Care and Child Support, Daniel L. Hatcher
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Collecting Child Support: A History of Federal and State Initiatives, Jane C. Murphy and Naomi R. Cahn
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Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector: Carroll County Education Association, Inc. v. Board of Education of Carroll County, Luke Mickum
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Colorization: Byting More Than You Can Chew?, Joseph J. Libricz Jr.
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Commemorative Histories of the Bench and Bar: In Celebration of the Bicentennial of Baltimore City 1797-1997, John Carroll Byrnes
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Comment: Additional Barriers to Breaking the Silence: Issues to Consider When Representing a Victim of Same-Sex Domestic Violence, Satoko Harada
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Comment: Adverse Spousal Testimony in Maryland and the Fourth Circuit, Marleen Bleich Miller
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Commentaries on the IAALS' Honoring Families Initiative White Paper, Barbara A. Babb
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Comment: A Right under OSHA to Refuse Unsafe Work or a Hobson's Choice of Safety or Job?, Susan T. Preston
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Commentary, Kenneth Golberg
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Commentary: 1996 Spring Commencement Speech, Peter G. Angelos
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Commentary: 1997 Commencement Speech: The Honorable Robert M. Bell: Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Robert M. Bell
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Commentary: 1998 Spring Commencement Speech, Martha Frisby Rasin
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Commentary: Abuse of Grand Jury Process and Media Caused by Bias Tragedy, Andrew Battista
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Commentary: A Law Professor's View from the Jury Box, Stephen J. Shapiro
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Commentary: Anonymous Juries in State Court, Thomas E. Noel
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Commentary: A Perspective on Civil Rights Challenges, Deval L. Patrick
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Commentary: Chiropractor as an Expert Witness, Mark A. Shulman
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Commentary: Does the Workers' Compensation System of Maryland Favor the Injured Worker?: No, Ronald J. Levasseur
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Commentary: Does the Workers' Compensation System of Maryland Favor the Injured Worker?: Yes, William R. Levasseur
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Commentary: Invisible Teachers: A Comment on Perceptions in the Classroom, Robert F. Nagel
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Commentary: Justice Brennan's Legacy and the Potentially Jilting Souter, John J. Capowski
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Commentary: Maryland Discovery Changes: Reform or Retreat?, John A. Lynch Jr.
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Commentary: Mazzone V State: The Marital Privilege Unbound, Philip S. Jackson
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Commentary: Pre-Trial Publicity: Can There Be a Fair Trial When the Press and the Prosecutor Join Hands?, Ruth G. Allen
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Commentary: Secrets of the Bar: A Guide to the Unauthorized Practice of Law, James D. Gordon III
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Commentary: Taking the Law Firm-Ly into His Own Hands, Mike Royko
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Commentary: The Adoption of Comparative Negligence in Maryland?, Myles L. Lichtenberg
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Commentary: The Petition To Exhume John Wilkes Booth: A View From The Inside, Francis John Gorman
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Commentary: Women Accused of Homicide — The Use of Expert Testimony on the Effect of Battering on Woman — a Trial Judge's Perspective, Steven I. Platt
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Comment: Bucking the Trend: Why Maryland Does Not Need an Equine Activity Statute and Why It May Be Time to Put All of These Statutes out to Pasture, Jennifer Dietrich Merryman
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Comment: Complex Federal Civil Litigation-Can Jury Trials Be Constitutionally Avoided?, Deidre W. Bastian Lee and Eugenia Cooper Wootton
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Comment: Critique of the Veil of Fair Representation, Michael Hayes
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Comment: Duty to Warn and the Sophisticated User Defense in Products Liability Cases, Christopher P. Downs
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Comment: Evidence of Other Crimes as Substantive Proof of Guilt in Maryland, Michael Patrick May
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Comment: Federal Common Law of Public Nuisance: An Expanding Approach to Water Pollution Control, Craig E.R. Jakubowics
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Comment: Getting the Lights Back On: An Analysis of the Maryland Energy Service Quality and Reliability Act's Impact on Utility Liability and Consumer Rights, Elizabeth Payne
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Comment: Get Your Head in the Game: Legislation Addressing Concussions in Youth Sports and Its Development in Maryland, Elisabeth Koloup
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Comment: Grossly Excessive Attorney's Fee Requests under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fee Awards Act: Should the Entire Fee Request Be Denied?, Bernard P. Codd
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Comment: Innocence and Incarceration: A Comprehensive Review of Maryland's Postconviction DNA Relief Statute and Suggestions for Improvement, Nicholas Phillips
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Comment: Lawyer Television Advertising What's the Big Deal?, Stephen L. Miles
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Comment: Maryland's Warrantless Inspection Laws: A Warrantless Expectation of Constitutionality, Robert J. Liberatore
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Comment: Nonprofit Corporations and Maryland's Director and Officer Liability Statute: A Study of the Mechanics of Maryland's Statutory Corporate Law, Stewart P. Hoover
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Comment: Parent-Child Tort Immunity: Time for Maryland to Abrogate an Anachronism, Rhonda Ilene Framm
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Comment: "Piercing the Corporate Veil" in Maryland: An Analysis and Suggested Approach, Denise L. Speer
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Comment: Retroactivity and the Future of Sex Offender Registration in Maryland, Timothy J. Gilbert
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Comments: A Comparison of the Use of Character Witness Testimony in Maryland Versus the Federal Practice: Distinguishing Reasonable Basis from Specific Instances of Conduct After Jensen v. State, 355 Md. 692, 736 A.2d 307 (1999), Michael P. O'Day
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Comments: A Comprehensive Review of Maryland Workers' Compensation and Disqualification Due to Intoxication: "Sole Cause" Is Not the Only Way to Proceed, Nicole Pastore
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Comments: Adjusting Accountants' Liability for Negligence: Recovery for Reasonably Foreseeable Users of Financial Statements, Brian Jeffrey Frank
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Comments: Admiralty Jurisdiction: The New Wave in Asbestos Litigation, Barbara Rhea Gathright
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Comments: A "Familiar" Standard of Care: What the Same or Similar Communities Standard Could Mean for Maryland, John M. Williams Jr.
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Comments: Americans with Disabillties Act: An Alleged Violation of the Ada Should Not Be a Defense in a Termination of Parental Rights Proceeding, Jennifer Wright Burke
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Comments: An Easy Pill to Swallow: While the Supreme Court Found That for-Profit, Secular Companies Can Exercise Religion within the Meaning of the RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT, the Mandate Should Have Prevailed with Respect to Those Entities Because It Advances the Government's Compelling Interests in Public Health and Is the Least Restrictive Means of Doing So, Maria Iliadis
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Comments: An Indigent Accused Does Not Have a Constitutional Right to Appointed Counsel at Extradition Hearings: An Analytical Approach, Mark S. Dachille
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Comments: Anticipatory Search Warrants: State and Federal Applications and Their Future in Maryland, Andrew M. Belt
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Comments: Antitrust Liability for Bad Faith Assertion of Trade Secrets, Michael D. Oliver
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Comments: A Poisoned Arrow in His Quiver: Why Forbidding an Entire Branch of Government from Communicating with a Reporter Violates the First Amendment, Joseph S. Johnston
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Comments: A Pragmatic Look at Criminal Contempt and the Trial Attorney, Rosalind D. Anderson
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Comments: A Return to State Sovereignty: How Individuals with Disabilities in Maryland May Still Seek Relief against State Employers after Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett, Geoffrey G. Hengerer
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Comments: A Right to Testimony of Immunized Defense Witnesses, Howard Simon Klein
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Comments: Atlantis Revisited: Recovery under Maryland Law for Purely Economic Loss against Negligent Builders and Manufacturers, Michael R. McCann
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Comments: At the Intersection of National Interests and International Law: Why American Interests Should Assume The Right of Way, Clark Smith
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Comments: Attorney Advertising in Maryland: A Need for Stricter Control, Carol Kaufmann Lisman
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Comments: Avoiding Those Wearing Propeller Hats: The Use of Blue Ribbon Juries in Complex Patent Litigation, Jordan M. Halle
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Comments: Because Sex Crimes Are Different: Why Maryland Should (Carefully) Adopt the Contested Federal Rules of Evidence 413 and 414 That Permit Propensity Evidence of a Criminal Defendant's Other Sex Offenses, Joyce R. Lombardi
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Comments: Beware the Dotted Line: Foreclosure Rescue Fraud in Maryland and the Growing Effort to Combat It, Seth Yaffo
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Comments: Blasting the Cap: Constitutional Issues Arising from Maryland's Limitation of Noneconomic Damages in Personal Injury Claims, James R. Andersen
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Comments: Blessed Are the Faithful: An Analysis of the Scope and Applicability of the Good Faith Exception to the Exclusionary Rule, Thomas Page Lloyd
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Comments: Bringing up Baby: Maryland Must Adopt an Equitable Framework for Resolving Frozen Embryo Disputes after Divorce, Melissa Boatman
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Comments: Caveat Venditor in Maryland Condominium Sales: Cases and Legislation Imposing Implied Warranties in Sales of Residential Condominiums, Linda Semesky Woolf
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Comments: Challenging the Challenge: Twelve Years after Batson, Courts Are Still Struggling to Fill in the Gaps Left by the Supreme Court, Cheryl A.C. Brown
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Comments: Chances as Protected Interests: Recovery for the Loss of a Chance and Increased Risk, Howard Ross Feldman
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Comments: Check Your Privacy Rights at the Front Gate: Consensual Sodomy Regulation in Today's Military Following United States v. Marcum, Captain Erik C. Coyne
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Comments: Civil Unions under the Maryland Era: How the Illusion of Equality Is an Equal Rights Avoidance, Michele Reichlin
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Comments: Compensation for Victims of Uninsured Motorist Accidents, Donna M. Maag
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Comments: Conflict between the Internal Revenue Code and the Fifth Amendment Privilege against Self-Incrimination, Richard B. Stanley
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Comments: Crawford v. Washington: Redefining Sixth Amendment Jurisprudence; The Impact across the United States and in Maryland, Tracey L. Perrick
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Comments: Davidson v. Microsoft Corporation: Reexamining Maryland's Illinois Brick Bar against Indirect Private Purchasers, Christopher Paul Dean
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Comments: Decriminalization of Non-Support in Maryland — a Re-Examination of a Uniform Act Whose Time Has Arrived, William F. Ryan Jr.
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Comments: Defining "Disability" under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Amalia Magdalena Villalba
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Comments: Division of Military Retirement Pay upon Divorce, Ellen L.S. Koplow
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Comments: Don't Buy... Rent! Maryland Law Provides Limitless Insurance for Tenants against Criminal Activity after Hemmings v. Pelham Wood, Teresa D. Teare
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Comments: Droning on about the Fourth Amendment: Adopting a Reasonable Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence to Prevent Unreasonable Searches by Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Joel Celso
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Comments: Drug Testing of Private Employees, Dean S. Landis
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Comments: Electronic Access to Court Records: Shifting the Privacy Burden Away from Witnesses and Victims, John Losinger
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Comments: Eminent Domain: Private Corporations and the Public Use Limitation, Rocco C. Nunzio
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Comments: Employees as Subcontractors: Maryland's Interpretation of Its Mechanics' Liens Statute, Anee P. Raulerson
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Comments: Equal Access to Pole Attachment Agreements: Implications of Telephone Company Participation in the Cable Television Market, John P. Morrissey
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Comments: Equitable Subrogation in Maryland Mortgages and the Restatement of Property: A Historical Analysis for Contemporary Solutions, Gregg H. Mosson
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Comments: Estate Planning for the Posthumously Conceived Child: A Blueprint for the Sperm Donor, Brooke Shemer
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Comments: Forfeiture of Attorneys' Fees under the Comprehensive Forfeiture Act of 1984: Not What Congress Ordered, Daniel A. Guy Jr.
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Comments: Fourth and Long: How the Well-Established System of Workers' Compensation Poses a Substantial Threat to the Financial Stability of the NFL, Thomas J. McQueeney
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Comments: Franchise Flight and the Forgotten Fan: An Analysis of the Application of Antitrust Laws to the Relocation of Professional Football Franchises, Mark Adam Wesker
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Comments: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Law Today: The Brain Is Reliable as a Mitigating Factor, but Unreliable as an Aggravating Factor or as a Method of Lie Detection, Kristina E. Donahue
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Comments: Gender Confusion: The Need for Effective Legislation to Protect against Gender Identity Discrimination, Courtney J. Jefferson
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Comments: Give and "Get"? Applying the Restatement of Contracts to Determine the Enforceability of "Get Settlement" Contracts, Alan C. Lazerow
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Comments: Gulf War Syndrome: Will the Injuries of Veterans and Their Families Be Redressed?, Kevin J. Dalton
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Comments: HIPAA Confusion: How the Privacy Rule Authorizes "Informal" Discovery, Myles J. Poster
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Comments: Holding Clergy Accountable: Maryland Should Require Clergy to Report Suspected Child Abuse, Caroline E. Law Miller
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Comments: Hospital Mergers Versus Consumers: An Antitrust Analysis, Nicole Harrell Duke
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Comments: Hypnosis in Court: A New Twist on the Old Memory Game, James Kevin MacAlister
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Comments: Immigrants, Health Care, and the Constitution: Medicaid Cuts in Maryland Suggest That Legal Immigrants Do Not Deserve the Equal Protection of the Law, Tricia A. Bozek
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Comments: In Light of Crawford v. Washington and the Difficult Nature of Domestic Violence Prosecutions, Maryland Should Adopt Legislation Making Admissible Prior Acts of Domestic Violence in Domestic Violence Prosecutions, Jay A. Abarbanel
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Comments: In Re Cager and the Commission to Study Problems of Illegitimacy, Kevin Kendrick
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Comments: Is the Sham Affidavit Rule Itself a Sham, Designed to Give the Trial Court More Discretion at the Summary Judgment Level?, Ryan A. Mitchell
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Comments: Judgments of Prior Conviction as Substantive Proof in Subsequent Civil Proceedings: A Study of Admissmility and Maryland's Need for Such a Hearsay Exception, Stephen B. Gerald
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Comments: Judicial Messaging: Remote Texter Liability as Public Education, Morgan Gough
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Comments: Just [Can't] Do It: The Supreme Court of California Overly Restricted Nike's First Amendment Rights in Holding That Its Public Statements Were Commercial Speech, Alyssa L. Paladino
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Comments: Katsenelenbogen v. Katsenelenbogen: Through the Eyes of the Victim — Maryland's Civil Protection Order and the Role of the Court, Richard A. DuBose III
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Comments: Keep It Clean: How Public Universities May Constitutionally Enforce Policies Limiting Student Speech at College Basketball Games, Jonathan Singer
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Comments: Liberalizing Maryland's Approach to Piercing the Corporate Veil, Ryan Bottegal
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Comments: Limiting Local Zoning Regulation of Electric Utilities: A Balanced Approach in the Public Interest, Sager A. Williams Jr.
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Comments: Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of Willingboro, 97 S. Ct. 1614 (1977) — "For Sale" Signs: The Right to Yell "Fire" in an Integrating Neighborhood?, Russell C. Minkoff and John Bennett Sinclair
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Comments: Liquor Vendor Liability for Torts of Intoxicated Patrons, James P. O'Meara
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Comments: Making a Federal Case out of It: Supplemental Jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1367, M. Ashley Harder
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Comments: Maryland Is Dying for a Slayer Statute: The Ineffectiveness of the Common Law Slayer Rule in Maryland, Tara L. Pehush
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Comments: Maryland's Application of Promissory Estoppel in Construction Industry Bidding Disputes: Eliminating Further Confusion, Kai-Niklas A. Schneider
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Comments: Maryland's DNA Data Base System and Repository — Does It Pass Constitutional Muster?, Susan M. Dadio
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Comments: Maryland's Fundamental Interest in a Thorough and Efficient System of Public Education: The Need for Judicial Intervention, Elizabeth Colette Derrrig
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Comments: Maryland Statutory and Common Law Remedies for Misrepresentation in Securities Transactions, Robert L. Humphreys Jr.
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Comments: Modest Proposals for a Complex Problem: Patent Misuse and Incremental Changes to the Hatch-Waxman Act as Solutions to the Problem of Reverse Payment Settlements, Alyssa L. Brown
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Comments: Municipalities Versus Gun Manufacturers: Why Public Nuisance Claims Just Do Not Work, Joseph W. Cleary
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Comments: Naturally Shed DNA: The Fourth Amendment Implications in the TraIl of Intimate Information We All Cannot Help but Leave Behind, Mike Silvestri
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Comments: Needlessly Fighting an Uphill Battle: Extensive Estate Planning Complications Faced by Gay and Lesbian Individuals, Including Drastic Resort to Adult Adoption of Same-Sex Partners, Necessitate Revision of Maryland's Intestacy Law to Provide Heir-at-Law Status for Domestic Partners, Madeleine N. Foltz
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Comments: Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress: Developments in the Law, Donald H. Romano
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Comments: Newborn Screening Programs and Privacy: Shifting Responsibility from the Parent to the Laboratory, Michael D. Leeb
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Comments: New York v. Belton and Its Expansion of the Search Incident to Arrest Exception to the Fourth Amendment Warrant Requirement, Michael G. Gallerizzo
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Comments: No Expectation of Privacy: Should School Officials Be Able to Search Students' Lockers without Any Suspicion of Wrong Doing? A Study of In re Patrick Y. and Its Effect on Maryland Public School Students, Rebecca N. Cordero
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Comments: No Ifs, Ands or Butts: Big Tobacco Is Fighting for Its Life Against a New Breed of Plaintiffs Armed with Mounting Evidence, Ingrid L. Dietsch Field
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Comments: No Man's Landfill: An Analysis of the Roles of Federal, State, and Local Governments in Nonhazardous Solid and Hazardous Waste Management in Maryland, Lisa Huffman
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Comments: Not All Is Fair (Use) in Love and War: Copyright Law and Revenge Porn, Kaitlan M. Folderauer
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Comments: Opening the Door to Single Government: The 2002 Maryland Redistricting Decision Gives the Courts Too Much Power in an Historically Political Arena, Brooke Erin Moore
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Comments: Personal Injury Damages under the Maryland Survival Statute: Advocating Damage Recovery for a Decedent's Future Lost Earnings, Eric W. Gunderson
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Comments: Petitioning a Court to Modify Alimony When a Client Retires, Colleen Marie Halloran
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Comments: Police Liability in High-Speed Chases: Federal Constitution or State Tort Law; Why the Supreme Court's New Standard Leaves the Burden on the Burden on the State and What This Might Mean for Maryland, Roger K. Picker
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Comments: Prenatal Substance Abuse: A Call for Legislative Action in Maryland, Mary J. Pizzo
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Comments: Privacy at Risk: Patients Use New Web Products to Store and Share Personal Health Records, Juliana Bell
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Comments: Professional Responsibility — Attorney — Client Privilege: Are Expectations of Privacy Reasonable for Communications Broadcast via Cordless or Cellular Telephones?, Anthony S. Higgins
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Comments: Project Life, Inc. v. Glendening: Seeking Sanctuary for Women Recovering from Substance Abuse Problems, Sarah D. Bruce
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Comments: Proposed Client Perjury: A Criminal Defense Attorney's Alternatives, Ronald Evan Alper
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Comments: Public Policy and Preemption: Union Employees' State Wrongful Discharge Actions, Marlene Lange Budd
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Comments: "Quaffable, but Far from Transcendent": Maryland's Twenty-First Century Prohibition, Lauren Dunnock
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Comments: Recovery of EPA Oversight Costs from a Broad Reading of CERCLA, Aaron Kelly
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Comments: Regulation of Financial Planners, Gary S. Kull
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Comments: Regulatory Options for Surrogate Arrangements in Maryland, Carol L. Nicolette and Libby Crystal Reamer
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Comments: Requiring Criminal Defendants to Prove Blue Sky Exemptions: A Question of Due Process, Anthony J. DiPaula
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Comments: Restitution in Consumer Protection Actions: Stop the Reliance on Reliance, Lisa Yurwit
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Comments: Rice v. Paladin: The Fourth Circuit's Unnecessary Limiting of a Publisher's Freedom of Speech, Elise M. Balkin
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Comments: Rights of the Maryland Probationer: A Primer for the Practitioner, Robert C. Little
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Comments: Rights, Regulations, and Revolvers: Baltimore City's Complex Constitutional Challenge Following District of Columbia v. Heller, Ian W. Henderson
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Comments: Scope of Protection Accorded Confidential Employees under the NLRA, Patrick J. Stewart
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Comments: "Secondary Effects" Analysis: A Balanced Approach to the Problem of Prohibitions on Aggressive Panhandling, William L. Mitchell II
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Comments: Seeking a Second Opinion: How to Cure Maryland's Medical Marijuana Law, Allison M. Busby
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Comments: Separating the Employee from the Citizen: The Social Science Implications of Garcetti v. Ceballos, Diane Norcross
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Comments: Should Race Be a Factor in Law School Admissions? A Study of Hopwood v. Texas and How the Equal Protection Clause Makes Race-Based Classifications Unconstitutional, Michael A.B. Turner
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Comments: Silence Is Not Always Golden: Mortgage Prepayment in the Commercial Loan Context, Rebecca C. Dietz
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Comments: "Simplification" Is Not Enough: An Analysis of the Home Office Tax Deduction and the Home Office Simplification Act of 2009, Lauren Marini
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Comments: Smokers' Chances of a Fair Fight against the Tobacco Companies Go up in Flames: A Study of Philip Morris Inc. v. Angeletti and Its Effect on the Viability of Class Action Lawsuits in Maryland Tobacco Litigation, Melodie C. Hahn
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Comments: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Long Overdue: The Evolution of A "Sexual Orientation-Blind" Legal System in Maryland and the Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage, Gregory Care
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Comments: State of the Art Evidence in Products Liability Suits in Maryland, Patrick R. Buckler
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Comments: Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Does Lebanon Have a Responsibility to Respect Syrian Refugees?, Robert Demirji
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Comments: Taking Remedial Measures to Amend Maryland Rule of Evidence 5-407 to Explicitly Apply to Products Liability Actions, Jaime A. Walker
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Comment: State and Local Legislative Powers: An Analysis of the Conflict and Preemption Doctrines in Maryland, J. Scott Smith
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Comment: State Court Jurisdiction: Demise of the Seider Doctrine, Albert J. Mezzanotte Jr.
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Comments: Taxation: Deduction of Expenses Incurred by Another in the Performance of a Service to a Charitable Organization, Jane Rutherford Luckey
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Comments: The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978: Dischargeability of Obligations Incurred under Property Settlements, Separation Agreements, and Divorce Decrees, Christina Marie Gattuso
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Comments: The Continued Expansion of the Public Use Requirement in Eminent Domain, Jonathan Neal Portner
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Comments: The Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege in Maryland after Upjohn and the Recent Corporate Scandals: Where Do the Maryland Courts Go from Here?, Jami M. Watt
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Comments: The Cost of Living: Maryland's Refusal to Recognize the Wrongful Life Cause of Action Short-Changes Plaintiffs, T. Brendan Kennedy
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Comments: The Credit Card Act of 2009 Was Not Enough: A National Usury Rate Would Provide Consumers with the Protection They Need, Eliot C. Schaefer
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Comments: The Crime, the Case, the Killer Cocktail: Why Maryland's Capital Punishment Procedure Constitutes Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Matthew E. Feinberg
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Comments: The Dual Sovereignty Exception to Double Jeopardy: An Unnecessary Loophole, Christina Galye Woods
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Comments: The Duration of Temporary Restraining Orders in Federal Court, Joseph Michael Furey
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Comments: The Estate Tax Marital Deduction for a "Specific Portion" of an Interest in Trust: A Problem of Definition, Louise S. Hertz
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Comments: The Ethics Involved in Representing Multiple Parties in a Business Transaction: How to Avoid Being Caught between Scylla and Charybdis' within the Confines of the Maryland Disciplinary Rules, Gretchen L. Jankowski
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Comments: The "Greater Good"... At What Cost?: How Nontherapeutic Scientific Studies Can Now Create Viable Negligence Claims in Maryland after Grimes v. Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc., Clifton R. Gray
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Comments: The Hidden Cost of Rod and Rifle: Why State Fish and Game Laws Must Be Amended in Order to Protect against Unreasonable Search and Seizure in the Great Outdoors, Bryan M. Mull
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Comments: The Illegal Immigrant Tax: Evaluating State Remittance Taxes under the Dormant Commerce Clause and the Equal Protection Clause, Meredith Cipriano
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Comments: The Intracorporate Conspiracy Doctrine, John T. Prisbe
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Comments: The Maryland Certificate of Qualified Expert Requirement: A Flimsy Shield for Corporations Engaged in Architecture and Professional Engineering, Gregory M. Garrett
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Comments: The Medical Treatment Hearsay Exception in Maryland: A Low Point in Clarity for Practitioners and Protection for Utigants, David S. Gray
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Comments: The National Securities Markets Improvement Act (NSMIA) Savings Clause: A New Challenge to Regulatory Uniformity, Linda M. Stevens
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Comments: The Peremptory Challenge at the Federal Level and in Maryland: Its Uncertain Future after Georgia v. McCollum, Jeffrey S. Jubera
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Comments: The Public Policy Doctrine and Tax Logic: The Need for Consistency in Denying Deductions Arising from Illegal Activities, Charles A. Borek
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Comments: The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and Mega-Churches: Demonstrating the Limits of Religious Land Use Exemptions in Federal Legislation, Heather M. Welch
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Comments: The Right to a Jury Trial in Benefit Recovery Actions Brought under Erisa Section 502(a)(1)(B), Michael McCabe Jr.
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Comments: The Road to Judicial Abolishment of Contributory Negligence Has Been Paved by Bozman v. Bozman, Jennifer J. Karangelen
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Comments: The Scarlett Letter "T": The Tier III Terrorist Classification's Inconsistent and Ineffectual Effects on Asylum Relief for Members and Supporters of Pro-Democratic Groups, Daniella Pozzo Darnell
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Comments: The Securities and Exchange Commission's Proposed Regulations under the CROWDFUND Act Strike a Necessary Balance between the Burden of Disclosure Placed on Issuers of Securities and Meaningful Protection for Unsophisticated Investors, Stuart Evan Smith
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Comments: The Special Needs Doctrine after Ferguson v. City of Charleston, Richard T. Smith
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Comments: The Use of Screens to Cure Imputed Conflicts of Interest: Why the American Bar Association's and Most State Bar Associations' Failure to Allow Screening Undermines the Integrity of the Legal Profession, Erin A. Cohn
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Comments: The Viability of the Trimester Approach, Kathleen Anne Calder
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Comments: The "Walkaway Shop": Long-Term Union Avoidance and Management Decisions to Open New Facilities as Lawful Conduct under the National Labor Relations Act, Garrett Wozniak
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Comments: Tightening the Reins on Pollution of Maryland Waters: Enforcing Maryland's Criminal Environmental Statutes against out-of-State Polluters, Eric Massof
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Comments: Time for Change: Maryland's Inadequate Treatment of Alternate Jurors and the Federal Solution, Andrea N. Silvestri
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Comments: Transfusion-Associated Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS): Blood Bank Liability?, David A. Roling
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Comments: Treasuring the Chesapeake: An Analysis of Climate Change and Its Impact on the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland's Surrounding Coastal Regions, Lauren F. Jones
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Comments: Trending: Proportionality in Electronic Discovery in Common Law Countries and the United States' Federal and State Courts, Laura Hunt
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Comments: Uncertainty for Practitioners and the Judiciary as Well as the Need for a Minimum Standard Demonstrate That Fiduciary Duties Should Be Incorporated into Maryland's LLC Act, Michael S. Spencer
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Comment: Surgically Implanted Medical Device Liability: Will the New Restatement Help the Unraveling Shield Created by Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr?, Donna M. Senft
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Comments: Vice-a-Verdict: Legally Inconsistent Jury Verdicts Should Not Stand in Maryland, Ashlee Smith
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Comments: Walking the Line of Admissibility: Why Maryland Courts Should Reexamine the Admissibility of Field Sobriety Tests, Rick M. Grams
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Comments: What's Yours Is Ours? Gamete Donation in the Marital Context: Why Courts and Legislatures Should Not Interfere with an Individual's Fundamental Right to Privacy, Emily K. Alt
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Comments: Whose Baby Is It Anyway? The Current and Future Status of Surrogacy Contracts in Maryland, Ashley E. Bashur
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Comments: Who Turned out the Lights?: How Maryland Laws Fail to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence from Third-Party Abuse, Anique Drouin
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Comment: The Anacostia River: Urbanization, Pollution, EPA Failures, and the Collapse of the Public Trust Doctrine, Matthew Powell
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Comment: The Case of Two Biological Intended Mothers: Illustrating the Need to Statutorily Define Maternity in Maryland, Catherine Villareale
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Comment: The Constitutionality of Medical Malpractice Mediation Panels: A Maryland Perspective, Matthew Zimmerman
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Comment: Tort Liability Unleashed: Solesky v. Tracey and Landlord Duty to Third Parties, Errin K. Roby
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Comment: When Considering Whether Prior Criminal Convictions Are Admissible in Subsequent Civil Proceedings as a Hearsay Exception, Should Maryland Keep Its Kuhl or Take a Walk on the Wald Side?, Michael Rynd
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Comment: When Does Crawford Reach Jailhouse Phone Calls That Implicate a Co-Defendant, but Are Made by Another Non-Testifying Co-Defendant?, Matthew M. Grogan
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Commil USA v. Cisco Systems and Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises - Post-Argument SCOTUScast, Gregory Dolin
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Commments: Continuing Vitality of the "Goods or Services" Test, Wayne Michael Willoughby
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Commments: Preemption of State Law under the Federal Arbitration Act, Douglas M. Fox
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Commments: Preserving Historic Structures: An Analysis of Regulatory Legislation and Tax Incentives in Federal, Maryland, and Municipal Law, Louis P. Ruzzi
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Commments: Putting the House in Order: An Analysis of and Planning Considerations for Home Office Deduction, Mark T. Holtschneider
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Common Carrier Liability under the Copyright Act of 1976, Howard W. Simcox Jr.
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Common Law Doctrine of Merger: The Exceptions Are the Rule, Barry M. Goldman and Victoria Smouse Berghel
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Common-Law Voluntariness in Maryland: Ghosts, Barnacles, and Elusive Bright-Line Rules, Andrew V. Jezic
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Communicating Entitlements: Property and the Internet, William Hubbard
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Community Correction Centers Involve Citizens and Inmates, Leonard A. Sipes Jr.
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Comparing Condominiums and Cooperatives, Bobbi McCarthy
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Comparing Free Speech: United States v. United Kingdom, Stephen J. Shapiro
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Competency of Attesting Witnesses, Judith Ann Cross
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Competitive Patent Law, William Hubbard
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Competitor Suits against False Advertising: Is Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act a Proconsumer Rule or an Anticompetitive Tool?, Ross D. Petty
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'Complete' Accrual Taxation, Fred B. Brown
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Complete With Accessories, James F. Kuhn
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Concession Bargaining: Legal and Practical Considerations in Light of Recent NLRB and Court Decisions, Stephen D. Shawe
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Confirmation of out-of-State Arbitration Awards under Maryland's Uniform Arbitration Act, Gary I. Strausberg
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Consent Searches and Voluntariness: An Analysis of Maryland Cases, David Carey
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Consistently Inconsistent: The Supreme Court and The Confusion Surrounding Proportionality in Non-Capital Sentencing, Steven P. Grossman
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Constitutional Corporatism: The Public Use Clause as a Means of Corporate Welfare, John Kieran Murphy
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Constitutionality of D.C. Mortmain Statute Avoided; D.C. Laws Not "Statutes of the United States", J. Michael Dougherty Jr.
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Constitutional Quiz, Ronald M. Shapiro
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Constitutional Technicalities in Criminal Tax Cases, Randy Bruce Blaustein
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Consumer Sovereignty: A Unified Theory of Antitrust and Consumer Protection Law, Neil W. Averitt and Robert H. Lande
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Contemporary Fiduciary Investments: Why Maryland Needs the Prudent Man Rule, David M. Tralins
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Contempt of Cop: Disrespect in Retrospect, Lawrence H. Rushworth and A. Michael Nolan
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Contract Law Now — Reality Meets Legal Fictions, Danielle Kie Hart
Copyright, Eric Easton
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Copyrighting Personal Letters, Diaries, and Memorabilia: A Review and a Suggestion, Robert C. Hauhart
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Copyright Law and Pornography: Reconsidering Incentives to Create and Distribute Pornography, Ann Bartow
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Copyright-like Protection for Designs, Ralph S. Brown
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Copyright Office Registration of Industrial Designs, Dorothy Schrader
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Copyright Termination And Technical Standards, Jorge L. Contreras and Andrew T. Hernacki
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Corporate Law: An Introduction and Defense, Ronald M. Shapiro
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Cotenants: Right to Possession v. Right to Contribution, Colleen Clemente
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Counselling the Inventor Client, James R. Bell
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Counterpoint: Attorney Television Advertising: A New Approach, Donn Weinberg and Howard Fine
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Court Examines Grand Jury Role, Bert Riddell Cramer
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Creating Law and Policy with Women's Voices: Feminism in Action, Alicia C. Carra
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Creditors' Rights Issues in Copyright Law: Conflict and Resolution, Charles Shafer
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Crime and Survival: Some Basic Reflections, Otto R. Begus
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Criminal Court Part X of Balto. City, Dominic Fleming
Criminal Law: Cases, Commentary And Questions, José F. Anderson and Patricia Mell
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Critiques on the Open Exam Policy: In Defense of and Arguments In Opposition to, Charles McGuire and Robert Lankin
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Cross-Dressers with Benefits: Female Combat Soldiers in the United States and Israel, Pamela Laufer-Ukeles
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Cruel and Unusual for Whom, J. Amy Dillard
Cruel and Unusual: The American Death Penalty and the Founders' Eighth Amendment, John Bessler
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Cryopreservation: Be Careful When Playing with Mother Nature, Julia Minner
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Cujo Goes to College: On the Use of Animals by Individuals with Disabilities in Postsecondary Institutions, Dawinder S. Sidhu
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Current Developments in Cyberspace, Eric Easton
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Current Publications, Stuart S. Malawer
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Current Publications
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Current Publications
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Dealing with Complex Evidence of Domestic Violence: A Primer for the Civil Bench, Jane C. Murphy and Jane H. Aiken
Death in the Dark: Midnight Executions in America, John Bessler
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Decedents' Rights: The State of the Law, Jeffrey S. Kluger
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Declaratory Relief in Insurance Coverage Disputes, Joseph F. Cunningham
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Dedication Address, Robert C. Murphy
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Defending the Mentally Ill in Maryland: The Guilty Plea vs. the Insanity Defense, Paul Handy
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Deferring Unfair Labor Practice Charges to Pre-Existing Arbitration Awards, Steven H. Heisler
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Defining "Addition" of a Pollutant Into Navigable Waters From a Point Source Under the Clean Water Act: The Questions Answered — and Those Not Answered — by South Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, Steven A.G. Davison
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Defining American: The DREAM Act, Immigration Reform and Citizenship, Elizabeth Keyes
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Defining “Co-Party” Within Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 13(g): Are Cross-Claims Between Original Defendants and Third-Party Defendants Allowable?, John Bessler
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Defining the Right of Self-Defense: Working toward the Use of a Deadly Force Appendix to the Standing Rules of Engagement for the Department of Defense, Major David Bolgiano, Captain Mark Leach, Major Stephanie Smith, and Lieutenant Colonel John Taylor
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Defying Conventional Wisdom: The Case for Private Antitrust Enforcement, Joshua P. Davis and Robert H. Lande
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Delinquency Jurisdiction in a Unified Family Court: Balancing Intervention, Prevention, and Adjudication, Gloria Danziger
Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America, Garrett Epps
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Democratizing Credit: Examining the Structural Inequities of Subprime Lending, Cassandra Jones Havard
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Design Protection and the New Technologies: The United States Experience in a Transnational Perspective, J. H. Reichman
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Design Protection in Lamp Design and Manufacturing, Thomas Lowy
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Determining the Character of Section 357(c) Gain, Fred B. Brown
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Determining the Preemptive Effect of Federal Law on State Statutes of Repose, Adam Bain
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Development Agreements: The Intersection of Real Estate Finance and Land Use Controls, Patricia Grace Hammes
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Developments in Maryland Law, 1986-87 Survey: Constitutional Law, Eric Easton, Lori A. Reinhold, and Joseph B. Tétrault
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Digital Sampling and the Musician, Marybeth Zamer
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Digitization and Democracy: The Conflict between the Amazon Kindle License Agreement and the Role of Libraries in a Free Society, Gregory K. Laughlin
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Dimensions of Confusion: Recent Supreme Court Decisions on Double Jeopardy, David Hanley
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Diplomatic Immunity from Local Jurisdiction, Eugene M. Zoglio
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Directed Verdict in Maryland: Less Obvious Applications of a Simple Rule, John A. Lynch Jr.
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Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and the Learned Intermediary Doctrine: Unsettling a Settled Question, Paul F. Strain and Christina L. Gaarder
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Discipline of Disabled Students, Patrick P. Spicer
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Disciplining Judges for Nonofficial Conduct: A Survey and Critique of the Law, Robert J. Martineau
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Discovery about Discovery: Does the Attorney-Client Privilege Protect All Attorney-Client Communications Relating to the Preservation of Potentially Relevant Information?, Paul W. Grimm, Michael D. Berman, Leslie Wharton, Jeanna Beck, and Conor R. Crowley
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Discovery of Defendant's Financial Condition in Cases Claiming Punitive Damages, Robert L. Ferguson and Jodi K. Ebersole
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Discussion of Current Industrial Design Law Issues
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Discussion Of Industrial Design Protection Practice In Governmental Agencies And Courts
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Discussion of International Developments in Industrial Design Law
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Discussion of Present United States Design Protection
Divorced from Reality: Rethinking Family Dispute Resolution, Jane C. Murphy and Jana B. Singer
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Divorce Tax Law after '84 Reform More Predictable but Still Complex, Wendy G. Gerzog and John A. Lynch Jr.
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DNA and Patents: Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. - Podcast, Gregory Dolin and Christian Corrigan
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Does a Green Building Need a Green Lease?, Stuart D. Kaplow
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Does the Compensation Clause Burden the Government or Benefit the Owner? The Compensation Clause as Process, Joshua Ulan Galperin
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Does the Constitution Apply to the Actions of the United States Anti-Doping Agency?, Dionne L. Koller
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Does the Supreme Court's Burlington Northern Decision Require Reconsideration of the Aceto Line of "Arranger" Liability Cases?, Aaron Gershonowitz
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Doing Right by Our Kids: A Case Study in the Perils of Making Policy on Television Violence, Patricia M. Wald
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DOJ Has the Power to Crush Price-Fixers: Column, Douglas H. Ginsburg, Joshua D. Wright, Albert A. Foer, and Robert H. Lande
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Domestic Terror (The Sniper Suspect's Divorce Records Show Patterns of Power and Control and Missed Opportunities by the System to Intervene.), Jane C. Murphy
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Domestic Violence and Mediation: Responding to the Challenges of Crafting Effective Screens, Jane C. Murphy and Robert Rubinson
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Domestic Violence Law Poses Challenges for the Courts, Jane C. Murphy and Judith Wolfer
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Domestic Violence - Responding to a National Tragedy, Barbara A. Mikulski
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Domestic Violence, Substance Abuse and Child Welfare: The Legal System's Response, Jane C. Murphy and Margaret J. Potthast
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Don't Forget Dad: Addressing Women's Poverty by Rethinking Forced and Outdated Child Support Policies, Daniel L. Hatcher
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Double Jeopardy: Can Non-Monetary Civil Sanctions Constitute Punishment under the Fifth Amendment?, Robyn Scheina Brown
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Do Women Judges Matter?, Nienke Grossman
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Drug Courier Profiles: An Infringement on Fourth Amendment Rights, Irene Dey
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Drug Treatment Courts: Evolution, Evaluation, and Future Directions, Gloria Danziger and Jeffrey Kuhn
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Drum Majors for Justice, F. Michael Higginbotham and José F. Anderson
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Dubious Patent Reform, Gregory Dolin
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Editor's Note: Law and Cinema: Some Introductory Thoughts to a Perspective, Morad Eghbal
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Efficient Definition and Communication of Patent Rights: The Importance of Ex Post Delineation, William Hubbard
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EMERGENCY!: Send a TV Show to Rescue Paramedic Services!, Paul Bergman
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Emerging Issues: Overthrowing the Government: What Boko Haram Means for Women, Kimberly R. Frazier
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Emerging Issues: The Underlying Economics of the South China Sea Conflict, Christopher Stock
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Employer Liability for Supervisors' Intentional Torts: The Uncertain Scope of the "Alter Ego" Exception, Michael Hayes and Quinn Broverman
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Employment Discrimination—the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Deferral Quagmire, Stephen D. Shawe
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Empowerment or Estrangement?: Liberal Feminism's Visions of the "Progress" of Muslim Women, Cyra Akila Choudhury
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Engaging With The State: The Growing Reliance on Lawyers and Judges to Protect Battered Women, Jane C. Murphy
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Environmental Benefits of Tax Reform, Brent Blackwelder
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Environmental Class Actions Seeking Damages: The Need for Environmental Class Action Suits, Richard D. Lamm and Steven A.G. Davison
Environmental Rights and Remedies, Victor J. Yannacone Jr., Bernard S. Cohen, and Steven A.G. Davison
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EPA's Definition of "Solid Waste" Under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: Is EPA Adequately Protecting Human Health and the Environment While Promoting Recycling?, Steven A.G. Davison
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"Ephemeral Data" and the Duty to Preserve Discoverable Electronically Stored Information, Kenneth J. Withers
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Eroding the Myth of Discretionary Justice in Family Law: The Child Support Experiment, Jane C. Murphy
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Essay: Adoption of a First — to — File Patent System: A Proposal, Peter A. Jackman
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Essay: Deciphering Risk: Sex Offender Statutes and Moral Panic in a Risk Society, Bela August Walker
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Essay: Referring to Foreign Law in Constitutional Interpretation: An Episode in the Culture Wars, Mark Tushnet
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Estate Planning and the Insurance Trust, Lee R. Slosberg
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Evidence Issues in Domestic Violence Civil Cases, Jane C. Murphy and Jane H. Aiken
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Evolution in Workers' Compensation Rehabilitation: A Comparative Study of Professional Attitudes, Chuck Smolkin, Griscelda Massie, Tish Smith, Carole Stolte, and Karen Van Dyk
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Evolution of the Unobviousness Standard: 35 U.S.C. § 103 for Design Patents, Wallace R. Burke
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Evolving Contours of Immigration Federalism: The Case of Migrant Children, Elizabeth Keyes
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Examining Maryland's Views on Immigrants and Immigration, Elizabeth Keyes
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Exclusive Remedy Under Workers' Compensation: An Update on Exceptions to the General Rule, Stephen A. Markey Ill
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Exclusivity Without Patents: The New Frontier of FDA Regulation for Genetic Materials, Gregory Dolin
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Expansion and Restriction: Competing Pressures on United Kingdom Asylum Policy, Elizabeth Keyes
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Extend Criminal Jurisdiction to Juvenile Court!, C. K. Belhasen
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Faces of Open Courts and the Civil Right to Counsel, Steven D. Schwinn
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Faculty Colloquium on Business Organizations
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Fair Cross — Section Challenges in Maryland: An Analysis and Proposal, Richard Seltzer, John M. Copacino, and Diana Roberto Donahoe
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Fair Housing Testing: Its Legal Status and Policy Implications, Peter E. Millspaugh
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Fair Treatment for Contractors Doing Business with the State of Maryland, Scott A. Livingston
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Families Matter: Recommendations to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families in Court, Barbara A. Babb and Gloria Danziger
Family Mediation: Theory and Practice, Jane C. Murphy and Robert Rubinson
Family Mediation: Theory and Practice, Second Edition, Jane C. Murphy and Robert Rubinson
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Fashioning an Interdisciplinary Framework for Court Reform in Family Law: A Blueprint to Construct a Unified Family Court, Barbara A. Babb
Federal Agency Action Subject to Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act, Steven A.G. Davison
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Federal Common Law and the Erie-Byrd Rule, Richard W. Bourne
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Federal Firearms Prosecutions: A Primer, Phillip S. Jackson
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Federal Income Taxation of U.S. Branches of Foreign Corporations: Separate Entity or Separate Rules?, Fred B. Brown
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Federal Jurisdiction over Local Vote Fraud, Craig C. Donsanto
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Fee Schedules and Prepaid Legal Services, Charles McC. Mathias Jr.
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Fee-Shifting to Promote the Public Interest in Maryland, Maryland Access to Justice Commission
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Feminism, Democracy, and the "War on Women", Michele E. Gilman
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Feminism in the Global Political Economy: Contradiction and Consensus in Cuba, Deborah M. Weissman
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Feminist Legal Theory in the Context of International Conflict, Teresa Godwin Phelps
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Feminist Rule of Law Reform and Health Impact of Legal Systems Premised on Women as Communal Gauges of Honor, Tzili Mor
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Fighting Poverty With Faith: Reflections on Ten Years of Charitable Choice, Michele E. Gilman
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First Do No Harm: Interpreting the Crime of Aggression to Exclude Humanitarian Intervention, Joshua L. Root
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First Things First: Rediscovering the States' Bills of Rights, Hans A. Linde
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Flawed Coalitions and the Politics of Crime, David Jaros
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Foreword, Eric Easton and Amy E. Sloan
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Foreword, J. Amy Dillard
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Foreword: 2012 Clinical Legal Education Symposium, Leigh Goodmark
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Foreword: Judiciary Special Issue, Glenn T. Harrell Jr.
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Foreword: Symposium: Advanced Issues in Electronic Discovery: The Impact of the First Year of the Federal Rules and the Adoption of the Maryland Rules, Lynn McLain
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Foreword: Symposium: a Right to Counsel in Civil Cases: Civil Gideon in Maryland & Beyond, Leigh Goodmark
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Foreword Symposium: Having It Our Way: Women in Maryland's Workplace Circa 2027, Margaret E. Johnson
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Foreword: Symposium: LEED-ing the Way: Policy and Legal Issues with Green Building and Design, Steven G. Davison
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Foreword: The Death Penalty in Decline: From Colonial America to the Present, John Bessler
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Foreword: Traversing 2nd and 3rd Waves: Feminist Legal Theory Moving Forward, Barbara Ann White
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"Forfeiture by Wrongdoing" after Crawford v. Washington: Maryland's Approach Best Preserves the Right to Confrontation, Byron L. Warnken
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Forfeitures in Narcotics Cases: The Constitution and Recent Amendments to Maryland's Forfeiture Statute, Douglas Clark Hollmann
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Forgotten Fathers, Daniel L. Hatcher
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For the Practitioner: Bluer Skies in Maryland: An Introduction to the New Maryland Exemptions for Limited and Private Offerings of Securities, Mark A. Sargent and K. Houston Matney
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For Those Not John Edwards: More and Better Paternity Acknowledgments at Birth, Jeffrey A. Parness and Zachary Townsend
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Forum Faces: Alexander L. Cummings, Victoria Z. Sulerzyski
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Forum Faces: Incoming Dean Gilbert Holmes
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Forum Faces: Peter G. Angelos
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Forum Faces: Professor Jane Murphy
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Forum Faces: Robert L. Bogomolny
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Forum Faces: The Honorable Clayton Greene, Jr.
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Forum Faces: The Honorable Glenn T. Harrell, Jr.
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Forum Faces: The Honorable John F. Gossart, Jr.
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Forum Faces: The Honorable Martha F. Rasin
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Forum Faces: The Honorable Peter B. Krauser
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Forum Faces: The Honorable Robert M. Bell
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Foster Children Paying for Foster Care, Daniel L. Hatcher
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Fostering Uniform Substantive Law and Recovery — The Demise of Punitive Damages in Admiralty and Maritime Personal Injury and Death Claims, Thomas M. DiBiagio
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Four Terms of the Kennedy Court: Projecting the Future of Constitutional Doctrine, Kenneth M. Murchison
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Fourth Amendment and Statutory Limitations on Entry and Inspection of Commercial Property in Environmental Enforcement, Steven A.G. Davison
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Fracturing the Environment?: Exploring Potential Problems Posed by Horizontal Drilling Methods, Kathleen Kerner
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Franchise Law Compliance: Before the Logo Hits the Streets, Ronald M. Shapiro and Howard T. Carolan Jr.
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Freedom of Association, the Community Party, and the Hollywood Ten: The Forgotten First Amendment Legacy of Charles Hamilton Houston, José F. Anderson
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Free Exercise in the Free State: Maryland's Role in the Development of First Amendment Jurisprudence, Kenneth Lasson
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Frivolous Filings and the Penalty of Sanctions: The Disparate Impact of Rule 11 Sanctions in the Litigation Process, Alan J. Belsky
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From Legislature to Litigation: The Real Medical Malpractice Crisis, Patti G. Zimmerman
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From Medals to Morality: Sportive Nationalism and the Problem of Doping in Sports, Dionne L. Koller
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From the Law School "Although it is a healthy situation for a legislative body to have a diversified constituency, I am concerned about the steady loss of lawyer membership.", Melvin A. Steinberg
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From the Law School "Exceptionally strong academic credentials were presented by students admitted this year", Beverly Falcon
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From the Law School: Moot Court Teams
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From the SBA
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From the SBA Libel and Slander II: A Big Hit, Stanley D. Janor
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From the Student Bar Association
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From the Student Bar Association
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From the Student Bar Association:Reflections And Recommendations On The Teaching Of Professional Responsibility, Judy Goldenberg
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From the Student Bar Association:Solidarity Day: Where Were The Lawyers?, Stanly Janor
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Frozen in Time: The State Action Doctrine's Application to Amateur Sports, Dionne L. Koller
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Funny Money: How Federal Education Funding Hurts Poor and Minority Students, Cassandra Jones Havard
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Game of Bombs: President Barack Obama’s Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime, Jeffrey F. Addicott
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Garbage, near Misses, and Glass Slippers: The Scope of Admissibility under Maryland's Residual Hearsay Exceptions, Sang W. Oh
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General Permits Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, Steven A.G. Davison
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Genetic Resources, Indigenous Peoples and Federal Policy, Gregory Dolin
Genius for Justice: Charles Hamilton Houston and the Reform of American Law, José F. Anderson
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Genre, Iconography and British Legal Film, Steve Greenfield, Guy Osborn, and Peter Robson
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Getting The Bucks You Need: An Alternative Solution, Richard L. Gershberg
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Getting the Lead Out: A Practitioner's View of the New Maryland Lead Laws, Christopher Brown, D. Robert Enten, Lisa Kershner, and Jeanne B. Gardner
Ghosts of Jim Crow: Ending Racism in Post-Racial America, F. Michael Higginbotham
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Ghosts of Jim Crow Haunt Us Still, F. Michael Higginbotham
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Global Warming: An International Crisis, Ellen W. Cohill
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Gloria Steinem Keynote Address, Gloria Steinem
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"Goin' 'Round in Circles" ... and Letting the Bad Loans Win: When Subprime Lending Fails Borrowers: The Need for Uniform Broker Regulation, Cassandra Jones Havard
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Golden Parachute Payments under Proposed Treasury Regulation Section 1.280G-1: Analysis and Recommended Changes, Alvin L. Storrs
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Goldilocks, a/k/a Goldy Locks v. State - (A Mythical Appeal With an Equally Mythical Opinion), Richard P. Gilbert
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Googling Down the Cost of Low Sanctions, Gregory Dolin
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Governmental Immunity in Maryland: A Practitioner's Guide to Making and Defending Tort Claims, Karen J. Kruger
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Governmental Liability Under CERCLA, Steven A.G. Davison
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Government by Contract and the Structural Constitution, Kimberly N. Wehle
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Government Drug Testing in Maryland: The Implications of City of Annapolis v. United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 400, Ellen Zelinski Cohill
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Grandparent Visitation and Intact Marriages: An Unresolved Maryland Family Law Issue, Christopher W. Nicholson and Murray O. Singerman
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Gross, Reckless, Wanton, and Indifferent: Gross Negligence in Maryland Civil Law, Randolph Stuart Sergent
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Guest Editors’ Introduction to Special Issue on Substance Abuse and Addiction in Family Courts, Barbara A. Babb, Gloria Danziger, and Judith D. Moran
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Harmonization Through Condemnation: Is New London the Key to World Patent Harmony?, Max Oppenheimer
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Has Wright Line Gone Wrong? Why Pretext Can Be Sufficient to Prove Discrimination under the National Labor Relations Act,, Michael Hayes
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Health Care Workers with AIDS: Duties, Rights, and Potential Tort Liability, Gary I. Strausberg and Randal D. Getz
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Health Claims Arbitration in Maryland: The Experiment Has Failed, James Kevin MacAlister and Alfred L. Scanlan Jr.
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Hearsay, Confrontation, and Forfeiture by Wrongdoing: Crawford v. Washington, a Reassessment of the Confrontation Clause, Paul W. Grimm and Jerome E. Deise Jr.
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Hearsay in Federal Administrative Adjudications: An Alternative Path to Reliability, Roy D. Brenner
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Hearsay in State Administrative Hearings: The Maryland Experience and Suggestions for Change, Arnold Rochvarg
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Hell Hath No Fury Like a Fan Scorned: State Regulation of Sports Agents, Phillip J. Closius
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Herding Cats: Role Ambiguity, Governance, and Law School Clinical Programs, Binny Miller
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Here Comes the Judge! Gender Distortion on TV Reality Court Shows, Taunya Lovell Banks
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Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Management Systems and Octane Fitness v. Icon Health and Fitness - Post-Argument SCOTUScast, Gregory Dolin
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High School Football: A Dangerous Game: Too Many Children Are Being Injured Under the Guise of Recreation, Dionne L. Koller
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Hints of the Future?: John Roberts, Jr.'s Fourth Amendment Cases as an Appellate Judge, Thomas K. Clancy
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Historic Landmark Designation: Protection from Road Construction?, James D. Cameron
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Homosexual Rights: The Law in Flux and Conflict, Kenneth Lasson
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Homosexuals - Will Sexual Harassment Remedies Ever Be Available To Them?, Susan B. Stern
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Hospital Breastfeeding Laws in the U.S.: Paternalism or Empowerment?, Jennifer Bernstein and Lainie Rutkow
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Hot Crimes: A Study in Excess, Steven P. Grossman
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House Bill 1131: An Enigma, Robert E. Powell and Catherine A. Potthast
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How Administrative Law Halted The Death Penalty In Maryland, Arnold Rochvarg
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How Do We Deal With All The Bodies? A Review of Recent Cemetery and Human Remains Legal Issues, Ryan M. Seidemann
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How High Do Cartels Raise Prices? Implications for Optimal Cartel Fines, John M. Connor and Robert H. Lande
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How Judges Judge: Theories on Judicial Decision Making, Timothy J. Capurso
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How the Expressive Power of Title IX Dilutes Its Promise, Dionne L. Koller
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How the United States Government Sacrifices Athletes' Constitutional Rights in the Pursuit of National Prestige, Dionne L. Koller
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How to Find a Job - How to Understand a Chauvinist; or How to Read "The Truth is Important...' by Saul T. Dalg, S. Timmerman Tepel and Saul T. Dalg
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How to Improve Design Patent Prosecution Techniques, Bernard Ansher
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How to Improve Student Ratings in Legal Writing Courses: Views from the Trenches, Judith D. Fischer
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How Uncertainty in the Redrawing Of School Districts Affects Housing Prices, a Case Study: Comparing Neighborhoods in Charlotte, North Carolina and Columbia, Maryland, Kristen Ulan
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Hypnosis and the Law, Emmanuel Levin
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Hypnosis and the Law, Paul A. Dorf
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Hypnosis and the Law Symposium, Robin Goodenough
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Hypnosis As A Defense, Lu Clark
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Idea Protection and the Copyright Clause: The Problems of Preemption, Laura Anne Moeller
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If At First You Don't Succeed, Sign an Executive Order: President Bush and the Expansion of Charitable Choice, Michele E. Gilman
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Ignacio Gomez Palacio, With a Note in My Hand (El Pagaro en la Mano), Garrett Epps
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"Illegal Motion", Jeffrey Kluger
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Impact Fees In Maryland, Paul A. Tiburzi
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Impeachment and Rehabilitation under the Maryland Rules of Evidence: An Attorney's Guide, Paul W. Grimm
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Important Terms for Inclusion in Confidential Settlement Agreements for Financial Services Companies, Bryan D. Bolton
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Impressions on a New Code of Ethics, William I. Weston
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Improve the City: Send Your Kids to Its Schools, Jane C. Murphy
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Incest - Prosecution of the Case, Christine Lederer
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Index to University of Baltimore Law Review, Volumes 1 ‒ 3
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Index to University of Baltimore Law Review, Volumes 1 ‒ 4
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Index to University of Baltimore Law Review, Volumes 1 ‒ 5
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Index to University of Baltimore Law Review, Volumes 1 ‒ 6
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Industrial Design Law and Practice — Introduction to a Symposium, William T. Fryer IlI
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Industrial Design Protection and Competition in Automobile Replacement Parts—Back to Monopoly Profits?, James F. Fitzpatrick
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Industrial Design Protection in the United States of America—Present Situation and Plans for Revision, William T. Fryer III
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In Honor: Law Review Faculty Adviser & Professor Emeritus Eugene J. Davidson, John A. Lynch Jr.
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Injury as a Matter of Law: Is This the Answer to the Wrongful Life Dilemma?, Alan J. Belsky
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“Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere” Internal vs. International Armed Conflicts: Should the Distinction be Eliminated?, Laura Chafey
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Injustice Casts Shadow on History of State Executions, John Bessler
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In King's Wake: Forty Years Later, Assessing a Legacy of Goals Achieved and Promises Left Unfulfilled: Racism Less Pervasive, More Complex, F. Michael Higginbotham
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Inmate Information Project, Deborah Brumback
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In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Noor Mohammad: 1928-2006, John A. Lynch Jr.
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In Memoriam: Professor James S. May: 1934-1993, Joseph C. Reid
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In Memoriam - the Honorable Solomon Liss
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In Purse-Suit of Liability, Stephanie Melnicove
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Insight in Protecting the Charitable Non-Profit Exempt Status, Alfred A. Porro Jr.
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Insurer's Duty to Defend in Maryland, Andrew Janquitto
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Interest-Free Loans: Recent Developments Provide Tax-Saving Opportunities, Edward A. Johnston and David M. Abramson
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Interim Measures in Inter-State Proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights: Ukraine v. Russia, Stefan Kirchner
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International Decisions: Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia), Nienke Grossman
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International Law for American Courts: Why the “American Laws for American Courts” Movement is a Violation of the United States Constitution and Universal Human Rights, Maria Surdokas
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International Solutions to International Insolvency: An Insoluble Problem?, Donna McKenzie
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Internet Cookies: When is Permission Consent?, Max Oppenheimer
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Interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment: Two Don'ts and Three Dos, Garrett Epps
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Interpreting the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: Some Early Principles and Commentaries, Robert D. Moran
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Interstate Deposition Statutes: Survey and Analysis, Timothy L. Mullin Jr.
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Interview With Senator Mathias, Steve Kreseski
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"In The Matter of A Murdered Person ... " The Qur'an, 2:178, T. W. Lapin
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Introductory Note to Dispute Regarding Navigational and Related Rights (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua), International Court of Justice, Judgment of 13 July 2009, Nienke Grossman
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Inventing Norms, William Hubbard
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In Vento Scribere: The Intersection of Cyberspace and Patent Law, Max Oppenheimer
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Invisible Markets Netting Visible Results: When Sub-Prime Lending Becomes Predatory, Cassandra Jones Havard
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Israel and the Palestinian State: Reply to Quigley, Daniel Benoliel
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Issue Preclusion: The Return of the Multiple Claimant Anomaly, Aaron Gershonowitz
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Is the National Flood Insurance Program Really National Land Use in Disguise?, Robert D. Sokolove
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Is What We Want What We Need, and Can We Get It in Writing? The Third-Wave of Feminism Hits the Beach of Modern Parentage Presumptions, Carol A. Beier and Larkin E. Walsh
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Jane Jacobs Revisited: Do Social Service Organizations Have a Place in Redeveloping Communities?, Ian Hitchcock
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Japanese Design Law and Practice, Yoichiro Yamaguchi
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J.L.'s Time Bomb Still Ticking: How Navarette's Narrow Holding Failed to Address Important Issues Regarding Anonymous Tips, Andrew B. Kartchner
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Judicial Elimination of Saturday Night Specials: Kelley v. R.G. Industries, Inc., John D. Warfield
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Judicial Highlights: Maryland, Arthur M. Frank
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Judicial Highlights: Maryland, Arthur M. Frank
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Judicial Independence in Family Courts, Barbara A. Babb and Judith D. Moran
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Judicial Modification of Sentences in Maryland, Steven P. Grossman and Stephen J. Shapiro
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Judicial Review of Health Claims Arbitration Awards: Practice and Pitfalls, Timothy L. Mullin Jr.
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Juro-Religious Showdown In Egypt, T. W. Lapin
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Justice Delayed Is, Once Again, Justice Denied: The Overdue Right to Counsel in Civil Cases, Debra Gardner
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Justice Douglas, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, and Maryland Legal History, John A. Lynch Jr.
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Justice Scalia for the Defense?, Joanmarie Ilaria Davoli
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Justiciable Generalized Grievances, Kimberly N. Wehle
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Keynote Address: An Approach to a More Sustainable Architecture, Stefan Behnisch
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Keynote Address: E-Discovery beyond the Federal Rules, Richard L. Marcus
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Keynote Address: Seeking a Right to Appointed Counsel in Civil Cases in Maryland, Stephen H. Sachs
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Keynote Address: Why Are There so Many Injuries to Our Young Athletes? Professionalization and Specialization in Youth Sport, James R. Andrews M.D.
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Keynote Speech: A Letter from the Original Cause Lawyer, F. Michael Higginbotham
Kiss of Death: America's Love Affair with the Death Penalty, John Bessler
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Lady Liberty Blows out Her Torch: New Immigration Law Is Unforgiving and Far More Restrictive, John F. Gossart Jr.
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Land Aesthetics v. Wireless Channel Access: The Case for Local Authority to Regulate the Visible, But Not the Wireless, Interface of Antennas, Douglas Spoerl
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Landlord Beware: Private Actions by Tenants under the Maryland Consumer Protection Act, Michele Gilligan
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Land Use Regulation: It Just Gets Worse, Michael Lewyn
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Law Day Project 1975 Honored, Anthony Gallagher
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Law Placement News
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Law Review Summaries
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Law Review Summaries: Right to Equal Time on the Mass Media
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Law School Examinations: Some Helpful Hints, Byron L. Warnken
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Law Schools Explore Three-Semester Writing Programs, Eric Easton
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Lawyer Advertising In Maryland: Will It Work For You?, A. Thomas Krehely Jr.
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Learning Critical Legal Theory Across the Curriculum: An Innovative Course in Applied Feminism, Michele E. Gilman
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Learning More Than Law from Maryland Decisions, Ian Gallacher
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Leaving Maryland Workers Behind: A Comparison of State Employee Leave Statutes, Michael Hayes
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Lecture: Second Founding: The Story of the Fourteenth Amendment, Garrett Epps
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Legal Accountability in an Era of Privatized Welfare, Michele E. Gilman
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Legal Images of Fatherhood: Welfare Reform, Child Support Enforcement, and Fatherless Children, Jane C. Murphy
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Legal Images of Motherhood: Conflicting Definitions From Welfare "Reform," Family and Criminal Law, Jane C. Murphy
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Legal Implications for Green Buildings within Condominium and Homeowners Association Regimes in Maryland: Striking a Balance between the Promotion of Green Retrofits to Existing Housing Stock and Maintaining Aesthetics by Homeowners Associations and Condominium Associations, Nicole M. Lacoste
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Legislation: Bank Credit Card Interest Rates in Maryland: How High Can They Go?, Hans Froelicher IV
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Legislation: Child Abduction by a Relative: Maryland Enacts a Misdemeanor Offense to Deter Parental Child-Stealing, Allan L. Martin
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Legislation: Maryland's Drunk Driving Laws: An Overview, Christopher W. Nicholson
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Legislation: Property Disposition upon Divorce in Maryland: An Analysis of the New Statute, Paula Peters
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Legislation: Rape and Other Sexual Offense Law Reform in Maryland — 1976-1977, J. William Pitcher
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Legislation: The 1977 Maryland Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, Marianne B. Davis and Laurie R. Bortz
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Legislation: The 1978 Maryland Environmental Standing Act, Kim R. Siegert
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Legislation: The Maryland Equal Rights Amendment: Eight Years of Application, Peter S. Saucier
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Legislative- New Incentive for Secondary Financing?, Lisa Dopkin
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Legislative Oppression: Restricting Gestational Surrogacy to Married Couples Is an Attempt to Legislate Morality, Linda S. Anderson
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Legislative Summaries: Maryland General Assembly Updates, Julie A. Mallis, Ju Y. Oh, John M. Borelli, Jennifer Merrill, Megan M. Bramble, Brian Casto, Brenda N. Taylor, John A. Carpenter, Bryan C. Hughes, and Purvi Patel
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Legislative Summaries: Maryland General Assembly Updates, Erin S. Galvin, Jean McKenzie, Patricia K. Jaron, Kristine Rea, Sarah M. Miller, John D. Gifford, Carlin La Bar, Thomas Sova, Katherine Kiemle, Larna M. Cutter, Kevin Trogdon, Jason L. Levine, Brandy M. Scheydt, Brian Casto, Cendoria Yvonne Dean, Pete Maheridis, Victoria Z. Sulerzyski, and Matthew F. Penater
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Legitimacy and International Adjudicative Bodies, Nienke Grossman
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Lessons Learned from the 2004 Presidential Election: Testimony of Gilda R. Daniels before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, July 24, 2008, Gilda R. Daniels
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Let The Seller Beware: Maryland's Consumer Protection Act, Dennis Paul Zawacki
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Let Unions Be Unions: Allowing Grants of Benefits during Representation Campaigns, Michael Hayes
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Liability for Medication Errors, David Ginsburg
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Liability of the Guarantor of Secured Indebtedness after Default and Repossession under the Uniform Commercial Code: A Walk on the Wild Side by the Secured Party, Rick Sachs and Gloria M. Belgrad
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Licensee, Invitee and Trespasser: Archaic Classes?, Ronald Frank Greenbaum
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Licensing Health Care Professionals: Has the United States Outlived the Need for Medical Licensure?, Gregory Dolin
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Lifting the Floor: Sex, Class, and Education, Naomi Cahn and June Carbone
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Limitations on Workers Bringing Third Party Actions under Section 58 of the Workers' Compensation Act, Matthew I. Lynn
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Litigating Presidential Signing Statements, Michele E. Gilman
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Litigation Involving Protected Designs, B. R. Pravel
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Livability, Regional Equity, and Capability: Closing in on Sustainable Land Use, Nancy D. Perkins
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Lloyd v. General Motors Corporation: An Unfortunate Detour in Maryland Products Liability Law, Rebecca Korzec
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Location, Location, Location: Balancing Crime Fighting Needs and Privacy Rights, Nancy K. Oliver
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Longitudinal Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence, Risk, Well-Being, and Employment: Preliminary Findings, Jane C. Murphy, Mary Ann Dutton, Lisa A. Goodman, and Dorothy J. Lennig
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Look What They've Done to My Tort, Ma: The Unfortunate Demise of "Abuse of Process" in Maryland, Jeffrey J. Utermohle
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Lost Privacy in the Computer Age: Computer Matching Programs Are Turning Uncle Sam into Big Brother, Miriam Lapp Azrael
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LRW Program Design: A Manifesto for the Future, Eric Easton
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Luogo e Spazio, Place and Space: Gender Quotas and Democracy in Italy, Rachel A. Van Cleave
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen: Pierson v. Post - a Ditty Dedicated to Freshman Law Students, Confused on the Merits, Ridgely Schlockverse III
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Madness Alone Punishes the Madman: The Search for Moral Dignity in the Court's Competency Doctrine as Applied in Capital Cases, J. Amy Dillard
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Madoff Ponzi Scheme Exposes "The Myth of the Sophisticated Investor", Felicia Smith
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Mandatory Death Penalty for Attempted Assassination? Interview with the Honorable William F. Goodling, Larry C. Heim
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Man Fined in Baltimore County Crash that Killed 5-year-old Boy, Gregory Dolin
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Marriage and Inevitability: A Lesson from Maryland, William C. Duncan
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Maryland and Supreme Court Treaty Interpretation: Paradox and Dilemma, Stuart S. Malawer
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Maryland Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions, Byron L. Warnken
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Maryland Domicile Rule For Bar Admission Deleted
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Maryland Estate Tax: Past, Present, and Future, Edwin G. Fee Jr.
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Maryland Health Claims Arbitration System As Viewed By Delegate Joseph E. Owens, Walter R. Tabler, Esq. and Marvin Ellin, Esq., Eileen Ursic
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Maryland Inheritance Taxation of Testamentary Options to Purchase, William M. Simmons
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Maryland Lawyers Who Helped Shape the Constitution: Father of Freedom - Charles Hamilton Houston, José F. Anderson
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Maryland Legislative Summary: House Bill 114: State Government - Electronic Transactions Protection Act, Amy Mezewski
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Maryland Legislative Summary: House Bill 114: State Government - Electronic Transactions Protection Act, Amy Mezewski
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Maryland Legislative Summary: House Bill 154: Estates & Trusts—Intestate Succession—Abandonment or Failure to Support Minor Child, Marlena J. Reed
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Maryland Legislative Summary: Senate Bill 205: Anti-Discrimination Act, Youngju Au
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Maryland Legislative Summary: Senate Bill Two—Genetic Information—Non-Discrimination in Employment—Insurance, Ryan Starnpfle
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Maryland: Recent / Pending Legislation, John M. Oliveri
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Maryland: Recent / Pending Legislation, John M. Oliveri
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Maryland: Recent / Pending Legislation, John M. Oliveri
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Maryland: Recent / Pending Legislation, Ruth G. Allen
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Maryland Repeals the Death Penalty, but Leaves Five on Death Row: What Has the State Learned from Kirk Bloodsworth?, Meredith Lenore Pendergrass
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Maryland Rule 5-704(b): Where to Draw the Line for Ultimate Issue Testimony, Lisa Cuozzo
Maryland Rules of Evidence With Objections, Steven P. Grossman, Stephen J. Shapiro, Anthony J. Bocchino, and David A. Sonenshein
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Maryland's Constitutional One-Subject Rule: Neither a Dead Letter nor an Undue Restriction, M. Albert Figinski
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Maryland's Diminished Long-Arm Jurisdiction in the Wake of Zavian v. Foudy, Jeffrey J. Utermohle
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Maryland's Family Divisions: Sensible Justice for Families and Children, Barbara A. Babb
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Maryland's Growing Pains: The Need For State Regulation, Philip J. Tierney
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Maryland's Outdated Statute Restricting Labor Injunctions, Jeffrey P. Ayres and Kathleen O. Gavin
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Maryland's Prompt Criminal Trial Provisions: Hicks and Beyond, Harold Douglas Norton
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Maryland's Savings and Loan Crisis of 1985: The Resulting Legislative Reform, Steven I. Batoff
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Maryland's Statutory Hearsay Exception for Reliable Statements by Alleged Child Abuse Victims: A Hesitant Step Forward, Lynn McLain
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Maryland State Bar Association: Proposed Pattern Jury Charges: Product Liability
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Maryland State Bar Exam Under Attack, Louis Curran
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Maryland's Workers' Compensation System Out of Control, Martha S. Klima
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Maryland Tort Damages: A Form of Sex-Based Discrimination, Rebecca Korzec
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Maryland v. Louisiana Compared with Commonwealth Edison v. Montana or How to Tax Energy Production, Nicolette Prevost
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Maryland Workmen's Compensation System Revisited, Bernard J. Sevel
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Massachusetts Securities Regulation: In Search of the Fulcrum, Stephen M. Honig
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Medicaid Eligibility: Planning for the Elderly Client, Cynthia M. Brubaker
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Medicaid Fraud
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Medical Hope, Legal Pitfalls: Potential Legal Issues in the Emerging Field of Oncofertility, Gregory Dolin, Dorothy E. Roberts, Lina M. Rodriguez, and Teresa K. Woodruff
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Medical Savings Accounts: Efficient and Equitable? Is It Too Soon to Tell?, Brian Dent
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Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC - Post-Decision SCOTUScast, Gregory Dolin
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Meeting the Professional Identity Challenge in Legal Education through a Relationship-Centered Experiential Curriculum, Susan L. Brooks
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Merger of Law and Equity under the Revised Maryland Rules: Does It Threaten Trial by Jury?, Richard W. Bourne and John A. Lynch Jr.
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Mischief with Malice: A Review of Liability for Punitive Damages and the Insured's Right to Indemnity against an Exemplary Award, Mark C. Treanor
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'M' Is for the Many Things That 'Mother' Means Family Life Has Changed, but Family Law Hasn't Kept Pace, Jane C. Murphy
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Misprision of a Federal Felony: Dangerous Relic or Scourge of Malfeasance?, Royal G. Shannonhouse III
Mobilizing the Press: Defending the First Amendment in the Supreme Court, Eric Easton
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Modern Maryland Conflicts: Backing into the Twentieth Century One Hauch at a Time, Richard W. Bourne
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Maryland v. Wilson Revisited: For the Petitioner, J. Joseph Curran Jr. and Kathryn Grill Graeff
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Maryland v. Wilson Revisited: For the Respondent, Byron L. Warnken
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Monday Morning Quarterback: Maryland v. Wilson Revisited: Introduction, Reginald L. Smith
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Municipal Securities and State Securities Laws: A New Look, Michael Newman
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Murray v. United States: The Court Takes Another Swipe at the Warrant Requirement, Steven P. Grossman
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Myths About Women’s Careers in Law, Patricia M. Wald
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Neuro-Jurism: "The Advocacy Ailment", Jeffrey S. Kluger
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New Alternatives in Divorce Procedure, Lynn K. Caudle
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New Balance in the Rights of Creditors and Debtors: The Effect on Maryland Law, Charles M. Tatelbaum
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New Diving Board Proves Costly, Thomas G. Ross
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New Legislation Needed: Motor Vehicle Inspection Law, Mary Jean Lopardo
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New Moot Court Board, Gerald W. Vahle
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New Strides In The Intramural Advocacy Program, Anthony J. Agnone
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NFL Justice, J. Michael Eakin
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Non-Price Competition in “Substitute" Drugs: The FTC's Blind Spot, Gregory Dolin
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Normative Legitimacy and International Courts, Nienke Grossman
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Not at the Behest of Nonlabor Groups: A Revised Prognosis for a Maturing Sports Industry, Phillip J. Closius
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Note on Recent Changes in the Federal Income Tax, Jerry Fenzel
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Notes: Adloo v. H.T. Brown Real Estate, Inc.: "Caveat Exculpator" — an Exculpatory Clause May Not Be Effective Under Maryland's Heightened Level of Scrutiny, Kevin G. Hroblak
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Notes: Admissibility of an out-of-Court Confession: Inability to Make an in-Court Identification of the Defendant as the out-of-Court Confessor, despite Exactness of Names and Other Circumstantial Evidence of Identity, Goes to the Admissibility Rather Than to the Weight of the Confession. Woodson v. State, 325 Md. 251, 600 A.2d 420 (1992), Roberta C. Sinopole
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Notes and Comments: A Procedural Guideline for Implementing the Right to Free Public Education for Handicapped Children, Michael D. Steinhardt
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Notes and Comments: Covenants of Habitability in Short Term Leases, Samuel B. Dolcimascolo
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Notes and Comments: Discrimination on the Basis of Illegitimacy in Maryland's Wrongful Death Statute, Richard S. Haynes
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Notes and Comments: Due Process in Automobile Forfeiture Proceedings, Mark N. Lipp
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Notes and Comments: Evolving Consumer Safeguards — Increased Producer and Seller Responsibility in the Absence of Strict Liability, Steven I. Greenwald
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Notes and Comments: Exclusionary Rule under Attack, Barbara Mello
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Notes and Comments: FCC Implementation of the Section 315(a) Exemptions: The Disappearance of the Equal Time Doctrine, Gary R. Greenblatt
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Notes and Comments: Federal Income Tax Aspects of Incorporating the Small Business, Susan B. Watson
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Notes and Comments: Maryland Laws on Child Abuse and Neglect: History, Analysis and Reform, Barry L. Steelman
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Notes and Comments: Presumptions in Civil Cases: Procedural Effects under Maryland Law in State and Federal Forums, J. Clinton Kelly
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Notes and Comments: Pretrial Detention in Maryland: The Aftermath of Gerstein v. Pugh, Shelly E. Mintz
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Notes and Comments: Reexamination of Maryland Policy Concerning Public Employee Strikes, Joseph L. Persico
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Notes and Comments: Remedying Segregated Public Housing in Metropolitan Baltimore, John B. Weld
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Notes and Comments: Right to Counsel at Prison Disciplinary Hearings, Mark A. Seff
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Notes and Comments: State v. Evans — A Frontal Attack on the Common Law of Murder, Kathleen M. Howard
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Notes and Comments: Stock of a Closely Held Corporation in Decedent's Estate—Post-Mortem Considerations, Greg Williams
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Notes and Comments: Strict Liability and Possession of Contraband: The Maryland Approach, Ronald R. Jewell
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Notes and Comments: The Doctrine of Charitable Immunity—the Persistent Vigil of Outdated Law, Michael L. Wilsman
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Notes and Comments: The Maryland Boulevard Rule: A Time for Change, John William Debelius III
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Notes and Comments: The Maryland Sheriff v. Modern and Efficient Administration of Justice, Jonathan W. Acton II
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Notes and Comments: The New Maryland Rules of Criminal Procedure: Time Table for Lawyers, Eileen C. Sweeney
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Notes and Comments: The Reinstatement Rights of Economic Strikers: Laidlaw Five Years After, Michael D. Nossaman
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Notes and Comments: The Right to a Speedy Trial in Maryland, George M. Church
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Notes and Comments: The Young and Frericks Cases: Re-Examining Traditional Theories of Manufacturer Liability for Product Defects, John A. Currier and Abba David Poliakoff
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Notes and Comments: Third Party Beneficiaries of Warranties in Maryland, Allen J. Katz
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Notes and Comments: U.P.I.A. In Maryland: Retroactive Application, Richard A. Spirko
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Notes: Commercial Law — Consumer Protection Act — Landlord-Tenant — Remedies — Private Action by Tenant under Maryland's Consumer Protection Act Requires Demonstration of Actual Loss or Injury, i.e., Diminution in Rental Value, in Order to Justify Restitutionary Award of Rents Paid for the Lease of Unlicensed Residential Property. CitaraManis v. Hallowell, 328 Md. 142, 613 A.2d 964 (1992), Michael B. MacWilliams
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Notes: Conflicts — Insurance — Environmental Law — Limited Ren Voi Exception Will Be Utilized When Lex Loci Contractus Indicates That Foreign Jurisdiction Would Apply Maryland Law to Substantive Issue. American Motorists Insurance Co. v. Artra Group, Inc., 338 Md. 560, 659 A.2d 1295 (1995), Douglas I. Wood
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Notes: Constitutional Law — Ex Post Facto — Was Adding the Requirement of Gubernatorial Approval of Parole to the Patuxent Institution's Parole Procedures and Reinstating Original Sentences a Violation of the Prohibition against Ex Post Facto Laws? Gluckstern v. Sutton, 319 Md. 634, 574 A.2d 898, cert. denied, 498 U.S. 950 (1990), Carolyn W. Evans
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Notes: Constitutional Law — First Amendment Freedom of Speech — Statute Prohibiting "Loud and Unseemly" Noises Is a Content-Neutral Regulation of Protected Speech. Eanes v. State, 318 Md. 436, 569 A.2d 604 (4-3 decision), cert. denied, 110 S. Ct. 3218 (1990), Richard E. Guida
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Notes: Constitutional Law — Maryland's Drug — Free School Zone Statute, Which Increases Penalties for Distribution of Controlled Dangerous Substances within 1000 Feet of School Property, Satisfies Due Process Requirements. Dawson v. State, 329 Md. 275, 619 A.2d 111 (1993), Shara Beth Mervis
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Notes: Constitutional Limitations of Civil in Rem Forfeiture and the Double Jeopardy Dilemma: Civil in Rem Forfeiture Constitutes Punishment and Is Subject to Excessive Fines Analysis. Aravanis v. Somerset County, 339 Md. 644, 664 A.2d 888 (1995), Cert. Denied, 116 S. Ct. 916 (1996), Laurel Anne Albin
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Notes: Crimes and Punishments — Child Selling — Maryland's Statute Prohibiting the Sale, Barter, or Trade of a Child Is Not Limited to Proscribing for-Profit Adoptions, but Also Covers the Transfer of the Custody of a Child in Exchange for Money. State v. Runkles, 326 Md. 384, 605 A.2d 111 (1992), Randi Alyce Klein
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Notes: Criminal Law — Constitutional Law — Maryland's "Son of Sam" Statute Does Not Compel a Criminal Defendant to Turn Over Notoriety of Crimes Contracts to the Attorney General. Curran v. Price, 334 Md. 149, 638 A.2d 93 (1994), Danielle B. Gibbs
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Notes: Criminal Law — Evidence — Evidence of Refusal to Submit to Chemical Breath Test for Alcohol Admissible Only When Relevant to Matters Other Than Defendant's Innocence or Guilt. Krauss v. State, 322 Md. 376, 587 A.2d 1102 (1991), Howard S. Cohen
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Notes: Criminal Law — the Court of Appeals of Maryland Turns to Statutory Construction to Avoid Constitutional Right-to-Privacy Issue. Schochet v. State, 320 Md. 714, 580 A.2d 176 (1990), Thomas F. McKeon
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Notes: Eagan v. Calhoun: A Child May Bring a Wrongful. Death Action against a Parent for the Intentional Killing of the Other Parent, Dena M. Dietrich
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Notes: Family Law — Adoption: Do Laws Prohibiting Reimbursement to a Natural Mother for Reasonable Expenses Incurred during Pregnancy Truly Serve the Best Interests of the Child? In re Adoption No. 9979, 323 Md. 39, 591 A.2d 468 (1991), Donald A. Rea
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Notes: Family Law — Lying About a Spouse's Adultery to Speed Up a Divorce Does Not Prevent a Suit to Enforce the Spouse's Promise to Pay Support. Schneider v. Schneider, 335 Md. 500, 644 A.2d 510 (1994), Frank J. Mastro
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Notes from the Law School
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Notes: Grandparent Visitation — The One and Only Standard — Best Interests of the Child. Fairbanks v. Mccarter, 330 Md. 39, 622 a.2d 121 (1993), Jacquelyn E. Avin
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Notes: Hutton v. State: Whose Rights Are Paramount, the Defendant's or the Child Victim's?, Lynn M. Marshall
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Notes: Insurance Law — Protecting the Public Under Maryland's Compulsory Motor Vehicle Insurance Scheme: The Abrogation of an Insurer's Common — Law Right to Void an Insurance Contract Ab Initio for a Material Misrepresentation in the Policy Application. Van Horn v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co., 334 Md. 669, 641, A.2d 195 (1994), Joel P. Williams
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Notes: Insurance Law — the Exposure Theory Versus the Manifestation Theory: Which Method Should Courts Use to Determine When Coverage Is Triggered under a Standard Comprehensive Form General Liability Policy? Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc. v. Maryland Casualty Co., 324 Md. 44, 595 A.2d 469 (1991), Julie Dameron Wright
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Notes: Limitations On Who May Adopt: A Natural Mother May Not Adopt Her Own Natural Children Notwithstanding the Consent of the Natural Father and the Children. Green v. Sollenberger, 338 Md. 118, 656 A.2d 773 (1995), Jennifer R. Terrasa
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Notes: Lussier v. Maryland Racing Commission: Maryland's Court of Appeals Upholds a Fine Imposed by an Administrative Agency despite a Lack of Specific Authorization to Fine from the General Assembly, Gregory C. Ward
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Notes: Malicious Prosecution — False Imprisonment — Punitive Damages — Court Requires Clear and Convincing Evidence of Actual Malice to Support an Award of Punitive Damages in Both Malicious Prosecution and False Imprisonment Actions; False Imprisonment Does Not Lie against an Individual Who Wrongfully Procures The Arrest of Another, Where Arrest Is Made by a Police Officer Executing a Facially Valid Warrant. Montgomery Ward v. Wilson, 339 Md. 701, 664 A.2d 916 (1995), Joseph R. Salko
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Notes: Maryland's Child Pornography Statute Holds Photographers Strictly Liable for the Use of under — Age Subjects but Leaves Open the Possibility of the Mistake of Age Defense. Outmezguine v. State, 335 Md. 20, 641 A.2d 870 (1994), Charles L. Simmons Jr.
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Notes: Maryland's Common Law Right to Resist Unlawful Arrest: Does It Really Exist?, Kimberly T. Owens
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Notes: Negligently Inflicted Emotional Distress Resulting Solely from Property Damage Is Not a Compensable Injury. Dobbins v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, 338 Md. 341, 658 A.2d 675 (1995), Scott A. Mirsky
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Notes: Poe v. State: The Court of Appeals of Maryland Limits the Applicability of the Doctrine of Transferred Intent, Daniel J. Curry
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Notes: Professional Responsibility — Court Orders Indefinite Suspension Rather Than Disbarment as Sanction for Lawyer Who Misappropriated Client Funds in Escrow Account. Attorney Grievance Commission v. Bakas, 323 Md. 395, 593 A.2d 1087 (1991), Wendy A. Lassen
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Notes: Reno v. Aclu: The First Congressional Attempt to Regulate Pornography on the Internet Fails First Amendment Scrutiny, Scott A. Shail
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Notes: Right to Die — Court Requires Clear and Convincing Evidence of Persistent Vegetative Patient's Intent to Terminate Life-Sustaining Procedures; Health Care Decisions Act of 1993 Casts New Light on Outcome. Mack v. Mack, 329 Md. 188, 618 A.2d 744 (1993), Thomas J. Brindisi
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Notes: Securities Law — Uncollateralized Promissory Notes Are Considered "Securities" to Be Regulated under Federal Securities Laws. Reves v. Ernst & Young, 494 U.S. 56 (1990), Sheryl N. Stephenson
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Notes: Sheets v. Brethren Mutual: Maryland's High Court Misconstrues CGL to Cover Excluded Economic Loss Caused by Negligent Misrepresentation, Gregory T. Lawrence
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Notes: Sixth Amendment Right to a Speedy Trial — Delay of over Two Years between Initial Arrest and Trial Not Prejudicial to Defendant's Right to a Fair and Speedy Trial. State v. Bailey, 319 Md. 392, 572 A.2d 544, cert. denied, 498 U.S. 841 (1990), Joseph W. Rasnic
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Notes: Smallwood v. State: Maryland's High Court Refuses to Permit the Fact Finder to Infer a Specific Intent to Kill from Aids Rape, Tamara Lynn Mabey
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Notes: Stemming the Tide: Uniformity in Admiralty Commands No Recovery for Recreational Vessel Losses Under a Marine Products Liability Theory in Maryland Courts Due to the Economic Loss Rule of East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerlca Delaval, Inc., Michael F. Vitt
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Notes: Sullns v. Allstate: Lead Paint and the Growing Ambiguity of the Pollution Exclusion Clause, Kurt C. Schultheis
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Notes: The Best Interests of the Child Must Be Considered before Rebutting the Presumption of Legitimacy. Turner v. Whisted, 327 Md. 106, 607 A.2d 935 (1992), David J. Shuster
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Notes: The Eighth Amendment Proportionality Requirement: Maryland's Judicial Legislature "Repeals" an Open — Ended Common — Law Sentence. Thomas v. State, 333 Md. 84, 634 A.2d 1 (1993), Gina Subilia Lindekugel
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Notes: The Uncertain Status of the Required Evidence Test in Resolving Multiple Punishment Questions in Maryland. Eldridge v. State, 329 Md. 307, 619 a.2d 531 (1993), Robert A. Scott
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Notes: Torts — Government Immunity — Police Officer Pursuing Suspect Owes Duty of Care to Third Parties Injured by the Fleeing Suspect; Injured Plaintiff Can Recover from State and Political Subdivisions if Officer Was Negligent in Commencing and Maintaining Pursuit. Boyer v. State, 323 Md. 558, 594 A.2d 121 (1991), Phillip M. Pickus
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Notes: Torts — Negligence — Damages — a Right of Recovery Exists for Emotional Distress Injuries Arising from the Fear of Contracting an Infectious Disease, Even When Such Injuries Are Unaccompanied by Physical Impact and the Disease Is Not Contracted. Faya v. Almaraz, 329 Md. 435, 620 A.2d 327 (1993), Laura L. Johnson
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Notes: Torts — Negligence — the Fireman's Rule — Public Policy or Premises Liability? The Proper Basis for the Fire Fighter's Rule in Maryland. Southland Corp. v. Griffith, 332 Md. 704, 633 a.2d 84 (1993), Ami C. Dwyer
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Notes: Torts — Parent-Child Immunity: Parent-Child Tort Immunity Defense Is Applicable in Wrongful Death and Survival Actions despite the Modern Trend toward Abrogation of the Doctrine. Smith v. Gross, 319 Md. 138, 571 A.2d 1219 (1990), Sallie M. Brinkley
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Notes: Torts — Punitive Damages Are Not Recoverable in a Negligence Action Against an Intoxicated Driver Absent a Showing of Actual Malice. Komornik v. Sparks, 331 Md. 720, 629 A.2d 721 (1993), Jill D. Loper
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Notes: Torts — Res Ipsa Loquitur Is Inapplicable When a Plaintiff Offers Expert Testimony to Furnish a Complete Explanation of the Specific Cause of an Accident. Dover Elevator Co. v. Swann, 334 Md. 231, 638 A.2d 762 (1994), Jamey B. Johnson
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Notes: Torts — Successor Corporations — Defective Products — Can the Law and Policies of Strict Liability Be Reconciled with Corporate Law Policies Which Protect Successor Corporations in Order to Respond Fairly to the Legitimate Interests of the Products Liability Plaintiff? Nissen Corp. v. Miller, 323 Md. 613, 594 A.2d 564 (1991) (4-2 decision), Donna M.D. MacDonald
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Notes: Torts — Wrongful Discharge — Maryland Limits the Scope of the Wrongful Discharge Tort Where Statutory Civil Remedies Are Available. Makovi v. Sherwin-Williams Co., 316 Md. 603, 561 A.2d 179 (1989), Daniel S. O'Connor
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Notes: When a Contract for the Purchase of Land Is Executed Prior to the Initiation of a Suit Involving the Propertys Title, Lis Pendens May Be Precluded from Affecting the Purchaser's Interest under the Doctrine of Equitable Conversion. Deshields v. Broadwater, 338 Md. 422, 659 A.2d 300 (1995), Christopher J. Marchand
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Note: United States v. Harvey: Are Criminal Defense Fees More Vulnerable Than Necessary?, Eric Easton
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Not Just One of the Boys: A Post-Feminist Critique of Title IX's Vision for Gender Equity in Sports, Dionne L. Koller
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Not Our Mother's Law School?: A Third-Wave Feminist Study of Women's Experiences in Law School, Felice Batlan, Kelly Hradsky, Kristen Jeschke, LaVonne Meyer, and Jill Roberts
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Not Treble Damages: Cartel Recoveries Are Mostly Less Than Single Damages, John M. Connor and Robert H. Lande
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Nuremberg Trials and International Law, Mary Jean Lopardo
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Obama's Second Chance to Make History, José F. Anderson
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Objecting to Court Ordered Mediation, Jane C. Murphy
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Ocean City Beach Replenishment Conflict, Mark S. Cropper
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Office Politics: Hiring and Firing Government Lawyers, Gilda R. Daniels
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Of Professional Interest My Son The [Lawyer] Doctor, James R. Bell
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Of Secrets and Spies: Strengthening the Public's Right to Know About the CIA, Martin E. Halstuk and Eric Easton
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Once through the Wonderland of Logic, and Back Again, Harriet E. Lulie
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On the Origins of Islamic Law, T. W. Lapin
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"On the Take": The Black Box of Credit Scoring and Mortgage Discrimination, Cassandra Jones Havard
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Organized Murder in a Box: Wargaming, Edward Lulie III
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"Other Acts" Evidence: Recent Decisions by the Court of Appeals Undermine the Efficacy of Maryland Rule 5-404(b), Lynn McLain
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Outsourcing, Data Insourcing, and the Irrelevant Constitution, Kimberly N. Wehle
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Outsourcing Democracy: Redefining the Public Private Partnership in Election Administration, Gilda R. Daniels
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Parental Responsibility in Maryland for Torts of Minor Children, Robert Lankin
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Parent Education Programs: Review of the Literature and Annotated Bibliography, Barbara A. Babb, Gloria Danziger, Judith D. Moran, and Itta Englander
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Parenting by the Clock: The Best-Interest-of-the-Child Standard, Judicial Discretion, and the American Law Institute's "Approximation Rule", Richard A. Warshak
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Parity Bargaining in the Public Sector — a Mandatory, Permissive, or Illegal Subject?, Michael G. Gallagher
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Patent Agreements, Patent Validity, and the Supreme Court - Podcast, Gregory Dolin
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Patenting Human DNA: The Court's Decision - Podcast, Gregory Dolin
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Patents at the Supreme Court: It Could Have Been Worse, Gregory Dolin
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Patents, Taxes and the Nuclear Option: Do We Need a “Tax Strategy Patent” Ban?, Max Oppenheimer
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Pennsylvania Upholds Parental Rights, Lawrence Dominic
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Perfecting Criminal Markets, David Jaros
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Performance Standards and Measures for Maryland’s Family Divisions, Barbara A. Babb and Jeffrey Kuhn
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Personal Liability of Corporate Officials in Ejectment Actions: Evolution of the Tort and the Implications of Metromedia Co. v. WCBM Maryland, Inc., Lawrence S. Greenwald and Charles S. Hirsch
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Perspectives on Missouri v. Jenkins: Abandoning the Unfinished Business of Public School Desegregation 'With All Deliberate Speed', José F. Anderson
Peyote vs. the State: Religious Freedom on Trial, Garrett Epps
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Physicians with AIDS, Toni-Junell Herbert
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Pit Bulls: Maryland's Solesky Case Changes Liability Standard, Susan Rappaport, Kathleen M. Elmore, and Megan O'Connor
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Pittman v. Atlantic Realty: Affidavits and the Search for the Genuine Dispute of Material Fact, Gwen B. Tromley
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Plains Commerce Bank's Potential Collision with the Expansion of Tribal Court Jurisdiction by Senate Bill 3320, Patience Drake Roggensack
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Plaintiffs' Fault in Products Liability Cases: Why Are They Getting Away with It in Maryland?, Gardner M. Duvall
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Poetic License, Jeffrey Kluger
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Point/Counterpoint: Lawyer Advertising - We Will Hand You No Line before Its Time, John A. Lynch Jr.
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Point-Counterpoint: The Workers' Compensation System: A Final Word, Alfred J. Dirska, W. Stanwood Whiting, and Bernard J. Sevel
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Police Investigative Procedures and Juveniles, A. David Copperthite
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Post-Jones: How District Courts Are Answering the Myriad Questions Raised by the Supreme Court's Decision in United States v. Jones, Jason D. Medinger
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Post-Racial Lending?, Cassandra Jones Havard
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Poverty and Communitarianism: Toward a Community Based Welfare System, Michele E. Gilman
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Poverty Revenue: The Subversion of Fiscal Federalism, Daniel L. Hatcher
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Preempting the Police, David Jaros
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Preemption of ERISA Pension Plan Exemptions in the Aftermath of Mackey v. Lanier Collections Agency & Service, Inc.: A Glimmer of Light at the End of the Tunnel, David M. Landis and Jon E. Kane
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Preservation of Maryland Farmland: A Current Assessment, Craig A. Nielsen
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Preserved or Pickled?: The Right to Trial by Jury after the Merger of Law and Equity in Maryland, Charles A. Rees
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Presidential Control of the Elite "Non-Agency", Kimberly N. Wehle
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Presidents, Preemption, and the States, Michele E. Gilman
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"Pressing" out the Wrinkles in Maryland's Shield Law for Journalists, Bruce L. Bortz and Laurie R. Bortz
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Preventing Exploitation and Preserving Autonomy: Making Springing Powers of Attorney the Standard, John C. Craft
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Price Effects of Horizontal Mergers, Alan A. Fisher Ph.D., Frederick I. Johnson Ph.D., and Robert H. Lande
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Prime Time Crime: TV in the Courtroom, Andrew S. Katz
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Principles of Maryland Procurement Law, Scott A. Livingston and Lydia B. Hoover
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Prior Inconsistent Statements by Witnesses in Maryland, Byron L. Warnken
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Pro Bono for the Non-Litigator, Suzanne Kirby Welch and Kevin J. Kelehan
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Product Liability in Maryland Revisited, Edward S. Digges Jr.
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Product Liability in Maryland: Traditional and Emerging Theories of Recovery and Defense, Edward S. Digges Jr. and John G. Billmyre
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Product Liability Law Symposium: Introduction, John C. Eldridge
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Product Protection under Current and Proposed Design Laws, William Thompson
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Professional Sports and Antitrust Law: The Groundrules of Immunity, Exemption and Liability, Phillip J. Closius
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Prohibiting the Solicitation of Abortion—Viewpoint Discrimination and Other Free Speech Problems: Will Free Speech Guarantees Be a Casualty of the Moral Debate on Abortion?, William J. Swift
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Proof of a Defect or Defectiveness, Robert E. Powell and M. King Hill Jr.
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"Property and Law Are Born and Must Die Together"': The Honorable Dale R. Cathell's Philosophy of Individual Property Rights and the Government in the Court of Appeals and the Court of Special Appeals, 1989-2007, Lynne A. Battaglia
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Proportionality in Non-Capital Sentencing: The Supreme Court's Tortured Approach to Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Steven P. Grossman
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Proportionality in the Post-Hoc Analysis of Pre-Litigation Preservation Decisions, Paul W. Grimm, Michael D. Berman, Conor R. Crowley, and Leslie Wharton
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Proposal to Reform the Like Kind and Involuntary Conversion Rules in Light of Fundamental Tax Policies: A Simpler, More Rational, and More Unified Approach, Fred B. Brown
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Proprietary Protection of Computer Software, James P. Chandler
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Prosecuting past Civil Rights Crimes in Maryland, John Maclean
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Prosecutorial Immunity: Through The Looking Glass, Max Oppenheimer and Paul Mark Sandler
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Protecting Children by Preserving Parenthood, Jane C. Murphy
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Protecting Intellectual Property Rights Through Civil Litigation: A Symposium, Eric Easton
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Protecting Maryland's Environment: A Holistic Solution, Douglas F. Gansler
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Protecting the Family Pet: The New Face of Maryland Domestic Violence Protective Orders, Joshua L. Friedman and Gary C. Norman
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Protecting the Right to Vote: Oversight of the Department of Justice's Preparations for the 2008 Election - Statement of Gilda R. Daniels before the Senate Judiciary Committee, September 9, 2008, Gilda R. Daniels
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Protection of Industrial Designs in Canada, Robert E. Mitchell
Protective Services: New Hope for the Elderly, Anthony J. Agnone and Jamey Hochberg
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Providing Legal Services for the Elderly, Gilbert Wilkes III
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Psychological Well-Being: Key Factor in Child Custody, Terri Anne Davis
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Public Defense in Baltimore - Are Baltimore's Poor Receiving Adequate Criminal Defense?, Leonard A. Sipes Jr.
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Public Importance: Balancing Proprietary Rights and the Right to Know, Eric Easton
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Public Land Banking and Mount Laurel II — Can There Be a Symbiotic Relationship?, Cassandra Jones Havard
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Punitive Damages in Maryland: Reconciling Federal Law, State Law, and the Pattern Jury Instructions, Stephen J. Shapiro
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Punitive Damages in Tort Cases in Maryland, James F. McCadden
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Punitive Damages vs. The Death Penalty: In Search of a Unified Approach to Jury Discretion and Due Process of Law, José F. Anderson
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Purpose vs. Power: Parens Patriae and Agency Self-Interest, Daniel L. Hatcher
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Race and Immigration, Then and Now: How the Shift to "Worthiness" Undermines the 1965 Immigration Law's Civil Rights Goals, Elizabeth Keyes
Race Law: Cases, Commentary, and Questions, Fourth Edition, F. Michael Higginbotham
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Racially Bias SAT I/ACT Blocks College Access: Is It Constitutional for College Officials to Condition Admission on a Racially Bias Assessment?, Kendra Johnson
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Racial Redistricting in a Post-Racial World, Gilda R. Daniels
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Rail-to-Trail Conversions: How Communities are Railroading Their Way Out of Recession Towards Healthy Living, James Lilly
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Rape: It Only Happens to Others, Leonard A. Sipes Jr.
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Reaching the Glass Usury Ceiling: Why State Ceilings and Federal Preemption Force Low-Income Borrowers into Subprime Mortgage Loans, Anne Balcer Norton
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Reagan’s Court v. the Libertarians (reviewing Unprecedented: The Constitutional Challenge to Obamacare by Josh Blackman; The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution by Marcia Coyle; The Tough-Luck Constitution and the Assault on Health Care by Andrew Koppleman; and In the Balance: Law and Politics on the Roberts Court by Mark Tushnet), Garrett Epps
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Recent Case Law on Maryland's Speedy Trial Rule, Mary Comeau
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Recent Changes in the Law Affecting Educational Hearing Procedures for Handicapped Children, Ralph J. Moore Jr. and Leonard Z. Bulman
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Recent Decisions: Civil Rights — Title VII — Sex Discrimination — Exclusion of Pregnancy-Related Disabilities from Benefit Eligibility under Employer Disability Plan Does Not Constitute Sex Discrimination Violative of Title VII of 1964 Civil Rights Act. General Electric Co. v. Gilbert, __ U.S. __ , 97 S. Ct. 401 (1976), Donn Weinberg
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Recent Decisions: Constitutional Law-Fourteenth Amendment, Equal Protection Clause-Ad Valorem Property Taxation for Public Schools Financing Violates Constitution. Rodriguez v. San Antonio Independent School District, 337 F. Supp. 280 (W.D. Tex. 1971)
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Recent Decisions: Criminal Law-Search and Seizure-Seizure of Backyard Drug Cache Held Incident to Arrest in House. Fixel v. State, 256 So. 2d 27 (Fla. 1971)
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Recent Decisions: Criminal Law-the Plain View Doctrine in Maryland-Warrantless Search of Premises and Seizure of Evidence Held Unconstitutional. Brown v. State, 15 Md. App. 584, 292 A.2d 762 (1972)
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Recent Decisions - State and Federal: Ban on Company Operated Gas Stations Upheld, Robert C. Becker
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Recent Decisions - State and Federal: Court Shoots Down Air Force, Thomas G. Ross and Lawrence C. Dominic
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Recent Decisions - State and Federal: Coverage of Uninsured Motorist Endorsement, Andrea Gentile
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Recent Decisions - State and Federal: D.C. Adopts New Test for Insanity Defense, John Jeffrey Ross
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Recent Decisions - State and Federal: Don't Count Your Tuition before You're Billed, John Jeffrey Ross
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Recent Decisions - State and Federal: Growth of Vicarious Liability Checked, John Jeffrey Ross
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Recent Decisions - State and Federal: Maryland Embraces Emotional Distress, Andrea Gentile
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Recent Decisions - State and Federal: Merger Doctrine Examined, John Jeffrey Ross
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Recent Decisions - State and Federal: No Sick Leave for Pregnancy, John Jeffrey Ross
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Recent Decisions - State and Federal: No Talisman Required for Floating Lien, John Jeffrey Ross
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Recent Decisions - State and Federal: Prejudicial Joinder, John Jeffrey Ross
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Recent Decisions - State and Federal: Solicitation Broadened, John Jeffrey Ross
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Recent Decisions - State and Federal: Terry Examined, James F. Kuhn
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Recent Decisions - State and Federal: Trounced for an Ounce, John Jeffrey Ross
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Recent Decisions - State and Federal: T.V. or Not T.V. - Proof of VaIue for Grand Larceny, John Jeffrey Ross
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Recent Decisions: Torts-Liability of a Land Owner to Inadvertent Trespassers in Maryland-Owners of a Watchdog Held Not Liable for Damages to Trespassers. Bramble v. Thompson, 264 Md. 518, 287 A.2d 265 (1972)
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Recent Decisions: Torts — Products Liability — Theory of Strict Tort Liability under Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402a Held Applicable in Maryland When Complaint Alleged That Defendant Manufactured and Placed on the Market an Automobile in a Defective Condition Not Reasonably Safe for Its Intended Use. Phipps v. General Motors Corp., 278 Md. 337, 363 A.2d 955 (1976), Gerson B. Mehlman
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Recent Development: Allen v. State: DNA Evidence of a Third Party Found at a Crime Scene Must be Confirmed by Additional Testing to Permit Admission at Trial; Extra Testing Requirement Does Not Violate the Sixth Amendment, George Makris
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Recent Development: Brooks v. State: Extrinsic Evidence of a Prior Inconsistent Oral Statement Must Be Verbatim Unless Previously Adopted or Ratified by the Declarant; A Witness’ Statement Suggesting Evidence Corroborated a Complainant’s Story May Be Harmless Error if Not Intended to Imply Truthfulness; Separate Charges Must Be Merged for Sentencing if Not Unambiguously Based on Different Acts, Stephanie Lurz
Recent Development: Kulbicki v. State: Failure By Defense Counsel to Discover a Relevant Report and Adequately Cross-examine the State’s Forensic Expert is Prejudicial and Constitutes Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Allyson Bloom
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Recent Development: Raynor v. State: Non-intrusive DNA Testing for the Sole Purpose of Identification is Not a Search Under the Fourth Amendment, Bradley T. Bald
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Recent Developments: 3011 Corp. v. District Court: Corporations Charged with a Criminal Offense Have a Right to a Jury Trial, Kenneth A. Brown
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Recent Developments: Accrued Financial Services, Inc. v. Prime Retail, Inc.: Schemes of Barratry Violate Strong Public Policy and Are Void and Unenforceable in Maryland, Dawn L. Lyon
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Recent Developments: Acuna v. State: Probative Value of Expert Testimony and Evidence of Prior Related Acts Outweighed Any Unfair Prejudice in Child Sex-Abuse Case, Joseph Clark
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Recent Developments: Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena: Racial Classifications Developed to Further a Compelling Governmental Interest Must Be Able to Withstand "Strict Scrutiny", Paul J. Wilson
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Recent Developments: Adloo v. H.T. Brown Real Estate, Inc.: Liability Release Does Not Serve as Effective Exculpatory Clause for Broker's Own Negligence, Jayci Shaw Duncan
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Recent Developments: Administrative Adjudication, an Idea Whose Time Has Come, David H. Hugel Esq.
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Recent Developments: Administrative Agency Actions, Amy B. Tate and Melany Joe Ellinger
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Recent Developments: ADM Partnership v. Martin: Subjective Belief of Employee That Neglect to Assume Risk Inherent to Job Duties Would Result in Negative Consequences Does Not Constitute a Genuine Dispute Regarding Assumption of Risk, Ruth-Ann E. Lane
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Recent Developments: Advance Fin. Co. v. Trustees of Clients' Sec. Trust Fund of Bar of Md.: Non-Client Is Eligible as a Claimant against the Trust Fund if an Attorney Embezzles a Client's Funds Which Were Intended for the Non-Client, Mark L. Miller
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Recent Developments: Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Cochran: Extrinsic Evidence May Be Used by Insured to Establish Insurer's Duty to Defend under Liability Policy, Jeffrey A. Friedman
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Recent Developments: Agency—Respondeat Superior—Master's Liability for the Intentional Torts of His Servant Committed within the Scope of Employment and in Furtherance of Master's Business. Spence v. Newton, 20 Md. App. 126, 316 A.2d 837 (1974), Barry Genkin
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Recent Developments: Ake v. Oklahoma: Psychiatrists in the Court Room, Jennifer Hammond
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Recent Developments: Alavez v. Motor Vehicle Admin.: The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration May Not Issue a Maryland Driver's License to an Individual Whose License to Drive Has Been Revoked or Is Currently Suspended in Another State, Even Though the Revocation or Suspension Is Permanent in the Other State, Sarah Hale
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Recent Developments: Alexander & Alexander v. Evander & Assoc., Inc.: Court of Special Appeals Vacates State's Largest Punitive Award, Catherine E. Head
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Recent Developments: Allen v. Dackman: Controlling Members of an LLC, or Those with the Ability to Affect Decisions to Property Owned by the LLC, Are "Owners" under the Baltimore City Housing Code and May Be Held Personally Liable for Injuries Resulting from Violations of the Code, Mark Shelton
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Recent Developments: Allen v. Ritter: Maryland Estates and Trusts Section 9-111 Permits a Personal Representative Whose Final Account Is Approved by the Orphans' Court to Require Distributees to Sign Releases Prior to Estate Distribution, Sarah Witri
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Recent Developments: Allstate Insurance Company v. Atwood: Insurer Bound by Verdict in Tort Action and Could Not Relitigate Same Issues and Obtain an Overriding Declaratory Judgment on Jury's Verdict, Michael T. Wyatt
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Recent Developments: ALS Scan, Inc. v. Digital Service Consultants, Inc.: Technology Cannot Eviscerate Constitutional Limits on State Power to Exercise Jurisdiction over a Defendant, Ronald K. Voss
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Recent Developments: Alston v. State: Belated Administration of the Oath to the Jury Was Harmless Error; Conspiracy to Commit Second-Degree Murder Based upon Intent to Inflict Grievous Bodily Injury Is Not a Crime in Maryland, Mahesh Subramanian
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Recent Developments: American Federation of State, County, and Munidpal Employees v. State of Washington: Ninth Circuit Rejects Comparable Worth, Audrey A. Creighton
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Recent Developments: Ametek v. O'Connor: Employer and Insurer Are Entitled to a Credit for the Number of Weeks Benefits Were Paid When a Workers' Compensation Award Is Increased on Judicial Review, Kimberly Lensing
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Recent Developments: Anderson House, LLC v. Mayor of Rockville: Comprehensive Zoning Regulations Applied Uniformly and Identically within a Zone Are Valid Even if They Produce Disparate Results, Shantay Clarke
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Recent Developments: Anderson v. Bimblich: Recovery of Worker's Compensation Benefits Precludes Recovery in Tort Action, Kenneth S. Savell
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Recent Developments: Anderson v. Burson: A Bank Was a Nonholder in Possession of an Unindorsed Mortgage Note and Had Holdership Rights under the "Shelter Rule" When the Homeowner's Concessions Established the Note's Chain of Possession, Jeffrey R. Maylor
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Recent Developments: Andresen v. Andresen: Maryland Courts Not Permitted to Redetermine Marital Properly More Than 30 Days Affer Final Divorce Decree, Ellen W. Cohill
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Recent Developments: Apostoledes v. State: Murder Retrial Not Barred by Double Jeopardy Where First Trial Resulted in Conspiracy Acquittal and Jury Deadlock, Karl Phillips
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Recent Developments: Araiza v. Roskowinski-Droneburg: Denial of Request for Compelled Disclosure of Expert Witness's Financial Records Is Not an Abuse of Trial Court's Discretion When Party Is Given Only Three Days Notice to Comply, Kevin Barth
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Recent Developments: Archer v. Archer: Professional Degree Is Not Marital Property, M. Gordon Daniels
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Recent Developments: Arey v. State: In a DNA Post-Conviction Proceeding, a Prosecutor Must Diligently Search All Places Where the Evidence Could Reasonably Be Found in Order to Ascertain That the Evidence No Longer Exists, Joseph Lane
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Recent Developments: Arizona v. Mauro: Police Actions of Witnessing and Recording a Pre-Detention Meeting Did Not Constitute an Interrogation in Violation of Miranda, Mark Brugh
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Recent Developments: Arundel Corp. v. Marie: A Right of First Refusal Is Void under the Traditional Common Law Rule against Perpetuities as Well as the Legislative Modification of That Rule, Emily J. King
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Recent Developments: Atkins v. Virginia: Imposing the Death Penalty on Mentally Retarded Offenders Is Cruel and Unusual Punishment Prohibited by the Eighth Amendment, Supriya M. McMillan
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Recent Developments: Attorney General Clarifies the Scope of the Term "Correctional Facility" in Maryland Contraband Law, Steven E. Shane
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Recent Developments: Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Culver: Attorney's Sexual Relationship with His Client Violated the Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct, Brian Casto
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Recent Developments: Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Goodman: Intentionally Dishonest Conduct by Attorney Results in Disbarment, Rebecca A. Romig
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Recent Developments: Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland v. Mooney: Indefinite Suspension Is Warranted Where an Attorney Fails to Provide Competent Representation, J. Kristen Moore
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Recent Developments: Attorney Grievance Commission v. Gilbert: Attorney Disbarred for Failure to Disclose Material Information on His Bar Application, Robert Feldman
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Recent Developments: Attorney Grievance Commission v. Santos: An Attorney May Not Be Disbarred for Failing to Return Unearned Fees, Absent Fraud, Deceit or Misrepresentation, John A. Carpenter
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Recent Developments: Attorney Grievance Commission v. Winters: Disbarment Warranted Where Attorney's Criminal Activity Is Not Substantially Related to His Drug Addiction, Jonathan Beiser
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Recent Developments: Attorney Grievance Comm'n of Maryland v. Painter: An Attorney Who Commits Repeated Domestic Violence and Has Been Convicted for Similar Conduct Is Subject to Disbarment, Valerie G. Esch
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Recent Developments: Attorney Grievance Comm'n of Md. v. Braskey: Disbarment Is Appropriate When an Attorney Collects an Unreasonable Fee Combined with a Course of Unintentional Misrepresentation, Patricia K. Jaron
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Recent Developments: Attorney Grievance Comm'n of Md. v. Kinnane: Disbarment of Attorney Based on Rules 1.5(E) and 8.4(B) & (C) of the Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct Held Proper Where Violations Are Established and No Mitigating or Compelling Extenuating Circumstances Exist, Kellie Gombeski
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Recent Developments: Attorney Grievance Comm'n v. Drew: Workaholism Rejected as a Mitigating Factor in Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings, Carole N. Roche'
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Recent Developments: Attorney Grievance Comm'n v. Joehl: Pattern of Deceit on Bar Application and in Subsequent Disciplinary Proceedings Violates Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct and Warrants Disbarment, Robin Rucker Gaillard
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Recent Developments: Attorney Grievance Comm'n v. Kenney: Alcoholism Is a Mitigating Factor in Disciplinary Actions Only When the Attorney Establishes Truly Compelling Circumstances, Michele L. Katz
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Recent Developments: Attorney Grievance Comm'n v. Pennington: An Attorney's Reliance on Advice of Counsel Is Not a Defense to a Violation of the Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct, Ian Bartman
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Recent Developments: Att'y Grievance Comm'n of Md. v. Midlen: Maryland Attorneys Run the Risk of Having to Serve a Consecutive, Rather Than Concurrent Suspension, When They Fail to Promptly Notify Bar Counsel That They Have Been Suspended in Another Jurisdiction, Daniel Wechsler
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Recent Developments: Att'y Griev. Comm'n v. Brisbon: A Suspended Attorney Engaged in the Unauthorized Practice of Law by Providing Legal Services Using the Title "Immigration Consultant," and a Continued Indefinite Suspension Was the Appropriate Sanction, Hayley Tamburello
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Recent Developments: Austin v. Thrifty Diversified: Employer's Liability Expanded While Employee on Employer's Premises, Rita Kaufman
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Recent Developments: Ayers v. State: Maryland's "Hate Crimes" Statute Held Not to Be Unconstitutional Because Petitioner Lacked Standing to Make a Facial Challenge of the Statute, Andrea S. Holz
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Recent Developments: BAA, PLC v. Acacia Mut. Life Ins. Co.: Maryland Does Not Recognize a Fraud Exception to the Statutory Accountant-Client Privilege in Purely Civil Actions, Sarah Jacobs
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Recent Developments: Bailey v. State: A Warrantless Search and Seizure Is Not Supported by Probable Cause When an Officer Bases It on the Odor of a Lawful Substance Associated with an Illegal Substance without the Presence of Sufficient Corroborating Factors, Rachel Hirsch
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Recent Developments: Bailey v. State: Pre-Trial Disclosure Extended to Non-Maryland Police Officer, Lori S. Simpson
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Recent Developments: Bailey v. United States: A Drug Trafficker Must "Actively Employ" a Firearm in Order to Sustain a Conviction under the "Use" Provision of 18 U.S.C.A. Section 924(c)(1)(1984), Kevin M. Barner
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Recent Developments: Baker v. General Motors, Corp.: Injunction Granted in One State Barring Employee from Testifying against Former Employer Does Not Bar Testimony in Another State When Given Pursuant to Court Order, Holly A. Whittier
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Recent Developments: Ballard v. State: A Defendant's Statement, "You Mind if I Not Say No More and Just Talk to an Attorney about This," Was an Unambiguous and Unequivocal Invocation of the Defendant's Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel, Which Required the Interrogation to Cease and Rendered Inadmissible All Statements Obtained Thereafter, Kayleigh Toth
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Recent Developments: Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Inc. v. SDAT: An Organization Not Engaging in Formal or Systematic Instruction Can Qualify as Serving An "Educational Purpose" and May Therefore Be Eligible for Exemption from Property Taxes, Ayodeji O. Badaki
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Recent Developments: Baltimore Sun Co. v. Colbert: Courtroom Closure Presumptively Violative of First and Fourteenth Amendments Absent Specific Findings Showing Prejudice Towards Defendant, Bruce D. Hechmer
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Recent Developments: Baltimore Sun Co. v. Goetz: Press Has Common Law Right of Access to Affidavit Supporting Search Warrants between Execution of Warrants and Indictment, Richard E. Guida
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Recent Developments: Baltimore Sun Co. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore: It Is a Violation of the Common Law Principle of Openness When Public Access to Court Proceedings and Records Are Restricted, Christopher Sandman
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Recent Developments: Baltimore Sun Co. v. State: Juvenile Court Order Placed Unconstitutional Limits on the Press and Was Vacated as an Abuse of Judicial Power, Andrea Galante
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Recent Developments: Banks v. Pusey: A Person Living on His Parent's Property Does Not Create a Presumption of Adverse Use and Will Not Give Rise to a Prescriptive Easement without Clear and Convincing Evidence That He Was Living There and Using the Land without His Parents' Permission, Joel Carter
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Recent Developments: Banks v. State: Statements Made by Victim Expressing Fear of Killer Not Admissible to Rebut Evidence of Battered Spouse Syndrome, Heather L. Ashbury
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Recent Developments: Barrie School v. Patch: There Is No Duty for a Non-Breaching Party to Mitigate Damages When the Contract Contains a Valid Liquidated Damages Clause, George Perry
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Recent Developments: Bates v. Cohn: Once a Foreclosure Sale Occurs, a Debtor May No Longer Raise Defense Claims Including a Lender's Failure to Comply with Loss Mitigation Requirements; Only Procedural Irregularities May Be Raised as Post-Sale Exceptions, Gary Stapleton
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Recent Developments: Baynor v. State: Maryland Rule 4-263 Requires the State to Produce Relevant Information Regarding the Acquisition of Statements Made during a Custodial Interrogation That the State Intends to Use at Trial, Anabelle Berges
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Recent Developments: Bd. of Educ. of Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls: Mandatory, Suspicionless Drug Testing of Public School Students Participating in Extracurricular Activities Is a Constitutionally Reasonable Intrusion That Furthers a Public School's Legitimate Interest in Deterring Drug Use, Jennifer Merrill
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Recent Developments: Beales v. State: Impeachment by Prior Conviction Permissible Only Where the Trial Court Determines That the Probative Value Outweighs the Danger of Unfair Prejudice, Kelly A. Casper
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Recent Developments: Bean v. Dep't of Health & Mental Hygiene: A Committed Person Petitioning for Release from Confinement Is Not Required to Produce Expert Medical Testimony to Meet the Evidentiary Burden, Megan Ellenson
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Recent Developments: Beckman v. Boggs: Adoption of a Child with the Consent of a Natural Parent Does Not Terminate the Right of That Parent's Mother or Father to Petition for Visitation with the Child, Mark L. Miller
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Recent Developments: Bednar v. Provident Bank of Md., Inc.: A Closing Cost Reimbursement Charge Was an Invalid Prepayment Charge in Connection with an Earlier Home Loan Featuring a Closing Cost Waiver Repayment, Ryan McQuighan
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Recent Developments: Bentley v. Carroll: Jury Instructions Stating That Statutory Violations Are Evidence of Negligence Are Permissible, George Mahaffey Jr.
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Recent Developments: Berger and Barhight v. Battaglia and Baltimore Police Dep't.: Public Employer and Employee's First Amendment Rights, Malinda S. Siegel
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Recent Developments: Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser: First Amendment Does Not Prevent School District from Disciplining Student for Giving Offensively Lewd and Indecent Speech, Steven M. Schrier
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Recent Developments: Beynon v. Montgomery Cablevision Ltd.: Accident Victim's Estate May Recover Damages for Pre-Impact Fright if a Jury Is Capable of Making an Objective Determination That the Victim Experienced Anguish and Distress before Impending Death, Catherine Bowers
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Recent Developments: Beyond Sys., Inc. v. Realtime Gaming Holding Co.: A Maryland Court Cannot Exercise Personal Jurisdiction over an out-of-State Defendant Based Solely on the Existence of Defendant's Internet Website or Link, David Schaffer
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Recent Developments: Bishop v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance: The Primary Automobile Insurer Is Liable for Personal Injury Protection Benefits to a Passenger despite the Secondary Insurer's Payment of Benefits, Jason W. Hardman
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Recent Developments: B & K Rentals and Sales Co. v. Universal Leaf Tobacco Co.: Maryland Abandons Speaking Authority Requirement and "Res Gestae" Approach and Binds Principal by Agent's Statements Pursuant to F.R.E. 801(d)(2)(D), Gloria A. Worch
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Recent Developments: Blaine v. Blaine: Indefinite Alimony May Be Awarded Pursuant to an Extension of Rehabilitative Alimony, Karen Tossey-Ardis
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Recent Developments: Blue v. Prince George's Cnty.: The Supervisory Employee Exception to the Handgun Law Is Limited to the Enclosed Premises of the Business in Which the Employee Works, Brittaney Fabiano
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Recent Developments: B.N. v. K.K.: Fraud, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, and Negligence Applicable When Resulting from Sexual Transmissions of Dangerous, Contagious and Incurable Disease, Jonathan S. Beiser
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Recent Developments: Board of County Comm'rs v. Vache: Employer's Liability for Injuries Sustained Coming from or Going to Work Does Not Extend to Hazards Posed to the General Public, Anne Bodnar
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Recent Developments: Board of Directors of Rotary International v. Rotary Club of Duarte: Exclusivity of All Male Membership in Private Club Destroyed by California Statute, Gloria S. Wilson
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Recent Developments: Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools v. Mergens: Equal Access Act Allowing a High School Student Religious Group to Meet on School Premises during Noninstructional Time Does Not Violate the Establishment Clause, Scot D. Morrell
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Recent Developments: Board of Education v. Browning: An Equitably Adopted Child May Not Inherit by Intestate Successsion from the Sibling of the Equitably Adoptive Parent, Debra Johnson Singleton
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Recent Developments: Board of Educ. of Kiryas Joel Village v. Grumet: Statute Creating School District Designed to Benefit a Religious Group Violates the Establishment Clause, David A. Prichard
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Recent Developments: Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City v. Fells Point Cafe, Inc.: Liquor Board May Not Impose Additional Restrictions on Licensee as Sanctions for Violations, John B. Bratt
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Recent Developments: Board of Oklahoma City v. Dowell: Federal Court Supervision of Previously Segregated Schools May Be Terminated if Substantial Compliance with Desegregation Objectives Has Been Attained, Robert D. Cole Jr.
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Recent Developments: Bomas v. State: Expert Testimony on Eyewitness Identification Is Admissible if the Expert Offers Real Appreciable Help to the Trier of Fact, Michael Tanner
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Recent Developments: Booth v. Maryland: Victim Impact Statements Inadmissable at Sentencing Hearing in Capital Murder Case, Natasha Sethi
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Recent Developments: Boswell v. Boswell: Parent's Visitation Shall Not Be Restricted Solely Due to a Relationship with a Non-Marital Partner, Richard Dirk Selland
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Recent Developments: Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic: Blocking Access To Abortion Clinics Is Not Violative Of The Civil Rights Conspiracy Statute, John M. Oliveri
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Recent Developments: Briggs v. State: Conviction for Unauthorized Access to Computers Cannot Stand Where Defendant Misused Employer's Computers, but Was Authorized to Use Them in Connection with Employment Duties, William H. Jones
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Recent Developments: Brooks v. Housing Authority of Baltimore City: The Housing Authorities Statute Effectuates a Complete Waiver of Governmental Immunity for the Tortious Actions of Housing Authorities in Their Maintenance and Operation, Heather Pensyl
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Recent Developments: Brooks v. Lewin Realty III, Inc.: A Prima Facie Case in a Negligence Action Involving Lead Paint Violations May Be Established without Notice to the Landlord, Sarah M. Miller
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Recent Developments: Brown v. Dermer: Lead Paint Plaintiffs Need Only Show Landlord Had Reason to Know of Chipping Paint, Todd R. Chason
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Recent Developments: Brown v. State: Spousal Privilege Allows for the Confidentiality of Marital Communications by Bestowing a Privilege, Waivable upon the Spouse Making the Communication, Christopher M. Mason
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Recent Developments: Bryan v. State Roads Comm'n: Six Person Juries Are Sufficient for Condemnation Damages Proceedings under the Maryland Constitution, Meredith Stein
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Recent Developments: Buchanan v. Angelone: Instructions on Mitigating Evidence in Capital Sentencing Process Not Required under U.S. Constitution, Natasha Wrae
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Recent Developments: Burris v. State: Expert Witness Testimony Concerning a Defendant's Gang Affiliation Must Create a Nexus between the Crime and Gang Membership and Any Prejudicial Effect of the Testimony Must Not Substantially Outweigh the Probative Value, James M. Darrah
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Recent Developments: Burson v. Freeman: Statute Prohibiting the Display and Distribution of Campaign Materials within 100 Feet of a Polling Place Does Not Violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments, Julie Buchwald
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Recent Developments: Bush v. Vera: Subordination of Traditional Districting Principles to Achieve Minority Representation Is Violative of the Fourteenth Amendment, Paul J. Wilson
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Recent Developments: Butler v. State: Collateral Estoppel Does Not Preclude State from Retrying Defendant on Counts upon Which Jury Deadlocked at Defendant's Former Trial, Kimberly C. Foreman
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Recent Developments: California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n. v. Guerra, Director, Department of Fair Employment and Housing: State Mandated Benefits for Pregnant Employees Held Not Discrimination under Title Vll, Barbara E. Wixon
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Recent Developments: California v. Acevedo: Fourth Amendment Authorizes Warrantless Search of Container within Automobile Where Probable Cause to Search Exists Only to the Container but Not to the Automobile Itself, Kim-Haylee Loewenstein Band
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Recent Developments: California v. Carney: A Man's Mobile Home Is Not His Castle, Edward B. Lattner
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Recent Developments: California v. Greenwood: Warrant Not Needed for Search and Seizure of Garbage Left for Collection on Public Street, Gloria S. Wilson
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Recent Developments: California v. Hodari D.: For Purposes of Fourth Amendment, No Seizure Occurred by Mere Showing of Police Authority without Submission by the Suspect, Elizabeth Lee
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Recent Developments: Campbell v. Allstate Ins. Co.: An Insurer May Be Liable for an Insured's Personal Excess Counsel if It Does Not in Good Faith Settle a Claim within Policy Limits Prior to Trial, Debra Johnson Singleton
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Recent Developments: Campbell v. Montgomery County Bd. of Educ.: Female Minor Does Not Assume Risk of Sexual Assault When Impermissibly Entering Boys' Locker Room, Stephanie A. Babb
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Recent Developments: Carolina Freight Carriers Corp. v. Keane: Where Child Has Not Reached His Twenty-Second Birthday Wrongful Death Recovery Available to Parents, Natasha Sethi
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Recent Developments: Carpenter Realty v. Imbesi: Judgment Creditor Is Not Entitled to Post-Judgment Interest from Date of an Original Judgment That Was Reversed on Appeal, Brenda N. Taylor
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Recent Developments: Carroll v. State: Police May Make Warrantless Entries into Homes to Investigate Burglaries under the Exigent Circumstances Exception to the Warrant Requirement of the Fourth Amendment, Kimberley S. Wright Jones
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Recent Developments: Carter v. State: To Overcome a Defendant's Sixth Amendment Right to a Public Trial, the Court Must Provide a Compelling Interest Evidenced by Case-Specific Reasons, Akia Fox
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Recent Developments: Cartnail v. State: A Police Officer Was Not Justified, under Reasonable Suspicion Standard, in Conducting an Investigative Traffic Seizure of Defendant Who Had Not Committed a Motor Violation, Sona Morrison
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Recent Developments: Case Comment: Pouncey v. State--Guilty and Insane, James Poulos
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Recent Developments: Case Note: Sexual Harassment In Employment-Violation of Anti-Discrimination Laws Even with No Victim Loss of Job Benefits. Bundy v. Jackson, No. 79-1693, (D.C. Circuit, Jan. 12, 1981)., Linda Lee Panlilio
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Recent Developments: Casey v. Mayor and City Council of Rockville: A Governmental Action to Classify a Property as Historic under Article 66B of the Maryland Code Does Not Require Consideration of the Resulting Economic Impact the Changed Classification Will Have on the Property Owner, Chad Shue
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Recent Developments: Casey v. Planned Parenthood: Supreme Court Holds That States May Enact Measures Which Persuade Women to Choose Childbirth over Abortion, Sue Lawless
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Recent Developments: Caterpillar, Inc. v. Lewis: Proper Federal Court Jurisdiction at Time of Judgment Cures an Earlier Erroneous Denial of Motion to Remand an Improperly Removed Case, Donna L. Lyons
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Recent Developments: Chase v. State: Leon "Good Faith" Exception To The Exclusionary Rule Extended To Probation Revocation Proceedings., Christopher Hale
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Recent Developments: Cheney v. Bell Nat'l Life: Widow Denied Recovery on Accidental Death Policy When Husband Died from Aids Contaminated Transfusion, Eugenia Reed Oshrine
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Recent Developments: Chesapeake Amusements v. Riddle: A Dispensing Slot Machine with Player Enhancement Features That Signal When a Winning Ticket Is Being Dispensed Does Not Violate Maryland's Statutory Provision Prohibiting Illegal Slot Machines, Adam Kleinfeldt
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Recent Developments: Chesson v. Montgomery Mut. Ins. Co.: Expert Testimony Based on Novel Scientific Methodology Failed to Meet the Frye-Reed Threshold for General Acceptance Because of a Fundamental Divergence of Opinion in the Scientific Community about the Validity of the Methodology and Flaws in the Underlying Analysis, Brett H. Philpotts
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Recent Developments: Chisom v. Roemer: Judicial Elections Covered within Meaning of "Representatives" in Voters' Rights Act, Daryl D. Jones
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Recent Developments: Christian v. State: The Mitigation Defenses of Hot-Blooded Response to Adequate Provocation and Imperfect Self-Defense Can Apply to Mitigate First-Degree Assault Charges, Jason Heller
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Recent Developments: Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.: Federal Cigarette Labeling Laws Do Not Preempt Certain State and Common Law Actions, Ellen Ann Marth
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Recent Developments: Citizens Bank of Md. v. Strumpf: A Creditor Bank May Temporarily Freeze a Bankrupt Debtor's Checking Account without Violating an Automatic Stay, Mark L. Renbaum
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Recent Developments: City of Annapolis v. United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 400: Drug Testing of City Police and Fire Fighters Was Not an Unconstitutional Search and Seizure When Conducted during a Regularly-Scheduled Physical Examination, Ellen W. Cohill
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Recent Developments: City of Cleburne, Texas v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.: The Court Rejects Mental Retardation as a Suspect Class, John D. Warfield
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Recent Developments: City of Frederick v. Shankle: Expert Testimony Denying a Statutory Presumption Is Inadmissible, Derek Roussillon
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Recent Developments: City of Ladue v. Gilleo: Ordinance Banning Homeowner's Residential Sign Containing a Personal Political Message Violates the First Amendment, Andrea S. Holz
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Recent Developments: Clancy v. King: A Fiduciary, despite Adverse Repercussions to the Partnership's Interests, May in Good Faith Enforce a Validly Obtained Legal Right against His or Her Partnership, Joseph Maher
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Recent Developments: Clendenin Bros., Inc. v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co.: Total Pollution Exclusion Provisions in Commercial Liability Insurance Policies Do Not Relieve the Insurer from Its Duty to Defend the Insured Where the Alleged Harm Was Caused by Workplace Manganese Fumes, Jennifer Birckhead
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Recent Developments: C & M Builders, LLC v. Strub: A Duty of Care under the Multi-Employer Workplace Doctrine Did Not Extend Liability to a Subcontractor That Created a Hazard but Exercised No Control over the Worksite at the Time of the Accident; Assumption of Risk Was Established as a Matter of Law and Motion for Judgment Was Improperly Denied, Shannon Laymon-Pecoraro
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Recent Developments: Coalition for Open Doors v. Annapolis Lodge No. 622: Alcoholic Beverage Licensing for Private Clubs with Discriminatory Membership Policies Will Be Denied and Post-Judgment Intervention Will Be Permitted When the Government Fails to Appeal an Unfavorable Judgment, Kimberley S. Wright Jones
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Recent Developments: Coates v. Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc.: Utility Pole Owners Have a Duty to Refrain from Creating Unreasonable Risks to Roadway Travelers, Brent Bolea
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Recent Developments: Cobey v. State: Chromosome Variant Analysis Inadmissible to Match Alleged Rapist to Victim's Aborted Fetus, Deborah Dykstra
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Recent Developments: Cohen v. Cowles Media Co.: First Amendment Does Not Prohibit an Informant from Recovering Damages under State's Promissory Estoppel Law for Newspaper's Breach of Promise of Confidentiality, Jason Shapiro
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Recent Developments: Coleman v. Soccer Ass'n of Columbia: The Doctrine of Contributory Negligence Will Remain the Standard in Maryland for Negligence Cases Unless the Legislature Takes Action Otherwise, Katelyn Vu
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Recent Developments: Colorado v. Bertine: Automobile Inventory Exception to the Fourth Amendment Warrant Rule, William J. Morrison
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Recent Developments: Colorado v. Spring: Defendant Need Not Know Contents of Questioning to Effect a Valid Miranda Waiver, Joseph M. Giannullo
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Recent Developments: Commerce—City Ordinance Requiring a Deposit on All Soft Drink and Beer Containers Is Not an Unconstitutional Burden on Interstate Commerce. Bowie Inn, Inc. v. City of Bowie, 274 Md. 230, 335 A.2d 679 (1975), Michael L. Ross
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Recent Developments: Commissioner v. Lundy: Tax Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Award Refund of Taxes Paid More Than Two Years Prior to Mailing of Notice of Deficiency to Delinquent Taxpayer, Gabriel A. Terrasa
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Recent Developments: Commissioner v. Schleier: Monetary Awards Resulting from Claims of Discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ("Adea") Are Not Excludable from Gross Income for Purposes of Income Taxation, Carole N. Roche'
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Recent Developments: Comptroller of the Treasury Income Tax Division v. American Satellite Corporation: Out-of-State Losses Suffered by Multi-State Corporation May Be Used to Offset in-State Capital Gains for Tax Purposes, Richard M. Goldberg
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Recent Developments: Comptroller of the Treasury v. SAIC: The Comptroller Must Pay Interest on a Tax Refund Where the Tax Refund Resulted from the State's Error, Elizabeth Cowan
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Recent Developments: Computer Software Copyrightability, Sylvia Halkousis
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Recent Developments: Constitutional Law—Equal Protection Clause—Sunday Blue Laws Held Constitutional. Giant of Maryland v. State's Attorney for Prince George's County, _ Md. _, 298 A. 2d 427 (1973), Steven H. Oram
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Recent Developments: Cook v. Grierson: Pursuant to the Maryland Slayer Rule, Grandchildren Have no Right to Inherit from their Grandfather's Intestate Estate when Death is a Result of an Act of Patricide by the Children's Father, Jigita A. Patel
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Recent Developments: Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corporation: Voluntary Dismissal of Frivolous Lawsuit Will Not Protect Plaintiff from Imposition of Rule 11 Sanctions, Laura Campbell
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Recent Developments: Copyright—Extensive Photoduplication of Copyrighted Scientific Journals by Libraries Does Not Constitute Copyright Infringement. Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States, 487 F.2d 1345 (1973), Judith D. O'Neill
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Recent Developments: County of Sacramento v. Lewis: A Suspect's Substantive Due Process Right Is Not Violated When Police Action, Aimed at Apprehending a Suspected Offender, with No Intent to Harm or Legally Worsen Suspect's Situation, Causes Death, Bryon S. Bereano
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Recent Developments: County of Yakima v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation: The Indian General Allotment Act Permits Counties to Impose Ad Valorem Taxes but Not Excise Taxes on Patented Land Owned by Tribes and Tribe Members, Carolyn M. Brennan
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Recent Developments: Coy v. Iowa: Placing Screen between Defendant and Witness in Criminal Trial Vioiates the Right to Face-to-Face Confrontation, Richard M. Goldberg
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Recent Developments: Craig v. State: Sixth Amendment Right of Confrontation Is Not Absolute in Child Abuse Cases, George I. Cintron
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Recent Developments: Craig v. State: The Court of Appeals Redefines When an Abused Child Is Considered Sufficiently Unavailable to Testify and Allows for the Taking of Testimony by Closed-Circuit Television, Andrew S. Kasmer
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Recent Developments: Crane v. Scribner: Statutory Cap on Non-Damages Does Not Apply When Plaintiff's Last Asbestos Exposure Was before Statute's Effective Date, Farrah L. Arnold
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Recent Developments: Crawley v. General Motors: Dispensing with Disability in Occupational Deafness Claims, Randolph C. Baker
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Recent Developments: Criminal Law—Judicial Affirmance of the Validity of the Year and a Day Rule in Maryland. State v. Brown, 21 Md. App. 91, 318 A.2d 257 (1974), Lucy A. Loux
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Recent Developments: Criminal Law—Search and Seizure—Automobile Search on Police Lot Held Valid Due Exigent Circumstances. Skinner v. State, 16 Md. App. 116, 293 A.2d 828 (1972), Frederick S. Lipton
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Recent Developments: Criminal Law—Search and Seizure—Information from Unnamed Informant Held to Be Reliable without Any Demonstration of the Informant's Inherent Credibility. Thompson v. State, 16 Md. App. 560, 298 A.2d 458 (1973), Steven Aaron Allen
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Recent Developments: Criminal Law—the Application of the Federal Probation Act to the Corporate Entity. United States v. Atlantic Richfield, 465 F.2d 58 (1972), Rignal W. Baldwin
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Recent Developments: Criminal Procedure Maryland Rule 782 (C) May Not Be Used by Prosecution as a Plea Bargain Substitute - State v. Limbo, an Imaginary Opinion by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, Harold D. Norton
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Recent Developments: Crosby v. United States: Criminal Trial May Not Proceed if Defendant Is Not Present at Commencement of Trial, Maria Ellena Carey
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Recent Developments: Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health: Missouri May Require Clear and Convincing Evidence of a Patient's Wishes to Discontinue Food and Water, Lesley A. Davis
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Recent Developments: C.S. v. Prince George's County Department of Social Services: Court of Appeals Clarifies Procedural Mechanisms for Those Who Have Been Accused of Child Abuse or Neglect, Beverly I. Heydon
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Recent Developments: Cuffley v. State: Ambiguities Arising from the Interpretation of the Sentencing Terms of a Plea Agreement Must Be Resolved Solely Based on the Trial Court Record, with No Reference to Extrinsic Evidence, under Maryland Rule 4-243, J. Burke Miller
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Recent Developments: Curry v. Hillcrest Clinic, Inc.: Court of Appeals Reaffirmed Maryland's Acceptance of the "Frow Doctrine" - Defaulting Co-Defendants Inure to the Benefit of Judgments in Favor of Nondefaulting Co-Defendants, Paul J. Cucuzzella
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Recent Developments: Dade County School Board v. Polite: Florida Accepts the Premises Exception to the Going and Coming Rule for Workers' Compensation Benefits, Robert Lorenzo Kline III
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Recent Developments: Darby v. Cisneros: Courts Are Not Free to Require Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies before Seeking Judicial Review if It Is Not Mandated by Either the Enabling Statute or Agency Rules, Laura J. Mann
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Recent Developments: Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Reliability of Testimony Rather Than General Acceptance Provides the Standard for the Admissibility of Scientific Evidence in Federal Trials, Sandra G. Pike
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Recent Developments: Davis v. Slater: Maryland Statutory Law Does Not Divest Parties in Civil Cases of Their Common Law Entitlement to Jury Trial Where the Amount in Controversy Fails to Exceed Ten Thousand Dollars, Nathaniel Kenneth Risch
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Recent Developments: Davis v. State: Pretrial Silence Is Relevant to the Impeachment of an Alibi Witness's Testimony at Trial, Lisa Segerdahl
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Recent Developments: Dawson v. Delaware: Evidence of Defendant's Racist Associations or Beliefs Not Admissible in Capital Sentencing Proceeding Unless Relevant to the Issues Addressed in the Underlying Conviction, David E. Canter
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Recent Developments: Dawson v. State: Enforcement of State's Drug-Free School Zone Statute during Non-School Hours Held Constitutional, Kimberly A. Kelly
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Recent Developments: DeBartolo Corp. v. Fla. Gulf Coast Trades Council: Supreme Court Clarifies the Proviso to §8(6)(4) Which Allows Unions to Conduct Informational Activity, Andrea White Steele
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Recent Developments: Dedo v. State: Pre-Sentence Time Spent in Home Detention May Be Credited against Sentence Imposed, Steve Luxton
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Recent Developments: Degren v. State: Failure to Prevent the Sexual Abuse of a Child, When It Is Reasonably Possible to Act, Qualifies as Sexual Abuse under Maryland's Child Abuse Statute, Sean E. Kreiger
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Recent Developments: Dehn v. Edgecombe: Absent the Doctor-Patient Relationship, a Patient's Spouse Does Not Possess an Independent Medical Malpractice Cause of Action, Mark Patrick Johnson
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Recent Developments: Della Ratta v. Dyas: Jurisdictional Issues Relating to the Principal Office Clause of the Maryland Corporations and Associations Article Are Avoided When, after a Hearing for Judgment on Other Issues, a Case Is Transferred to the Appropriate Jurisdiction Prior to Entry of a Judgment on Dissolution, Shannon Laymon-Pecoraro
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Recent Developments: Denicolis v. State: Failure to Notify Defendant and Counsel of Jury Note Requesting Clarification of Definition of Solicitation Is a Violation of Maryland Rule 4-326(c), Victoria Z. Sulerzyski
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Recent Developments: Department of Natural Resources v. Welsh: Sovereign Immunity Did Not Bar Action to Quiet Title, Rex S. Caldwell III
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Recent Developments: Derricott v. State: Maryland Declares Reasonable Suspicion for a Lawful "Stop and Frisk" Requires More Than Matching Characteristics of a Drug Courier Profile, Laurie Ann Garey
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Recent Developments: Derr v. State: An Expert's Reliance on DNA Analysis Did Not Offend the Confrontation Clause Because the Underlying Report Was Not Sufficiently Formal to Be Considered Testimonial, James Hetzel
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Recent Developments: Design Kitchen and Baths v. Lagos: An Undocumented Alien Injured in the Course of His Employment Is Entitled to Receive Workers' Compensation Benefits under the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act, Jacob Y. Statman
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Recent Developments: DeWolfe v. Richmond: In Accordance with Article 24 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights, an Indigent Defendant Has a Right to State-Furnished Counsel at an Initial Appearance before a District Court Commissioner, Kristine L. Dietz
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Recent Developments: Dewolfe v. Richmond: Indigent Arrestees Have a Statutory Right to Counsel at Initial Appearances before District Court Commissioners and Bail Reviews before District Court Judges; Trial Court Did Not Err in Issuing Declaratory Judgment without Considering Office of the Public Defender's Budgetary Concerns or Drafting a Remedy; Res Judicata Would Not Preclude Arrestees from Subsequently Seeking Injunctive Relief to Enforce Their Right to Counsel, A. Lauren Cramer
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Recent Developments: Dickerson v. United States: The Supreme Court's Holding in Miranda v. Arizona Was a Constitutional Decision That Cannot Be Overruled by an Act of Congress, Christopher M. Mason
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Recent Developments: Diep v. Rivas: Maryland's Slayer's Rule Does Not Prevent the Relatives of a Murderer from Taking as Contingent Beneficiaries under a Life Insurance Policy, George Mahaffey Jr.
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Recent Developments: Dockworker's Remedy, Cathleen A. Quigg
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Recent Developments: Doe v. Montgomery County Bd. of Elections: The Limitations Period for Judicial Review of Petition Certification Accrues after Aggrievement, and Mandatory Referendum Petition Signature Requirements Apply to Active and Inactive Voters, Christian Kintigh
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Recent Developments: Dolan v. City of Tigard: Conditional Land Use Permits Requiring Dedication Must Meet Two Prong Test of Essential Nexus and Rough Proportionality or Requires Compensation under Fifth Amendment, Robert Schulte
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Recent Developments: Domestic Relations—Effect of Equal Rights Amendment on Child Custody Decisions. Md. Const., Declaration of Rights Art. 46.
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Recent Developments: Domestic Relations—Increase or Decrease of Permanent Alimony and Child Support—Granted without the Necessity of Showing a Change in the Circumstances of Both Parties. Lott v. Lott, 17 Md. App. 440, 302 A.2d 666 (1973), Rignal W. Baldwin and Leslie Winner
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Recent Developments: Downes v. Downes: A Court Does Not Have Discretion to Grant a Surviving Spouse an Additional Extension of Time in Which to Elect the Statutory Share if a Previous Extension Expired Prior to the New Request, Brooke Marli Hytovitz
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Recent Developments: Drummond v. State: Parent's Child Support Obligation Is Not Automatically Reduced by Amount Child Receives in Social Security Disability, Anna R. Benshoof
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Recent Developments: Duckworth v. Deane: Denial of Intervention in a Constitutional Challenge of Maryland Code, Section 2-201 of the Family Law Article Is Appropriate When the Parties Attempting to Intervene Do Not Meet the Requirements of the Rules for Intervention of Right or Permissive Intervention, Ashley Recker
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Recent Developments: Dumont Oaks Community Assoc., Inc. v. Montgomery County: County's Registration Fee for Common Ownership Communities Does Not Violate State Law Prohibiting Local Legislation Which Discriminates against Condominiums and Home Owners' Associations, Kristen L. Orff
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Recent Developments: Dupree v. State: The Prosecution May Not Impeach a Defendant with Evidence of the Defendant's Silence Following Advisement of Miranda Rights, Anne Bodnar
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Recent Developments: Duvall v. McGee: Tort Judgment Creditors Are Not Included in the Narrow Class of Creditors Entitled to Invade a Spendthrift Trust, Kevin Trogdon
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Recent Developments: Duvall v. State: District Offices of the Public Defender Are Treated as Individual Law Firms for the Purposes of Conflict of Interest Analysis, Stephen Mutschall
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Recent Developments: DWI Rights - Chemical Sobriety Test, Jennifer Hammond
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Recent Developments: Eanes v. State: Restrictions on the Volume Level of Protected Speech Held Constitutional, Kimberly A. Doyle
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Recent Developments: Edward v. Aquillard: Establishment Clause Violated by Statute Requiring School's Balanced Treatment of Evolution and Creation Science, David G. Banister
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Recent Developments: EEOC v. Waffle House: Employment Contract to Arbitrate Employment Related Disputes Does Not Bar the Equal Employment Opportunity Commisson from Pursuing Victim-Specific Judicial Relief, Such as Back Pay, Reinstatement, and Damages in an Enforcement Action for Violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Sean McDonough
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Recent Developments: Ehrlich v. Maryland State Employees Unions: The Governor Must Take Affirmative Steps to Ratify and Make Effective Memoranda of Understanding Following a Collective Bargaining Agreement, Mark Patrick Johnson
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Recent Developments: Ehrlich v. Perez: The Government's Failure to Provide Medical Funding to Resident Alien Children and Pregnant Women, Based Solely on Their Alienage, Was Subject to Strict Scrutiny and Violated Their Rights to Equal Protection, Lauren Dodrill
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Recent Developments: Ellerin v. Fairfax Savings, F.S.B.: Actual Knowledge of a Misrepresentation, Coupled with an Intent to Deceive Thereby, Satisfies the Actual Malice Requirement for an Award of Punitive Damages in a Tort Action of Fraud, Terrence J. Daly
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Recent Developments: Ellison v. Maryland: Convicted and Sentenced Criminal Defendant When Called as Non-Party Witness May Invoke Privilege against Self-Incrimination, Steven E. Sunday
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Recent Developments: Emmert v. Hearn: "All My Personal Property" Clause Construed to Encompass Testator's Tangible and Intangible Personal Property, Margaret Ann Willis
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Recent Developments: Etape v. Chertoff: Federal Courts Retain Exclusive Jurisdiction When a Naturalization Applicant Files a Timely Petition for Review of a Naturalization Application Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1447(B), Michael Gillman
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Recent Developments: Evans v. Evans: Expanding Visitation Rights, M. Tracy Neuhauser
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Recent Developments: Evans v. State: Section 142 of the Maryland Public Safety Article of the Maryland Code Did Not Contain a Penalty Provision nor a Related Penalty; Therefore, the Act of Obliterating, Removing, or Altering a Manufacturer's Identification Mark or Serial Number on a Firearm Was Not a Crime, James Robinson
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Recent Developments: Evans v. State: The Lethal Injection Checklist Provisions of the Department of Corrections' Execution Operations Manual Constitute Regulations under Section 10-101(G) of the State Government Article and Were Not Adopted in Conformance with the Requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act and Are Therefore Ineffective, Shannon Beamer
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Recent Developments: Evans v. Wilson: A Man Seeking to Establish Paternity of a Child Born during the Marriage of the Mother to Another Man Must Show That Genetic Testing Is in the Child's Best Interest, Julia J. Messick
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Recent Developments: F.A.C.E. Trading v. Todd: Games of Chance Bundled with the Purchase of Consumer Products, Where the Nature of the Product Is Incidental to the Playing of the Game, Constitute Illegal Gaming, Kristy Haller
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Recent Developments: Fairchild Space Co. v. Baroffio: "Early Bird" Employee Not Eligible for Workers' Compensation under the Coming and Going Rule, Michael P. Sawicki
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Recent Developments: Falcinelli v. Cardascia: Procedural Error Caused Court to Uphold Jury Judgment Which Exceeded Amount of Damages Requested in the Complaint, Pinelopi Makrodimitris
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Recent Developments: Falwell v. Flynt: New York Times "Actual Malice" Standard Distinguished in Action for Emotional Distress, J. Russell Fentress IV
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Recent Developments: Farmer v. Brennan: Prison Officials May Be Held Liable under the Eighth Amendment For "Deliberate Indifference" to an Inmate's Health and Safety in Prison Condition Claims, Ruth G. Allen
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Recent Developments: Farris v. State: Failure to Appear for a Court Mandated Weekend Detention Does Not Constitute the Crime of Escape in Allegany County, David Schmitz
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Recent Developments: Faya v. Almaraz: HIV-Positive Physician May Have Duly to Warn Patients of His/Her Condition, Kristen L. Orff
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Recent Developments: Federal Taxation—Taxpayer Held to Have Beneficial Interest and to Qualify for Depreciation Deduction Where He Made Little Investment and Incurred No Liability as Majority Shareholder of a Corporation and Transferee Subsequent to Purchase—Lease Back and Mortgage Agreements. Bolger v. Commissioner, 59 T.c. 760 (1973), Herbert R. O'Conor III
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Recent Developments: Federated Department Stores v. Le: Employer Potentially Liable to Its Employee for Tortious Conduct of a Co-Employee, Steven B. Drucker
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Recent Developments: Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.: Alphabetized Directory Listings Consisting of Surnames and Telephone Numbers Are Not Subject to Copyright Protection, Kimberly A. Doyle
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Recent Developments: Ferris v. State: After Completion of a Routine Traffic Stop, Separate Reasonable Articulable Suspicion Is Required to Support a Continued Detention or Seizure, Kristin E. Blumer
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Recent Developments: Ferro v. Lewis: The Maryland Motorcycle Helmet Statute Is Enforceable despite a Lack of Publication of a List of Approved Helmets, Gregory P. Jimeno
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Recent Developments: First English Evangelical Church of Glendale v. County of Los Angeles: Tile Evolution of the Just Compensation Clause-Court Requires Monetary Compensation for Temporary Regulatory Taking of Property, Martin S. Goldberg
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Recent Developments: Fitzgerald v. State: A Drug-Dog Sniff of Exterior Portions of a Residence Does Not Constitute a Search under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, Lindsay Victoria Ruth Moss
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Recent Developments: Flaherty v. Weinberg: Attorney Nonclient Liability, Marc Minkove
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Recent Developments: Florence County School Dist. Four v. Carter: Parents May Be Reimbursed for the Cost of a Private School When a Public School Fails to Provide an Adequate Education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Paul J. Mantell
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Recent Developments: Florida v. Bostick: Police Officers May Board Bus and Randomly Ask Passengers for Consent to Search Luggage without Necessarily Violating Fourth Amendment, Will Jacobi
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Recent Developments: Food Lion, Inc. v. McNeill: An Inadequate Response to an Interrogatory Must Be Challenged during the Discovery Phase and Will Not Serve as Grounds to Exclude Expert Testimony When Raised at Trial, Gillian Flynn
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Recent Developments: For Halifax Packing Co. v. Coyne: Severance Pay Benefits Do Not Flow from Erisa in Instances of Plant Closings, Steven E. Sunday
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Recent Developments: Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. Michigan Dep't of Natural Resources: Waste Import Restrictions Violate Interstate Commerce Clause, Carol Nakhuda Cohen
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Recent Developments: Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools: Damages Are Available for an Action Brought to Enforce Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Cheryl Zak
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Recent Developments: Frase v. Barnhart: Conditions Cannot Be Placed on Custody Awards Because Conditions Impermissibly Interfere with Parents' Right to Make Child Rearing Decisions, Thomas Sova
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Recent Developments: Friedman v. Hannan: The Automatic Revocation of Will Provisions "Relating to" a Spouse upon Decedent's Marital Dissolution Is Not Limited to Bequests Made to or for the Direct Benefit of the Former Spouse, and They May Be Extended to Bequests to Relatives of the Former Spouse, Cailin Talbert
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Recent Developments: Friendly Finance Corp. v. Orbit Chrysler Plymouth Dodge Truck, Inc.: Garageman's Lien Has Priority over Perfected Security Interests in a Motor Vehicle When Lien Holder Intends to Conduct a Statutory Sale, Jason L. Levine
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Recent Developments: Frye v. Frye: Maryland Reaffirms the Parent-Child Immunity Rule, Sharon Gamble
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Recent Developments: F.T.C. v. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Ass'n.: A Boycott by a Group of Lawyers Constituted an Agreement to Fix Prices in Violation of the Antitrust Statutes, Thomas J. S. Waxter III
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Recent Developments: Garay v. Overholtzer: Statute of Limitations Not Tolled for Parental Claims for Medical Expenses during the Minority of an Injured Child, Robert Schulte
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Recent Developments: Garner v. State: An out-of-Court Statement Made by an Unknown Caller to the Defendant's Cell Phone While in Police Custody Did Not Constitute Inadmissible Hearsay; Where Defendant Never Discharged His Counsel, Md. Rule 4-215(a)(3) Did Not Apply, Mary Lynn Denholm
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Recent Developments: Garrison v. State: A Post-Conviction Petitioner May Receive a Belated De Novo Appeal without Presenting Evidence of Its Likely Success, Bryson M. Filbert III
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Recent Developments: Gaver v. Harrant: Child Cannot Recover Damages for Loss of Parental Consortium When Third Party's Negligence Causes Parent's Injury, Gregory R. Smouse
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Recent Developments: Geisz v. Greater Baltimore Medical Center: Survival Actions Based on Medical Malpractice Accrue upon Discovery and Fraud Statute Tolls Time for Filing Wrongful Death Claims, Kelly Walfred Miller
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Recent Developments: Georgia v. McCollum: Criminal Defendants May Not Use Peremptory Challenges to Discriminate on the Basis of Race, Susan Oliveri
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Recent Developments: Giant Food, Inc. v. Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation: Disqualification of Unemployment Eligibility under Section 8-1004 of the Labor and Employment Article Is Lawful When There Is Substantial Curtailment at the Individual Facility or Premises, Traci Gladstone Corcoran
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Recent Developments: Gillis v. State: Full Faith and Credit Clause Does Not Bar Maryland Prosecution Subsequent to Prior Acquittal in Another State, Laura V. Bearsch
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Recent Developments: Gladis v. Gladisova: The Lower Cost of Raising a Child in a Different Country or State Does Not Justify a Downward Deviation from the Child Support Guidelines, as Set Forth in Sections 12-201–12-204 of the Family Law Article, April M. Urban
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Recent Developments: Godinez v. Moran: the Standard of Competency Required by the Due Process Clause for Pleading Guilty or Waiving Right to Counsel Is the Same as the Standard for Competency to Stand Trial, Amy Conrad
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Recent Developments: Goldberg v. Miller: Guardian Ad Litem Fees May Not Be Characterized as Child Support, Jennifer Merrill
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Recent Developments: Gonzales v. State: Where a Defendant Hires Private Counsel Who Subsequently Fails to Appear at Trial, the Court Cannot Force the Defendant to Either Consent to Substitute Counsel or Proceed Pro Se, Leslee Tingle
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Recent Developments: Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co.: Personal Injury Statute of Limitations Now Applied to Title VII Claims Brought in Pennsylvania, David Carey
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Recent Developments: Gordon v. State: Admissibility of Evidence under the Adoptive Admission by a Party-Opponent Hearsay Exception Is a Preliminary Determination for the Trial Court; Admission of Detective's Testimony Not Clearly Erroneous, Stephanie Lurz
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Recent Developments: Grady v. Brown: The Boulevard Rule Requires a Jury Determination of Whether an Unfavored Driver Effectively Yielded the Right-of-Way, and Therefore, Does Not Mandate That an Unfavored Driver Is Negligent as a Matter of Law, Stephen Cornelius
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Recent Developments: Graves v. State: A Conviction in Another State of a "Sexually Violent Offense" May Not Be Used as the Predicate to Establish That a Person Is a "Sexually Violent Predator" in Maryland, Ryan N. Hoback
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Recent Developments: Gray v. State: A Court Has Discretion to Allow a Witness Accused by the Defendant of Committing the Crime to Invoke the Fifth Amendment in the Jury's Presence, Brenda N. Taylor
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Recent Developments: Gray v. State: Court Upheld Trial Judge's Discretion in Refusing to Require a Prosecutor to Testify or Be Cross-Examined for Alleged Discrimination in Selecting Jurors, Gregory J. Swain
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Recent Developments: Greentree v. Fertitta: Three-Year Statute of Limitations Applicable When Tort Claim against Decedent's Estate Is Covered by Liability Insurance, Orhan K. Orner
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Recent Developments: Green v. Sollenberger: Natural Parents May Not Adopt Their Own Legitimate Children, Robyn Scheina Brown
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Recent Developments: Green v. State: Out-of-Court Statements Contained in a Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner's Report Are Testimonial in Nature and Inadmissible Absent the Defendant's Opportunity to Cross-Examine the Person Who Prepared the Report, Mahesh Subramanian
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Recent Developments: Gregg v. State: Amendments to the DNA Post-Conviction Statute Apply Retrospectively, Requiring Petitioners to Establish That Post-Conviction DNA Testing Could Provide Exculpatory or Mitigating Evidence That Is Relevant to Petitoner's Conviction, Robyn McQuillen
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Recent Developments: Hackley v. State: The Crime of Stalking in Maryland Includes, but Does Not Require as an Essential Element, "Approaching or Pursuing" the Victim, Kate E. Stewart
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Recent Developments: Hafer v. Melo: State Officers, Even When Acting in Their Official Capacity, May Be Personally Liable for Deprivation of Citizens' Federal Rights, Kenneth J. Goldsmith
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Recent Developments: Halliday v. Sturm, Ruger & Co.: The Risk Utility Test Does Not Apply to Design Defects Unless the Product Malfunctioned, Allisan Pyer
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Recent Developments: Hamilton v. State: Judicial Approval of "Jail House Plants", Edward B. Lattner
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Recent Developments: Hand v. Mfrs. & Traders Trust Co.: A Holder in Due Course of a Promissory Note Is Not Subject to a Statutory Illegality Defense Unless the Statute Voids the Specific Transaction, David Coppersmith
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Recent Developments: Handy v. State: Pepper Spray May Be Classified as a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon under Robbery with Deadly Weapon Statute, Michelle M. Owens
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Recent Developments: Harford County v. Town of Bel Air: County Has No Governmental Immunity in Contract Actions, Regardless of Whether Contract Involves Proprietary or Governmental Function, Theo Ogune
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Recent Developments: Harmelin v. Michigan: Mandatory Sentence of Life without Parole Does Not Violate Eighth Amendment, Ellen Poris
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Recent Developments: Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.: Psychological Harm Not Required for Title VII Sexual Harassment Claim Brought Under "Abusive Work Environment" Theory, Nicholas C. DeMattheis Jr.
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Recent Developments: Harris v. State: Trial Court Cannot Order Public Defender's Office to Appoint Standby Counsel at pro se Defendant's Request, Colleen Marie Halloran
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Recent Developments: Hartford Ins. v. Manor Inn: State's Duty to Protect against Third Party Injuries Does Not Override Recognized Tort Law Principle of Intervening Causation in Negligence Actions, Lisa Y. Johnson
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Recent Developments: Hashmi v. Bennett: Joint Tort-Feasor Status Must Be Conferred upon Individuals in a Settlement Agreement in Order to Reduce Contribution to a Jury Award under the Maryland Uniform Contribution among Joint Tort-Feasors Act, Catherine Simanski
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Recent Developments: Hayes v. State: Substitution of an Alternate Juror May Be Done at Any Time before the Jury Closes the Jury Room Door to Begin Deliberations, Jennifer Golub
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Recent Developments: Helling v. McKinney: Valid Eighth Amendment Claim Stated Where Prisoner Alleged Compelled Exposure to Dangerous Levels of Secondary Smoke Created an Unreasonable Risk of Harm to His Future Health, Amy Conrad
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Recent Developments: Henriquez v. Henriquez: Maryland Family Law Article Section 12-103 Permits Awarding Attorney's Fees Directly to a Legal Services Organization Providing Pro Bono Representation in a Child Custody Case, Sarah Witri
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Recent Developments: Hernandez v. State: When Requested by Counsel, Trial Court Must Ask Specific Voir Dire Questions Regarding Potential Racial Bias, Akia Fox
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Recent Developments: Hilton v. South Carolina Public. Railway Commission: Federal Statute Imposing Liability on State-Owned Railroads for Damages to Injured Employees Enforceable in State Courts Only, Linda M. Googins
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Recent Developments: Hodges v. Evisea Maritime Co.: Duty to Correct or Warn of Conditions in Longshoreman's Act, Jennifer Crump
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Recent Developments: Hodgson v. Minnesota: State Abortion Law Requiring Two-Parent Notification Prior to a Minor's Obtaining an Abortion Is Constitutional if a Judicial Bypass Procedure Is Provided, Rikke Davis
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Recent Developments: Holbrook v. State: Arson and Reckless Endangerment Do Not Have to Be Merged at Sentencing Because They Are Considered Separate Crimes, Toni Boettcher
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Recent Developments: Holmes v. State: A Defendant Not Incarcerated or on Parole or Probation Who Pleads Guilty but Does Not File Application for Leave to Appeal Waives the Right to Challenge the Conviction and Sentence through Coram Nobis, George Mowell
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Recent Developments: Holmes v. State: Trial Judge's Failure to Permit Pro Se Defendant to Present Closing Argument Is Not Harmless Error, Erika F. Daneman
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Recent Developments: Holmes v. State: Under Maryland Rule 5-802.1(b), Prior Consistent Statements Offered to Rebut a Charge of Fabrication Must Precede the Motive to Fabricate, Adam Cizek
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Recent Developments: Hopkins v. State: In-Court Voice Exemplar Given for Non-Testimonial Purposes May Be Admissible Where the Exemplar Is Relevant and Reliable, Joseph H. D. Solomon
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Recent Developments: House Bill 1129: State Police - DNA Testing, Stacey E. Burnett
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Recent Developments: House Bill 139: Patient Protection Act, Cheryl F. Matricciani
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Recent Developments: House Bill 172: Vessels - Operating While under the Influence of Drugs or Alcohol, George Mahffey Jr.
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Recent Developments: House Bill 177: Holocaust Victims - Inheritance Tax and Income Tax - Insurance Policies, Cheryl F. Matricciani
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Recent Developments: House Bill 190: Tobacco Tax, Holly A. Currier
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Recent Developments: House Bill 1: Ethics Law - Reform of Legislative Ethics Process, Bret Frankovich
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Recent Developments: House Bill 233: Courts & Judicial Proceedings - Peace Orders, Anna R. Benshoof
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Recent Developments: House Bill 315: Anti-Discrimination Act, Richard Dirk Selland
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Recent Developments: House Bill 388: Family Law - Marriage of Certain Minors, Anne Bodnar
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Recent Developments: House Bill 434: Estates & Trusts - Lien for Payment of Inheritance Tax, Bryon S. Bereano
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Recent Developments: House Bill 722: Motor Vehicle Administration - Privacy Protection Act of 1999, Jennifer Golub
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Recent Developments: House Bill 738: Family Law - Domestic Violence - Relief, Holly A. Currier
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Recent Developments: House Bill 751: Cigarette Restitution Fund, Brent Bolea
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Recent Developments: House Bill 758: Estates & Trusts - Guardianship of Property of Minor or Disabled Person - Power of Circuit Court, Adam Cizek
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Recent Developments: House Bill 759: Estates & Trusts - Conversion of Sole Proprietorships to Limited Liability Companies by Personal Representatives and Fiduciaries, Walter W. Green
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Recent Developments: Housing Authority of Baltimore City v. Bennett: Statutory Cap on Damages Does Not Apply to Tort Claims Directly against Local Governments, Tiffany M. Turner
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Recent Developments: Hudson v. United States: Imposition of Civil and Criminal Penalties Not an Automatic Violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause, Amy B. Tate
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Recent Developments: HUD v. Rucker: Title 42 U.S.C. § 1437d(l)(6)'s Plain Language of Lease Terms Affords Local Housing Authorities the Discretion to Evict Tenants for Drug-Related Activities of Household Members or Guests, Regardless of Whether the Tenant Knew of Such Activity, Mollie Shuman
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Recent Developments: Huffman v. State: Home Improvement Contractors Operating without a License Are Subject to Prosecution for Each Individual Transaction, Christopher Mason
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Recent Developments: Hughes v. State: The Routine Booking Question Exception to Miranda Pertains Only to Questions Securing Identification Information of the Most Basic Sort, John E. Cox
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Recent Developments: Hughes v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board: Payment of Workers' Compensation Benefits under Concurrent Employment, Pablo Emilio Lense
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Recent Developments: Hurley v. Irish American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston: Use of Public Accommodations Law to Modify Expressive Speech Content Violates the First Amendment, Paul J. Wilson
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Recent Developments: Hyle v. Motor Vehicle Admin.: Motor Vehicle Administration May Not Suspend the License of a Motorist Who Refuses a Blood Alcohol Test When No Qualified Person Is Available to Administer Breath Test to Which a Motorist Previously Consented, Marianna Bravo
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Recent Developments: Ibanez v. Florida Dept. of Business and Professional Regulation, Bd. of Accountancy: State Bears Burden of Demonstrating That Truthful Disclosure of Certified Financial Planner and Certified Public Accountant Designations in Commercial Speech Is Actually, Inherently, or Potentially Misleading; or Advances a Substantial State Interest by the Least Intrusive Means if It Desires to Restrict Such Speech, Fiorello J.P. Vicencio Jr.
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Recent Developments: Ideal Fed. Save Bank v. Murphy: Federal Interpretation of the Charter Form Provision for Federally Chartered Mutual Savings Associations Preempts Any State Policy to the Contrary, Mark L. Renbaum
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Recent Developments: Illinois v. Perkins: Undercover Agents Need Not Give Miranda Warnings to Incarcerated Suspects before Asking Questions Which May Elicit Incriminating Responses, Tena Touzos
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Recent Developments: Illinois v. Rodriguez: Warrantless Entry Valid if Based on the Reasonable Belief That a Consenting Third Party Possessed Common Authority over the Premises, Daryl D. Jones
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Recent Developments: Illinois v. Wardlow: An Individual's Presence in a High Crime Area Combined with Unprovoked Flight after Seeing a Police Officer Is Sufficient Basis for Reasonable Suspicion, Lee A. Dix
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Recent Developments: Imbesi v. Carpenter Realty Corp.: Maryland's Non-Claim Statute Does Not Permit a Creditor Setoff Once All Creditor Claims Are Barred by Statute, Brian Kelly
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Recent Developments: Imperfect Self Defense, Regan J.R. Smith
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Recent Developments: Imperial v. Drapeau: Witness Statements Contained in Letters of Complaint to Government Representatives Are Entitled to Protection of Absolute Privilege, Anne Bodnar
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Recent Developments: Independent Newspapers, Inc. v. Brodie: Maryland Requires a Prima Facie Showing of Defamation and a Balancing of First Amendment Rights before Ordering the Release of the Identity of an Anonymous Internet Speaker, Molly Deere
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Recent Developments in Maryland's Intestate Succession Law
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Recent Developments: In re Adoption/Guardianship No. 10935: Best Interests Standard Applies When a Guardian of the Person of a Minor Child Wishes to Resign, Karen Anderson
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Recent Developments: In re: Adoption/Guardianship No. CCJ14746: Licensed Clinical Social Workers May Render Diagnoses and Testify as Experts in Parental Rights Termination Cases, Victor A. Lembo
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Recent Developments: In re Adoption/Guardianship, No. T97036005: Children Have a Statutory Right to a Hearing on the Merits for a Petition to Terminate Parental Rights, Meredith Stein
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Recent Developments: In re Adoption/Guardianship of Cross H.: No Bar against the Initiation of a Termination of Parental Rights Proceeding during the Pendency of a Child in Need of Assistance Appeal; Court Did Not Err in Denying Placement of the Child with Grandmother; Termination of Parental Rights Was in the Best Interest of the Child, Caitlin Evans
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Recent Developments: In re Adoption/Guardianship of Rashawn H.: When Terminating Parental Rights Courts Must Make Specific Evidentiary Findings Regarding Each Statutory Factor and Explain Clearly How Those Findings Rebut the Presumption of Maintaining the Parental Relationship, Matthew Hartman
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Recent Developments: In re Adoption/Guardianship of Tatianna B.: A Licensed Clinical Social Worker Properly Qualified as an Expert Witness in Social Work May Opine in a Termination of Parental Rights Hearing Regarding Risk and Safety Assessment, Elisabeth Koloup
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Recent Developments: In re Adoption No. 93321055: Parents Who Fail to File a Timely Objection to Adoption of Their Children Cannot Later Attempt to Revoke This Deemed Consent, Wytonja Curry
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Recent Developments: In re Adoption of Sean M.: Failure to File a Timely Objection after Being Served a Show Cause Order, Constitutes Irrevocable Consent to an Independent Adoption; Maryland's Statutory Scheme Does Not Violate Parental Due Process Rights, Sarah M. Grago
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Recent Developments: In re Anthony W.: The Accomplice Corroboration Rule Applies to Juvenile Proceedings, Taren Stanton
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Recent Developments: In re Ariel G.: When Compelled Statements Fall within the Central Scope of the Fifth Amendment, the Operation of a Civil Regulatory Regime Cannot Trump the Assertion of the Fifth Amendment Right, Kristine H. Rea
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Recent Developments: In re Billman: Disposition of Substitute Assets Possessed by Third Party and Subject to Rico Forfeiture May Be Enjoined, Charles Szczesny
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Recent Developments: In re Criminal Investigation No. 1/242Q: Attorney-Client Fee Records Not Privileged from Subpoena, Dianne Moorehead Hughes
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Recent Developments: In re Herbert B.: Restitution in Juvenile Proceedings, Marilys Fernandez
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Recent Developments: In re Jason W.: Routine School Disturbances Do Not Warrant Juvenile Delinquency Charges, Katherine Kiemle
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Recent Developments: In re Maria P.: A Parent's Due Process Rights Are Violated When Excluded from a Child in Need of Assistance Adjudicatory Hearing without the Benefit of a Factual Determination That Such Exclusion Is Warranted and in the Best Interest of the Child, Shahrzad Rezvani
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Recent Developments: In re: Mark M. 2000: A Trial Court May Not Delegate Its Judicial Authority to a Non-Judicial Agency or Person to Determine the Visitation Rights of a Parent, Amanda Sprehn
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Recent Developments: In re: Maurice M.: Civil Contempt Order Directing Mother Suspected of Child Abuse to Produce the Juvenile Held to Violate Fifth Amendment, Mary Jo Murphy
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Recent Developments: In re Moore: Debtors' Interests in ERISA-Qualified Profitsharing and Pension Plan beyond the Reach of Bankruptcy Trustee, Mary Jo Murphy
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Recent Developments: In re Najasha B.: When a Child Objects to the Department of Social Services' Unilateral Withdrawal of a CINA Petition, the Juvenile Court Must Hold an Adjudicatory Hearing to Consider the Child's Allegations of Abuse or Neglect, Joshua Beale
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Recent Developments: In re Roberto D.B.: A Gestational Carrier Is Not Required to Be Listed on a Birth Certificate Because the Maryland Equal Rights Amendment Demands That Maryland Paternity Statutes, Which Allow Men to Challenge Paternity, Extend to Women, Patricia Calomeris
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Recent Developments: In re Ryan W.: State Courts Lack Subject Matter Jurisdiction over Matters Concerning a Representative Payee's Allocation of OASDI Benefits for a Child in Need of Assistance; Representative Payees Must Provide Notice to the Child's Legal Representative When an Institution Intends to Retain the Child's Benefits, Jacqueline K. Lovdahl
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Recent Developments: In re Thomas J.: Juveniles Have a Constitutional Right to a Speedy Trial under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and Article 21 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights, Brenda N. Taylor
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Recent Developments: In re Timothy F.: State Must Prove That Juvenile Defendant Had Intent to Distribute Non-Controlled Substance as a Controlled Dangerous Substance, Jennifer M. Moss
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Recent Developments: In re Victor B.: Juvenile Delinquency Adjudication Is a Civil Proceeding to Which Criminal Rules of Procedure Are Inapplicable, Timothy Sean Daugherty
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Recent Developments: In re Victoria C.: Adult Seeking Visitation with Her Minor Siblings Must Make an Initial Threshold Showing of Exceptional Circumstances or Parental Unfitness; Exceptional Circumstances Are Those Which Would Lead to a Deleterious Effect on the Children by the Lack of Visitation, Tonya M. Bland
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Recent Developments: INS v. Ventura: The Court of Appeals Should Remand to the Board of Immigration Appeals When Deciding an Issue before the Board Has an Opportunity to Address the Matter, Andrea Tony
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Recent Developments: International Union, UAW v. Johnson Controls, Inc.: Employer May Not Bar Women from Employment Which Might Expose Unborn Child to Harm, Howard S. Cohen
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Recent Developments: Interspousal Tort Immunity, Karen L. Sussman
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Recent Developments: Jack A/K/A Jack in the Bean Stalk v. State, Richard P. Gilbert
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Recent Developments: Jackson v. State: Judge's Expansion beyond the Outer Limits of His or Her Broad Discretionary Rights Equates to Impermissible Error, Julie Folkemer Zimmer
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Recent Developments: Jackson v. State: Prior Convictions of Similar Crimes May Be Admissible for Impeachment Purposes When the Probative Value of the Evidence Outweighs the Prejudicial Effect, Michele L. Katz
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Recent Developments: Jacobson v. United States: Entrapment Defense Prevailed Where Government Failed to Prove Criminal Predisposition Existed before Investigation Induced Defendant to Break the Law, Scott N. Alperin
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Recent Developments: Jaffee v. Redmond: A Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege Exists under Federal Rule of Evidence 501, Kathleen M. Maynard
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Recent Developments: Janice M. v. Margaret K.: Maryland Does Not Recognize De Facto Parenthood as a Legal Status, Thus All Third Parties Must Demonstrate Parental Unfitness or Exceptional Circumstances to Overcome a Parent's Constitutional Right in Custody and Visitation Disputes, Angela Ablorh-Odjidja
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Recent Developments: Jersey Shore State Bank v. United States: IRS Not Required to Provide Notice and a Demand for Payment to a Third-Party Lender Prior to Initiating a Civil Suit to Collect Employment Taxes, Robert R. Tousey
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Recent Developments: Jessica G. v. Hector M.: Mother's Unsuccessful Paternity Action Does Not Bar Child's Subsequent Paternity Action, Kristin Heller Woolam
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Recent Developments: Jimmy Swaggert Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California: State Sales and Use Tax on Religious Material Is Not Violative of the First Amendment's Religion Clauses, Cathy A. Cooper
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Recent Developments: John A. v. Bd. of Educ. for Howard County: The Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings May Hear Disputes Regarding "Related Services" Not Explicitly Included in Individualized Education Plans, but Lacks Subject Matter Jurisdiction over Disputes Not Relating to Special Education Matters under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Related Maryland Law, Dorothy Hae Eon Min
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Recent Developments: John Deere Constr. & Forestry Co. v. Reliable Tractor, Inc.: Open-Ended Contracts with Notice of Termination Requirements Periodically Renew, and Subsequently Enacted Legislation Applies Prospectively to These Contracts after Their Renewal, Michael Beste
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Recent Developments: Johnson v. Mountaire Farms of Delmarva: Maryland Fails to Expand Workmen's Compensation Act, Stephen A. Markey III
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Recent Developments: Johnson v. State: An Inchoate Crime Sentence Shall Not Exceed the Maximum Sentence, without Enhancements, of the Target Crime, Camela J. Chapman
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Recent Developments: Johnson v. State: Convicting and Sentencing a Defendant for a Crime Not Included in an Indictment Constituted an Inherently Illegal Sentence and Must Be Vacated under Maryland Rule 4-345(a); A Movant's Claim to Correct an Inherently Illegal Sentence Is Correctable at Any Time and Is Not Subject to Dismissal Due to Waiver by Consent or Constructive Amendment, James M. Darrah
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Recent Developments: Johnson v. State: Defense Attorney's Arrest for Contempt of Court in the Presence of the Jury Was Prejudicial and Denied Defendant the Right to a Fair and Impartial Trial, Walter W. Green
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Recent Developments: Johnson v. State: Maryland Rule 4-204 Requires the Defendant's Consent if the State Makes a Substantive Change to a Charging Document, Ingrid J. Abbott
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Recent Developments: Johnson v. State: Upon the Defendant's Request, the State Must Furnish a Defendant's Recorded Statement, Even if the State Only Intends to Use the Content of the Recording at Trial, Tammy R. Johnson
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Recent Developments: Jones v. Speed: Each Appointment at Which a Physician Negligently Fails to Correctly Diagnose His Patient May Constitute a Separate Negligent Act under Maryland's Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations, Michael P. Casey
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Recent Developments: Jones v. State: It Is within the Trial Judge's Discretion to Determine Which Crime of Violence Constitutes the Third Conviction for the Purpose of Imposing an Enhanced Sentence under Article 27, § 643B(C), Dana G. Vogts
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Recent Developments: Jones v. State: Public Duty Doctrine Does Not Protect the State against a Negligence Action for Law Enforcement Officers' Intentional Torts; Standard of Care for Law Enforcement Officers' Fourth Amendment Training Does Not Require Expert Testimony, Alicia L. Shelton
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Recent Developments: Jones v. State: The Fourth Amendment Is Violated When Police Stop a Bicyclist without Reasonable Articulable Suspicion, Laura Campbell
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Recent Developments: J.P. Delphey Ltd. P'Ship v. Mayor & City of Frederick: Due to an Exception in the Open Meetings Act, Municipal Governments with Legislative Powers Can Vote to Condemn Property in a Closed Executive Session without Enacting a Property-Specific Ordinance, Kristy Haller
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Recent Developments: Julian v. Buonassissi: Failure to File a Supersedeas Bond Does Not Render an Appeal Moot When the Purchaser Is Not Bona Fide; Certain Violations of the Protection of Homeowners in Foreclosure Act Render a Deed Voidable but Not Void Ab Initio, Ellyn Riedl
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Recent Developments: Kamp v. Department of Human Services: A Presumed Parent, Who Asserts a Paternity Defense for the First Time in a Post -Divorce Proceeding, Must Demonstrate That Paternity Testing Is in the Best Interest of the Child, Brittany King
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Recent Developments: Kansas v. Hendricks: Involuntary Commitment of Pedophile Based in Part on past Criminal Conduct Found Constitutional, Carolyn P. Johnson
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Recent Developments: Karsenty v. Schoukroun: An Inter Vivos Transfer of Property, Where the Decedent Retained Control during His Lifetime, Is Not per Se Violative of a Surviving Spouse's Statutory Right to a Share of the Estate, Erin Day
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Recent Developments: Kassama v. Magat: Maryland Does Not Recognize a Child-Plaintiff's Tort Law Cause of Action For "Wrongful Life", Bryan C. Hughes
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Recent Developments: Katsenelenbogen v. Katsenelenbogen: Under the Domestic Violence Statute the Standard for Issuing a Protective Order Is Whether a Reasonable Person in the Applicant's Position Fears Serious Bodily Harm, Ryan N. Hoback
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Recent Developments: Keane v. Carolina Freight Carriers Corp.: Recovery under Wrongful Death Statute Allowed Where Child Has Not Reached His Twenty-Second Birthday, Adam Jason Sevel
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Recent Developments: Key-El v. State: Pre-Arrest Silence in the Presence of a Police Officer May Be Admitted into Evidence as a Tacit Admission, Anna R. Benshoof
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Recent Developments: Kilmon v. State: A Pregnant Woman's Intentional Ingestion of Cocaine Cannot Form the Basis for a Conviction under Section 3-204(a)(1) of the Criminal Law Article for the Reckless Endangerment of Her Later-Born Child, Jason Weintraub
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Recent Developments: King v. St. Vincent's Hospital: Members of the Armed Forces Retain the Right to Civilian Reemployment under 38 U.S.C. § 2024(d) Regardless of the Duration of Active Duty, Shawn Gritz
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Recent Developments: Kirwan v. Diamondback: Records of University Parking Tickets Are Not Protected from Disclosure as Personal or Financial Records under the Maryland Public Information Act or as Education Records under Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, Adam Cizek
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Recent Developments: Knill v. Knill: Husband May Not Be Equitably Estopped to Deny Child Support, William James Morrison III
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Recent Developments: Koch v. Strathmeyer: Implied Easement over Subdivided Lots Extended from Public Road to the Water's Edge, Entitling Interior Lot Owners to Waterfront Access, David Schmitz
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Recent Developments: Kosmas v. State: Unsolicited Statement by Witness Inadmissible as Evidence of Defendant's Refusal to Take Lie Detector Test, Gregory R. Smouse
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Recent Developments: Kostelec v. State: Present Tense Language of Search Warrant Statute Does Not Permit Issuance of Anticipatory Search Warrant Based on Future Evidence of a Criminal Act, John Magee
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Recent Developments: Krauss v. State: Driver's Refusal to Take Breathalyzer Test Inadmissible, Karl Phillips
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Recent Developments: Kuykendall v. Top Notch Laminates, Inc.: Maryland Refuses to Make Employers Liable for Injuries Caused by Employees Who Became Intoxicated at Their Office Parties, Robert Lorenzo Kline III
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Recent Developments: Laboratory Corp. of America v. Hood: Where Injury to a Maryland Resident Results from an Erroneous Laboratory Report Provided by an out-of-State Laboratory, Maryland Substantive Law Will Apply Unless the State Where the Error Occurred Has Defined an Applicable Standard of Care, Gillian Flynn
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Recent Developments: Lack of Jury Impartiality Required for New Trial, Deborah Zgorski
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Recent Developments: Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District: Prohibiting Religious Groups Access to a Nonpublic Forum to Discuss Topics Which Are Otherwise Permissible in the Forum Constitutes Viewpoint Discrimination and Violates the First Amendment Free Speech Clause, Nicholas C. DeMattheis Jr.
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Recent Developments: Lamone v. Capozzi: The Early Voting Statutes Passed by the General Assembly of Maryland Are Inconsistent with Maryland's Constitution and, as a Result, Must Be Declared Void, Joseph Lane
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Recent Developments: Landon v. Zorn: Inquiry about Potential Bias against Plaintiffs in Malpractice Cases Is Not Sufficiently Connected with the Issue of Tort Reform to Generate a Required Voir Dire Question, Melyssa Morey
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Recent Developments: Lane v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.: Statute of Limitations Does Not Begin to Run on an Insured Motorist's Contract Claim until Insurer Denies Coverage, Jennifer K. Etheridge
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Recent Developments: Lawrence v. Texas: Texas Homosexual Sodomy Statute Violated the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause, Sarah M. Miller
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Recent Developments: Lawson v. State: It Is Admissible for a Social Worker Acting within the Course of Her Profession to Testify to a Child Declarant's out-of-Court Statements Regarding Child Abuse or Sexual Abuse of Children of Tender Years When the Confrontation Clause Is Satisfied, Alice Arcieri
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Recent Developments: Laznovsky v. Laznovsky: The Psychiatrist-Patient Privilege Clearly Applies in Child Custody Cases, Barring Disclosure of Parent's Mental Health Records, Scott H. Amey
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Recent Developments: Lechmere. Inc. v. NLRB: Nonemployee Union Organizers May Be Barred from an Employer's Property Absent a Showing of Inaccessibility of Employees, Mark K. Boyer
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Recent Developments: Lee v. Cline: The Maryland Tort Claims Act Broadens the Scope of Qualified Immunity Afforded to State Personnel to Encompass Both Intentional Torts and Constitutional Torts, Stephanie Freer
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Recent Developments: Lee v. Weisman: Court Holds Non-Sectarian Prayer at Secondary School Graduation Ceremony Violates Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution, David E. Canter
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Recent Developments: Lee v. Wheeler: Recovery for Negligence of Phantom Driver under Uninsured Motorist Provisions, Glen P. Smith
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Recent Developments: Legal Aid Bureau v. Bishop's Garth Assocs. Ltd. Partnership: Judiciary's Ability to a Ward Attorney's Fees Limited, Gregory R. Smouse
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Recent Developments: Lejeune v. Coin Acceptors, Inc: The "Inevitable Disclosure" Theory Cannot Serve as a Basis for Granting Injunctive Relief under the Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act, Mark Patrick Johnson
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Recent Developments: Le Marc's Management Corp. v. Valentin: Actual Knowledge of a False Statement Is Required for an Award of Punitive Damages in Defamation Action, Steven E. Shane
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Recent Developments: Lesnick v. Hollingsworth & Vose Co.: Actions Purposely Directed toward Forum State Required to Subject Out-of-State Defendant to Personal Jurisdiction, Paul N. St. Hillaire
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Recent Developments: Lettley v. State: Trial Court's Denial of Defense Counsel's Motion to Withdraw Based on Conflict of Interest Violated Defendant's Sixth Amendment Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel, Amy E. Askew
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Recent Developments: Lewis v. Waletzky: Administrative Filing Requirements of the Health Care Malpractice Claims Act Are Procedural for Choice-of-Law Purposes and, Therefore, the Doctrine of Lex Loci Delicti Is Not Applicable, Christopher M. Balaban
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Recent Developments: Lippert v. Jung: Statutory Period to Obtain Title to Land by Adverse Possession Does Not Survive a Valid Tax Sale, Melissa Machen
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Recent Developments: Liscombe v. Potomac Edison Co.: Contributory Negligence - Still a Complete Bar to Recovery, Stephen Markey
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Recent Developments: Livering v. Richardson's Restaurant: An off Duty Employee Is Entitled to Workers' Compensation Benefits if Injury Is Sustained on Employer's Premises and the Reason for the Employee's Visit Benefits the Employer, Cendoria Yvonne Dean
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Recent Developments: Llowden v. Bosley: Restrictive Covenants Requiring Lots Be Used for Residential Purposes Do Not Prohibit the Short-Term Rental of the Property to Tenants, Jason Setty
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Recent Developments: Long Green Valley Ass'n v. Bellevale Farms, Inc.: Non-Party "Interested Persons" Lack Standing to Enforce an Agricultural Preservation Easement Created between a Private Landowner and a State Agency Where the Easement Was Not a Charitable Trust, Brett H. Philpotts
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Recent Developments: Long v. State: Courts Cannot Modify a Consent Order without Giving the Parties an Opportunity to Be Heard Because to Do Otherwise Would Violate the Parties' Right to Due Process, Dawn A. Anderson
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Recent Developments: Lubin v. Agora, Inc.: To Compel Production of Newsletter Subscriber and Purchaser Lists, a Government Agency Must Establish a Substantial Relationship between the Information Sought and an Overriding and Compelling State Interest, Christopher Heagy
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Recent Developments: Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council: Landowner Compensation Required Where Property Regulations Deprive All Economically Beneficial Use of Land Unless Regulations Are Inherent in Title, Joshua D. Bruch
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Recent Developments: Lussier v. Maryland Racing Commission: Administrative Agencies Enabled with Broad Authority May Impose Sanctions Absent Statutory Authority, Cheryl Gordon
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Recent Developments: Macbride v. Pishvaian: The Statute of Limitations on Tenant's Action against Landlord Will Not Be Tolled Unless There Is a Fiduciary Relationship between the Parties or There Are Ongoing Violations of a Potential Plaintiff's Rights, Teresa Marino
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Recent Developments: MacDonald v. Yolo County: The Supreme Court Reexamines the Concept of Inverse Condemnation in Determining Whether an Unconstitutional Taking without Compensation Has Occurred, Michael D. Mallinoff
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Recent Developments: Madsen v. Women's Health Center: Injunction Establishing a 36-Foot Buffer Zone on a Public Street from Which Demonstrators Are Excluded Does Not Violate the First Amendment, Victoria M. Rife
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Recent Developments: Maldonado v. Am. Airlines: Expert Vocational Testimony Is Not per Se Required in Judicial Review Proceedings to Rebut the Presumption of Correctness of a Workers' Compensation Commission Award of "Other Cases" Industrial Loss, Stephen Cornelius
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Recent Developments: MAMSI Life & Health Ins. Co. v. Callaway: Autoerotic Asphyxiation Constitutes Intentional Self-Injury in a Life Insurance Contract Exclusion Clause, Matthew F. Penater
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Recent Developments: Mandel v. O'Hara: Governor Enjoys Absolute Immunity Based on Approval or Veto of Legislative Enactments, Lesley M. Brand
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Recent Developments: Marcantonio v. Moen: An Expert's Affidavit Materially Contradicts a Prior Sworn Statement Only When There Is an Irreconcilable Statement of Material Fact, Joseph Maher
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Recent Developments: Marshall v. State: Prosecutors May Invoke the Invited Response Doctrine in Order to Comment on a Defendant's Refusal to Testify Only if the Court Agrees That Such Comment Is Warranted by Improper Attacks from Defense Counsel, Michael Rosemond
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Recent Developments: Martin v. State: Trial Judge Must Inform Pro Se Defendant That He Cannot Be Forced to Testify, Gerard M. Waites
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Recent Developments: Maryland Courts, Robert E. Cahill Jr.
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Recent Developments: Maryland Decisions and Statutes
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Recent Developments: Maryland General Assembly Update, Melony Joe Ellinger, Ruth-Ann E. Lane, and Gregory P. Jimeno
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Recent Developments: Maryland's Chapter 163 Effects a Compromise between Health Benefit Carriers' Rights to Deny Benefits and Claimants' Rights to Settle Their Claims, Anne Bodnar
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Recent Developments: Maryland v. Buie: Fourth Amendment Authorizes Warrantless Protective Sweep of Premises When Officer Possesses Reasonable Articulable Suspicion That the Area Poses Danger, Tena Touzos
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Recent Developments: Maryland v. Craig: Maryland Statute Allowing One-Way Closed Circuit Television Testimony of Child Abuse Victims Did Not Violate the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment, Gregory J. Swain
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Recent Developments: Maryland v. Garrison: Good-Faith Mistake in Valid but Overbroad Search Warrant Does Not Invalidate Search, Amy Kushner
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Recent Developments: Maryland v. King: The Use of a Buccal Swab to Obtain a Defendant's DNA Sample upon Arrest for a Serious Offense Is a Reasonable Search under the Fourth Amendment, Kristine L. Dietz
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Recent Developments: Maryland Voters Amend State's Constitution, Samuel N. Shapiro
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Recent Developments: Maryland v. Wilson: No Articulable Suspicion Required for Police Officers to Order Passengers out of a Vehicle during a Lawful Traffic Stop, Cynthia L. Maskol
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Recent Developments: Mason v. Lynch: Photographs Illustrating Minimal Damage to Vehicles in a Collision May Be Admitted in the Discretion of the Court Absent Expert Testimony, Alice Arcieri
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Recent Developments: Massey v. Galley: The Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Provision of the Prisoner Litigation Act Does Not Apply to an Inmate's Statutory Cause of Action under the Maryland Public Information Act, Christopher Heagy
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Recent Developments: Masson v. New Yorker Magazine: Absent Material Change in Statement's Meaning, Deliberate Alteration of Speaker's Words by Author Not Actual Malice, Ellen Poris
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Recent Developments: Master Financial, Inc. v. Crowder: A Twelve-Year Statute of Limitations Applies for Specialty Actions to Claims Seeking Civil Penalties under the State Secondary Mortgage Loan Law, Satoko Harada
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Recent Developments: Matoumba v. State: A Police Officer Is Not Required to Be Qualified as an Expert Witness to Testify in a Suppression Hearing Regarding Facts That Gave Rise to a Reasonable Suspicion Justifying a Stop and Frisk of a Suspect, Nancy Chung
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Recent Developments: Matthews v. Matthews: Maryland Courts Have the Authority to Order a Party to Maintain a Former Spouse as the Beneficiary of His or Her Survivor Benefit Plan, Andrea E. Moss
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Recent Developments: Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. lndianapolis Colts, Inc.: The Demise of the Public Use Doctrine, Thomas J. Drechsler
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Recent Developments: Mayor & City Council of Balt. v. Whalen: Tort Claims against a Municipality by an Individual Injured within the Boundaries of a Public Park Are Barred by Governmental Immunity, Andrew Burnett
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Recent Developments: Mayor of Baltimore v. Cassidy: When Presumption of Permanent Total Disability Is Conclusively Rebutted, the Loss of Vision in Both Eyes Is to Be Compensated under 9-627(k) "Other Cases" Section of Permanent Partial Disability Statute as Opposed to Doubling the Rate of the Scheduled Loss of Vision in One Eye, Francis A. Pommett III
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Recent Developments: Mayor of Baltimore v. Schwing: Workers' Compensation Claim for Aggravation of a Preexisting Disease Based on New Workplace Exposures May Be Allowed beyond the Five-Year Modification Period, John R. Muckelbauer
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Recent Developments: McAvoy v. State: A Suspect Stopped for Driving While Intoxicated Is Not Entitled to Miranda Advice Prior to a Field or Chemical Sobriety Test, Timothy Mitchell
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Recent Developments: McClain v. State: The Transcript of a Witness's Taped Statement Is Admissible as a Prior Inconsistent Statement Absent an Express Finding of Inconsistency, and May Be Sent to the Jury Room Pursuant to Maryland Rule 4-326 without a Request from the Jury, Kristine L. Dietz
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Recent Developments: McCoy v. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin: No-Merit Brief Provided to Tile Court by Court Appointed Appellate Counsel Does Not Violate Indigent's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment Rights, Linda C. Eddy
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Recent Developments: McCracken v. State: A Law Enforcement Officer Does Not Violate the Fourth Amendment When He or She Seizes Items Discovered on a Suspect during a Lawful Terry Stop and Frisk if There Is Probable Cause to Believe That the Items Are Contraband or Evidence of a Crime, Dominic W. Lamartina
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Recent Developments: McCready Memorial Hospital v. Hauser: Claimant's Attempt to Obtain Automatic Extension for Filing Expert's Certificate Pursuant to the Maryland Health Care Malpractice Claims Statute Not Triggered by Mere Request under § 3-2A-04(b)(1)(ii), Jim Delorenzo
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Recent Developments: McCready v. McCready and Domingues v. Johnson: Court of Appeals Reviews Standard for Modifying Custody Orders, Catherine E. Head
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Recent Developments: McDaniels v. District of Columbia Dep't of Employment Servs.: The D.C. Court of Appeals Holds That Workers' Compensation Claimants Are Entitled to the Lesser of 66%% of Average Weekly Wages or 80% of Spendable Earnings, Avery B. Berdit
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Recent Developments: McDowell v. State: Absent Probable Cause, for a Search of a Container to Be Constitutional, a Police Officer Must Articulate a Reasonable Suspicion That the Container Holds a Weapon and Why a Terry-Type Pat-down of the Container Would Be Insufficient to Determine Whether There Are Weapons in the Container, Matthew Powell
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Recent Developments: McGlone v. State: A Mandatory Sentence Enhancement for Conviction of a Third Crime of Violence Does Not Require Intervening Terms of Confinement or Sequentiality between Predicate Convictions, Christopher Martini
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Recent Developments: McIntryre v. State: Totality of the Circumstances Test Uphead in Determining Validity of a Juvenile Miranda Waiver, Robert Feldman
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Recent Developments: McNeal v. State: The Court of Appeals of Maryland Interpreted Price v. State to Allow Illogical or Factually Inconsistent Jury Verdicts in Criminal Trials, but Held That Legally Inconsistent Jury Verdicts Are Impermissible, Nicholas E. Kosmas
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Recent Developments: McQuitty v. Spangler: A Claim for Breach of Duty to Obtain Informed Consent Does Not Require Evidence of a Physical Invasion, Heather Pensyl
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Recent Developments: McWilliams v. Fairfax County Bd. of Supervisors: Title VII Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment Claims Cannot Be Sustained Where Both Alleged Harasser and Victim Are Heterosexuals of the Same Sex, Jennifer R. Terrasa
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Recent Developments: Medex v. McCabe: Incentive Payments Are Wages Earned by an Employee and an Employee Is Entitled to Recover Incentive Fees as Wages, Supriya M. McMillan
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Recent Developments: Medical Waste Assoc. v. Maryland Waste Coalition: Maryland Environmental Standing Act Does Not Apply to an Organization That Seeks Judicial Review of an Administrative Procedure, Bonnie S. Laakso
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Recent Developments: Medtronic v. Lohr: State Common-Law Claims Involving Class III Medical Devices Are Not Pre-Empted by the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, Rosemary V. Bourne
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Recent Developments: Mendelson v. Mendelson: Enforcement of Spousal Support Agreement Incorporated but Not Merged into Divorce Decree Limited to Terms of Contract, Jules R. Bricker
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Recent Developments: Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson: Sexual Harassment Found to Be a Form of Sex Discrimination under 1964 Civil Rights Act, Libby C. Reamer
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Recent Developments: Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC: Intermediate Scrutiny Held Applicable to Federal Race-Conscious Programs, Daryl D. Jones
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Recent Developments: Michigan Dep't. of State Police v. Sitz: State's Use of Sobriety Checkpoints Does Not Violate the Fourth Amendment, Steven B. Vinick
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Recent Developments: Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.: Opinions Are Not Protected by the First Amendment and Are Therefore Actionable under State Libel Law, Kimberly A. Doyle
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Recent Developments: Miller v. Bay City Prop. Owners Ass'n, Inc.: Any Successors in Interest to a Property Developer Must Adhere to the Intent of the Original Developer When the Developer Clearly Intends to Create Restrictive Covenants, Jason Setty
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Recent Developments: Miller v. State
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Recent Developments: Miller v. State: The United States Supreme Court Decision in Padilla v. Kentucky, Holding That Failure to Advise Non-Citizen Clients about Deportation as a Possible Consequence of a Guilty Plea Could Invalidate the Plea, Created New Law and Therefore Does Not Apply Retroactively to Invalidate Judgments Finalized Prior to the March 31, 2010 Decision, Mary Lynn Denholm
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Recent Developments: Mills v. Maryland: Supreme Court Rules That Maryland's Capital Sentencing Procedure Is Unconstitutionally Mandatory, Gregory J. Swain
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Recent Developments: Millwood v. State: Anonymous Tip Provides Reasonable Suspicion Needed to Justify an Investigatory Stop, Margaret Ann Willis
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Recent Developments: Minnesota v. Dickerson: Supreme Court Created "Plain Feel" Exception to the Warrant Requirement, Lisa M. Parkinson
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Recent Developments: Minnick v. Mississippi: Right to Counsel during Custodial Interrogation Bars Police Initiated Discussions Unless Counsel Is Present, William P. Atkins
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Recent Developments: Mitchell v. Maryland Casualty Co.: For the Purposes of Asbestos-Related Diseases under a General Liability Insurance Policy, "Bodily Injury" Occurs When the Victim Is Initially Exposed to the Hazardous Condition, Kenneth J. Goldsmith
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Recent Developments: Molé v. Jutton: A Patient Suing a Doctor for Medical Negligence Due to Lack of Informed Consent Is Not Entitled to a Jury Instruction on Battery When the Doctor Exceeds the Scope of Consent Given, April M. Urban
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Recent Developments: Molzof v. United States: Supreme Court Chooses Traditional Definition for "Punitive Damages" under Federal Torts Claims Act, Michael E. Muldowney
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Recent Developments: Monias v. Endal: Tort Victims May Recover For "Lost Years" of a Shortened Life Expectancy but Family Members May Not, Kelly Reaver
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Recent Developments: Montgomery County Board of Education v. Horace Mann Insurance Co.: A School Board Must Defend Its Teachers against Tort Claims if a Potentiality of Coverage Exists under the Language of an Insurance Policy, Jacob Y. Statman
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Recent Developments: Montgomery County v. Glenmont Hills Assocs. Privacy World: Landlords Who Refuse Tenants Solely Because Tenants Intend to Use Section 8 Vouchers Violate Montgomery County's Housing Discrimination Law, Regardless of the Landlord's Lack of Intent to Discriminate, Paul Lamari
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Recent Developments: Montgomery County v. Lake: Employer Not Allowed to Offset Overpayment of Workers' Compensation Benefits, J. Russell Fentress IV
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Recent Developments: Montgomery Ward v. Wilson: Actual Malice Is Required for Punitive Damage Awards in False Imprisonment and Malicious Prosecution Actions, Margaret Oliver
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Recent Developments: Moore v. State: A Person Who Downloads Child Pornography Using a Computer, Absent Any Involvement in Its Creation or Distribution, Does Not Commit a Felony in Violation of Section 11-207(A)(3) of the Criminal Law Article, Kate E. Stewart
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Recent Developments: Morgan v. Illinois: Trial Court's Refusal to Inquire Whether a Potential Juror Would Automatically Impose the Death Penalty upon Conviction Was Inconsistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Kim Germaine Judd
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Recent Developments: Motor Vehicle Admin. v. Illiano: Pursuant to Section 16-205.1(B)(1) of the Maryland Transportation Article, "Stop or Detain" Allows for Officers to Develop a Reasonable Suspicion That a Driver Is under the Influence of Alcohol after the Initial Stop, Stephen Gilpatric
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Recent Developments: Motor Vehicle Admin. v. Weller: Preliminary Breath Tests Are Admissible in Administrative Hearings, McEvan H. Baum
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Recent Developments: Muir v. State: Clarifying Predicate Crimes of Violence under Maryland's Enhanced Punishment Statute, Jennifer Crump
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Recent Developments: Mulligan v. Corbett: A Child Conceived during Marriage, but Born after Divorce Is Considered Legitimate, Thus a Self-Proclaimed Biological Father Is Not Entitled to Blood Testing Absent a Showing It Is in the Best Interests of the Child, Megan K. Green
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Recent Developments: Mulready v. University Research Corporation: An Injury to a Traveling Employee "Arises out of" Employment if It Occurs as a Result of an Activity Reasonably Incidental to Travel Required by the Employer, Ingrid J. Abbot
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Recent Developments: Murphy v. Edmonds: Maryland's Statutory Cap on Noneconomic Damages in Personal Injury Cases Is Constitutional and Neither Violates Due Process nor Denies Right to a Jury Trial, Elizabeth A. Lee
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Recent Developments: MVA v. Chamberlain: Drunk Drivers Need Not Be Informed of All Disparities between Sanctions for Failing a Chemical Alcohol Concentration Test and Refusing to Take Such a Test Altogether, Ellen Marth
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Recent Developments: MVA v. Richards: The Exclusionary Rule of the Fourth Amendment Does Not Extend to Civil Administrative Driver's License Suspension Proceedings, Lee A. Dix
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Recent Developments: Myers v. State: The Discovery of an Outstanding Arrest Warrant during an Illegal Traffic Stop May Be Sufficient to Remove the Taint from Evidence That Is Subsequently Seized, Levi Zaslow
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Recent Developments: Nader for President 2004 v. Md. State Bd. of Elections: Invalidation of Petition Signatures Solely on the Basis of the Maryland State Board of Election's "County-Match" Requirement Was Improper and Disenfranchised Voters, Mark Talty
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Recent Developments: Nasseri v. Geico Gen. Ins. Co.: A Taxicab Driver Is Insured under His Personal Motor Vehicle Insurance Policy for Injuries Resulting from a Collision between His Taxicab and Another Motor Vehicle Even if the Taxicab Is Not an Insured Auto under the Policy and It Is Available For the "Regular Use" of the Insured, Emily King Watkins
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Recent Developments: Nast v. Lockett: Punitive Damages Permitted in Automobile Negligence Case Where Defendant Was Both Intoxicated and Exhibited a Wanton and Reckless Disregard for Human Life, Jules R. Bricker
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Recent Developments: National Glass, Inc. v. J.C. Penney Properties, Inc.: Waiver of Right to Pursue Mechanic's Lien Held Invalid as against Public Policy, Christopher R. Rahl
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Recent Developments: Nautilus Insurance Co. v. Winchester Homes, Inc.: Pendency of a Related Action in State Court Is an Insufficient Reason Alone to Decline Consideration of a Federal Declaratory Judgment Action, Vicky L. Ivory Orem
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Recent Developments: Needle v. White, Mindel, Clark & Hill: Trial Court's Decision to Sanction Reversed as Clearly Erroneous, Vasiliki Papaioannou
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Recent Developments: Neifert v. Department of the Environment: The Denial of Wetland Fill Permits and Sewer Service Is Subject to Rational Basis Review under Equal Protection Analysis and Is Not Considered an Unconstitutional Taking, Jacqueline Callier
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Recent Developments: Nelson v. State: Trial Judge's Refusal to Allow Presentence Investigation in a Serious Noncapital Case, in the Absence of Sound Reason, Is Abuse of Discretion, Suzanne R. Cohn
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Recent Developments: Newark Morning Ledger Co. v. United States: An Intangible Asset with an Ascertainable Value and Limited Useful Life Is Depreciable, Paul J. Mantell
Recent Developments: Newell v. Richards: Burden of Proof as to Statute of Limitations Defense Does Not Shift to Plaintiff Regardless of Findings of Health Claims Arbitration Panel, Mark K. Boyer
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Recent Developments: New Hampshire v. Piper: Opens Doors to Bar Admission, Sam P. Piazza
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Recent Developments: Newkirk v. Newkirk: In Child's Best Interest, Sibling Awarded Custody of Minor Children over Parent's Protest, Jonathan C. Levy
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Recent Developments: Newman v. State: An Attorney's Disclosure under Rule 1.6 of the Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct Does Not Defeat a Client's Assertion of the Attorney-Client Privilege, Julia J. Messick
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Recent Developments: New York v. United States: Take Title Provision of Low Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendment Act Held Unconstitutional, Kristen L. Orff
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Recent Developments: Nickens v. Mount Vernon Realty Grp., LLC: A Property Owner May Employ the Common Law Remedy of Peaceable Self-Help as a Means to Gain Possession of Real Property from an Occupant in Unlawful Possession; The Property Owner Must Act Reasonably When Taking Possession and Disposing of the Occupant's Personal Property, Robert S. Lewis
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Recent Developments: Niroo v. Niroo: Anticipated Renewal Commissions on Insurance Policies Sold by a Spouse during the Marriage Are Marital Property, Peter T. McDowell
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Recent Developments: Nissen Corp. v. Miller: Maryland Rejects the Continuity of Enterprise Theory in Determining Products Liability of Successor Corporations, Linda M. Googins
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Recent Developments: Nnoli v. Nnoli: Appeal of a Denial of a Motion to Quash an Arrest Warrant Issued for Contempt Is a Non-Appealable Interlocutory Order, Ian Bartman
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Recent Developments: Nobelman v. American Savings Bank: Debtor Who Files for Bankruptcy under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code May Not Reduce an Undersecured Homestead Mortgage to the Fair Market Value of the Mortgaged Residence, Maria Ellena Carey
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Recent Developments: Noble v. Bruce: Testator's Beneficiaries May Not Maintain a Legal Malpractice Action against Testator's Attorney Where No Privity Exists between the Beneficiaries and the Attorney, Alexandra C. Clark
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Recent Developments: Nollan v. California Coastal Commission: Nexus Approach Adopted When Government Attempts to Restrict Land Development, Stephanie L. Demchyk
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Recent Developments: Norman v. Borison: Absolute Privilege Applied to Pleadings Distributed to the Press and Republished Online, and to Alleged Defamatory Statements Made by Attorneys of Record during the Course of, and Relevant to, Judicial Proceedings in a Proposed Class Action Suit, A. Lauren Cramer
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Recent Developments: NOW v. Operation Rescue: Injunction Prohibiting Blocking Access to Abortion Facilities in Violation of Civil Rights Conspiracy Statute Upheld, Michael Scott Cohen
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Recent Developments: Nussle v. Porter: Prison Inmates Are Required to Exhaust Administrative Remedies When Seeking Redress for General Circumstances or Particular Episodes of Alleged Excessive Force or Some Other Wrong, Mollie Shuman
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Recent Developments: Office of the State Prosecutor v. Judicial Watch, Inc.: Grand Jury Investigation Materials Are Not Subject To "Vaughn Index" under Maryland Public Information Act Because the Act Does Not Trump Grand Jury Secrecy Rule, Brent Bolea
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Recent Developments: Ogundipe v. State: A Verdict Sheet Does Not Constitute the Final Verdict; A Verdict Sheet Is Not a Communication within Maryland Rule 4-326(d) Requiring Disclosure of Its Contents to the Parties Prior to Dismissal of the Jury, Cassondra A. Zaleski
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Recent Developments: Old Chief v. United States: Abuse of Discretion to Admit the Full Record of Prior Judgment of Conviction When Defendant Offers to Stipulate, Karen L. Sterner
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Recent Developments: One 1988 Jeep Cherokee v. City of Salisbury: Court of Special Appeals Upholds Innocent Owner Defense to Forfeiture under Art. 27 § 297, Lisa M. Parkinson
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Recent Developments: Optic Graphics, Inc. v. Agee: Maryland Court Defines "Trade Secret" and Determines When Sanctions Are Appropriate for Bad Faith Claim under Maryland Uniform Trade Secret Act, Michael E. Muldowney
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Recent Developments: Oregon v. Elstad: The Cat Is Not out of the Bag, Tom Swisher
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Recent Developments: Outmezguine v. State: Absence of Scienter Element under State's Child Pornography Statute Is Not Violative of the First Amendment, Lisa Y. Johnson
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Recent Developments: Owens-Illinois v. Zenobia: Maryland Restructures the Law of Punitive Damages in Non-Intentional Tort Cases, Laurie Ann Garey
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Recent Development: Spacesaver Sys., Inc. v. Adam: An Employment Agreement Containing a For-Cause Provision and an Indefinitive Term of Employment is a “Continuous For-Cause” Contract, Not an At-Will Employment Contract, Patrick F. Toohey
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Recent Developments: Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Haslip: Massive Punitive Damages Award Intended To Punish And Deter Wrongdoers In Civil Suit Did Not Violate The Due Process Clause Of The Fourteenth Amendment, JoAnne M. Breslin
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Recent Developments: Pack Shack v. Howard County: Zoning Ordinance Placing Burdensome Restrictions on Location and Operation of Adult Businesses Violates Article 40 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights and the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, Erin S. Galvin
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Recent Developments: Pappaconstantinou v. State: The Common-Law Requirement That a Confession Be Voluntary Does Not Apply When a Private Individual Elicits a Confession, Jennifer Golub
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Recent Developments: Parker v. State: Court of Appeals Reaffirms Commitment to Absolute Judicial Immunity for Judicial Acts, Julie Furst
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Recent Developments: Park Station Limited Partnership, LLLP v. Bosse: A Gift of Land Is Not a Sale Triggering a Right of First Refusal and Rights of First Refusal Do Not Violate the Rule against Perpetuities, Darren Cooper
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Recent Developments: Park v. Cangen Corp.: A Former Employee Compelled to Produce Documents Held in a Representative Capacity Cannot Refuse Compliance by Invoking His Fifth Amendment Privilege against Self-Incrimination, Mahesh Subramanian
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Recent Developments: Patrick v. State: Results of Polygraph Tests Are Discoverable As "Scientific Tests", Paula L. Davis
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Recent Developments: Patterson v. State: Trial Judge Not Obligated to Deliver a Missing Evidence Instruction to the Jury, D'Arcy Bymes
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Recent Developments: Paulino v. State: An Otherwise Lawful Search of an Arrestee's Person Is Unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment When Conducted in a Public Place and in a Manner Highly Invasive of the Arrestee's Privacy Interest, Craig Bannon
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Recent Developments: Pavelic & LeFlore v. Marvel Entertainment Group: Sanctions for Vloiation of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 Only Apply to the Individual Signer, Richard E. Guida
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Recent Developments: Payne v. Tennessee: Victim Impact Evidence Is Constitutionally Permissible in the Sentencing Phase of a Capital Trial, Belinda P. Gardner
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Recent Developments: Pee Dee Healthcare, P.A. v. Sanford: Rural Health Care Providers Have a Right to Enforce Medicaid Reimbursement Programs by Suing State Officials Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Michael Gillman
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Recent Developments: Peel v. Illinois: The First Amendment's Commercial Speech Standards Allow an Attorney to Advertise His Certification, Joan Ochoa
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Recent Developments: Pennsylvania v. Muniz: Videotaped Evidence Can Be Admitted at the Criminal Trials of Drunk Drivers, Freddie J. Traub
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Recent Developments: Philip Morris, Inc. v. Glendening: The Attorney General May Enter into Contingency Fee Contracts with Private Law Firms to Secure Representation for the State, Kimberly C. Pace
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Recent Developments: Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Christensen: A Class Action Claim Can Toll the Statute of Limitations for Individual, Unnamed Members of the Class as Long as the Defendant Is Provided with Sufficient Notice, Andrew Burnett
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Recent Developments: Pines Point Marina v. Rehak: Upon Forfeit of a Corporate Charter, an Incorporated Council of Condominium Unit Owners Defaults to an Unincorporated Association, but Retains Its Right to Sue and Be Sued, Robert Miller
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Recent Developments: Piselli v. 75th St. Medical: The Limitations Period for Bringing a Medical Malpractice Claim Does Not Commence Running against a Minor until He Reaches the Age of Majority, Bryan C. Hughes
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Recent Developments: Pittman v. Atlantic Realty Co.: Court of Appeals of Maryland Rejects The "Sham Affidavit" Rule and Reinforces the Separate Functions of the Judge and Jury, Amy E. Askew
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Recent Developments: Podberesky v. Kirwan: Proponent of a Race-Conscious Remedial Measure Must Demonstrate a Strong Basis in Evldence That Remedial Action Is Necessary and Narrowly Tailored to Meet Its Goals, Victoria Rife Shearer
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Recent Developments: Pollitt v. State: The Parties' Express Consent Is Required To Appoint A Replacement For An Excused Juror When Alternate Jurors Have Not Been Chosen, Jeffrey D. Moffatt
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Recent Developments: Pope v. Illinois: Supreme Court Redefines Value Test for Determining Obscenity, Susan Royston Turner
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Recent Developments: Port v. Cowan: When Applying Maryland's Domestic Divorce Law, a Valid Same-Sex Marriage Performed out-of-State Is Recognized as Legitimate in Maryland under the Doctrine of Comity, Errin K. Roby
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Recent Developments: Posadas De Puerto Rico Associates v. Tourism Co. of Puerto Rico: Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Regulations Restricting Advertising Aimed at Puerto Rico Residents, Eric P. Macdonell
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Recent Developments: Post v. Bregman: Rule of Professional Conduct Regarding the Splitting of Attorney's Fees May Extend beyond Disciplinary Proceedings, Gwendolyn S. Lubbert
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Recent Developments: Potomac Elec. Power Co. v. Smith: Maryland's Cap on Noneconomic Damages Rendered Constitutional in Wrongful Death Actions, Thomas J. S. Waxler III
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Recent Developments: Powell v. Maryland Aviation Admin.: Court's Finding of Guilt in Criminal Case May Be Used in State Administrative Hearing as Evidence of Misconduct, but May Not Be Given Conclusive Effect, Michael Campbell
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Recent Developments: Powell v. State: When the Trial Court Record Sufficiently Demonstrates That a Criminal Defendant Knowingly and Voluntarily Waived His Right to a Jury Trial, the Trial Judge Does Not Need to State on the Record That the Defendant's Waiver Is Valid, Christopher Heagy
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Recent Developments: Presley v. Etowah County Commission: Only Procedural Changes Directly Related to Voting and Election Processes May Offend Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, Brett R. Wilson
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Recent Developments: Price v. State: Inconsistent Verdicts in Criminal Jury Trials Are No Longer Permissible, Alison Karch
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Recent Developments: Pridgeon v. Bd. of License Comm'rs for Prince George's County: Board of License Commissioners Was Statutorily Required to Hold a Hearing on Whether a Liquor License Should Be Renewed, Even Though the Protest Was Withdrawn Prior to the Hearing, Neal Desai
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Recent Developments: Professional Responsibility—Ethical Duty of Counsel Who Believes Client's Witnesses Will Commit Perjury. State v. Mahoney, 16 Md. App. 193, 294 A.2d 471 (1972), Richard S. Miller
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Recent Developments: Pro-Football, Inc. v. Tupa: An Employment Contract's Forum Selection Clause Cannot Preclude the Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission from Exercising Its Jurisdiction; A Professional Football Player's Injury Sustained While Working Is a Compensable "Accidental" Injury within the Meaning of the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act, Ellen A. Spielman
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Recent Developments: Property—Coastal Shores—Private Property Rights Upheld over Claimed Public Right to Recreational Use of Beach—Implied Dedication, Easement by Prescription, Public Trust through Custom and Grant, and Doctrine of Submergence Not Applicable. Department of Natural Resources v. Mayor and Council of Ocean City, 274 Md. 1, 332 A.2d 630 (1975), James J. Nolan Jr.
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Recent Developments: Property—Tenancy by the Entirety—Resulting Trusts—Proof of an Agreement between the Tenants Held Sufficient to Rebut Gift Presumption and Establish Resulting Trust in Favor of Purchasing Spouse, Ensor v. Ensor, 270 Md. 549, 312 A.2d 286 (1973), Jana H. Guy
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Recent Developments: Prout v. State: Witness' Prior Convictions of Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude Not Admissible for Impeachment Purposes, Mark Scott Ledford
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Recent Developments: Psychiatric Evaluations and the Sixth Amendment, Sam P. Piazza
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Recent Developments: Questar Builders, Inc. v. CB Flooring, LLC: The Common Law Principles of Good Faith and Fair Dealing Apply to the Party Exercising Its Discretion to Terminate Private Party Contracts That Incorporate a "Termination for Convenience" Clause, K. Alice Young
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Recent Developments: Rape Trauma Syndrome, Cathi Van de Meulebroecke
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Recent Developments: Ratzlaf v. United States: To Establish That a Defendant "Willfully Violated" the Antistructuring Law, 31 U.S.C. § 5322(a) and § 5324(3) (1993), the Government Must Prove That the Defendant Acted with Knowledge That His or Her Conduct Was Unlawful, Amy Conrad
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Recent Developments: Rausch v. Allstate Ins. Co.: A Tenant's Liability in a Subrogation Action Is Determined by the Reasonable Expectations of the Parties to the Lease, Nancy Chung
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Recent Developments: R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul: City Ordinance Banning Cross Burnings and Other Symbols of Hate Speech Violates the First Amendment, Kim Germaine Judd
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Recent Developments: Ray v. State: Under Maryland Rule 4-252, Failure to Raise a Claim of Unlawful Arrest in a Fourth Amendment Motion to Suppress Hearing Constitutes a Waiver of the Claim and Precludes Appellate Review, Absent a Finding of Plain Error, Nicholas B. Hawkins
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Recent Developments: Reagan v. Rider: Stepparent Committing Child Abuse Liable for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, Frank Borgerding
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Recent Developments Recent Maryland Litigation, Nicolette Prevost and Lynn K. Caudle
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Recent Developments: Reddick v. State: Sentencing Judge's Offer to Suspend Five Years Imprisonment upon Payment of Restitution to Victim's Family Violated Indigent Defendant's Equal Protection Rights, Paula L. Davis
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Recent Developments: Reed v. Campagnolo: Maryland Recognized 'Wrongful Birth' Cause of Action When Physician Failed to Inform Patient of Availability of Genetic Testing and Fetus Born with Genetic Deformities, Laura V. Bearsch
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Recent Developments: Reichs Ford Rd. Joint Venture v. State Rds. Comm'n of the State Highway Admin: During the Exercise of Eminent Domain, Damages Incurred from a Condemnor's Pre-Condemnation Conduct Eventually Resulting in Formal Condemnation Proceedings Can Generally Be Calculated as Part of the Condemnation Award's "Fair Market Value", McEvan H. Baum
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Recent Developments: Reid v. State: The Use of a Taser in Dart Mode Subjects an Individual to the Custody and Control of Police, Thus Raising an Investigatory Stop to a De Facto Arrest Requiring Probable Cause; Without Probable Cause, Statements and Evidence Obtained after a De Facto Arrest Are Inadmissible, Megan K. Green
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Recent Developments: Remedies—Measure of Damages for the Wrongful Death of a Minor Child. Barrett v. Charlson, 18 Md. App. 80, 305 A.2d 166 (1973), Stephen M. Hearne
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Recent Developments: Remsburg v. Montgomery: A Leader of a Hunting Party Has No Duty to Protect a Victim of an Accident Resulting from the Negligence of a Hunting Party Member, Matthew F. Penater
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Recent Developments: Reno v. Koray: Time Confined in a Treatment Center as a Condition of Release on Bail Does Not Qualify for Credit against Time Served under 18 U.S.C. § 3585(b), Cynthia L. Maskol
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Recent Developments: Republic National Bank of Miami v. United States: Removal of the Res from the District Does Not Divest the Court of Appeals of Jurisdiction in an In Rem Forfeiture Action, Scott N. Alperin
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Recent Developments: Reynolds v. State: Criminal Defendant's Statements during Interrogation May Be Admissible When Inspired by Altruistic Intent, Michael D. Snyder
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Recent Developments: Rhaney v. University of Maryland Eastern Shore: A Landlord Does Not Owe His Tenant a Duty to Control the Tortious Acts of a Third Person Provided the Acts Are Not Foreseeable, Jennifer Lewandowski
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Recent Developments: Rhoads v. Sommer: Attorney's Liens Are in rem Claims Which Survive a Client's Bankruptcy Discharge Even if No Notice Is Given Prior to the Bankruptcy, Terrence Decker
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Recent Developments: Rice v. Paladin Enters. Inc.: The First Amendment Does Not Act as an Absolute Bar to a Finding of Liability in a Civil Aiding and Abetting Cause of Action, George E. Brown
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Recent Developments: Richard Roeser Professional Builder v. Anne Arundel County: Purchase of Property with Zoning Restriction Is Not a Self-Created Hardship, Allisan Pyer
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Recent Developments: Richmond v. Croson Co.: Supreme Court Invalidates Set-Aside Plan Designed to Provide Jobs for Minorities, Peter T. McDowell
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Recent Developments: Rivera v. State: A Coram Nobis Petition, Resting on a Probation before Judgment, Where Deportation Is a Potential Collateral Consequence, May Be Denied if the Guilty Plea Was Made Knowingly and Voluntarily, in Satisfaction of Constitutional Demands, K. Alice Young
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Recent Developments: Roberts v. State: Parties Must Be Afforded an Opportunity to Present Evidence Regarding Competency to Stand Trial, Victor A. Lembo
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Recent Developments: Robinson v. Baltimore Police Dep't: Knowingly Making a False Statement Material to and during an Investigation of Prior Misconduct Has a One Year Statute of Limitations and, Therefore, Charges against an Officer Must Be Filed within One Year of the False Statement Coming to the Attention of the Appropriate Agency, Benjamin Joffe
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Recent Developments: Robinson v. State: Statements Made to Internal Affairs Division of a Police Department Are Discoverable under Maryland's Version of the Jencks Doctrine, Anabelle Berges
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Recent Developments: Romer v. Evans: Colorado Referendum Barring Sexual Orientation as a Discrimination Cause of Action Is Violative of the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause, Kevin M. Barner
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Recent Developments: Romm v. Flax: Court of Appeals Rejects Literal Definition of "Void" as It Appears in the Context of the Real Property Article, Nicole M. Zell
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Recent Developments: Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia: State's Violation of Organization's Free Speech Rights Not Excused by the Necessity of Complying with the Establishment Clause, Peter A. Greenbaum
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Recent Developments: Rosenberg v. Helinski: A Witness May Reiterate the Substance of His Testimony to Journalists outside a Courtroom, and His Remarks Remain Legally Privileged, Bonnie S. Laakso
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Recent Developments: Rosenblatt v. Exxon: Previous Tenant of Commercial Property Not Liable to Subsequent Occupiers for Contamination of the Land, Garret P. Glennon Jr.
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Recent Developments: Rubin v. State: Protection of Attorney-Client Privilege Does Not Apply to Location and Condition of Tangible Evidence Removed or Altered by Defense Counsel Even if It Implicates the Defendant, Kenneth A. Brown
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Recent Developments: Ruffin v. State: Trial Judges in Criminal Trials Must Strictly Follow the Maryland Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions on the Presumption of Innocence and Reasonable Doubt or Risk Committing Reversible Error, Daniel Wechsler
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Recent Developments: Rust v. Sullivan: Supreme Court Upholds Agency Regulations Prohibiting the Counseling, Referral or Provision of Information Concerning Abortion as a Method of Family Planning, Laura Melia
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Recent Developments: Sasaki v. Class: Mention of Federal Statutory Cap on Non-Economic Damages during Closing Arguments by Plaintiff's Counsel Violated the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Latina Burse
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Recent Developments: Schmerling v. Injured Worker's Ins. Fund: Monitoring and Recording Devices in Telephones Are Not Considered "Telephone Equipment" for the Purposes of the Maryland Wiretap Act's Telephone Exemption, Unless They Enhance Communication or Advance the Efficient Use of Telecommunication, Megan M. Bramble
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Recent Developments: Schochet v. State: Maryland's Unnatural or Perverted Sexual Practices Statute Does Not Apply to Consensual, Noncommercial, Heterosexual Activity between Adults in Private, Mark K. Boyer
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Recent Developments: Schochet v. State: Statute Prohibiting Unnatural and Perverted Sexual Practices Does Not Violate the Constitutional Right to Privacy When Applied to a Private Sexual Act between Consenting, Unmarried, Heterosexual Adults, Leo J. Keenan III
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Recent Developments: Scott v. State: The Police "Knock and Talk" Procedure Is Valid When the Consent to Search Is Voluntary, Havalah Neboschick
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Recent Developments: Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Gussin: Creditor Does Not Have Right to Financial Records and Data in the Possession of Accountant, Where Client Does Not Provide a Valid Waiver to the Accountant-Client Privilege, Steven E. Shane
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Recent Developments: SEC Relaxes Information Requirements for Resales of Restricted Securities under Rule 144, Jeb Stuart Fries
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Recent Developments: Sedima, S.P.R.L. v. lmrex Company, Inc.: The Supreme Court Gives Its Approval to the Use of The Civil Rico Provisions, Marc Minkove
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Recent Developments: Selected Opinions of the Maryland Attorney General, Samuel N. Shapiro, John B. Bratt, and John Magee
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Recent Developments: Sell v. United States: Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause Does Not Allow Involuntary Administration of Antipsychotic Drugs to Render a Mentally Ill Defendant Competent to Stand Trial Where It Is Unknown Whether the Side Effects Are Likely to Undermine the Trial's Fairness, Larna M. Cutter
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Recent Developments: Senate Bill 319: Assisted Suicide - Prohibition, John R. Muckelbauer
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Recent Developments: Senate Bill 420: Workers' Compensation - Department of Natural Resources, Kofi Asamoah
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Recent Developments: Senate Bill 480: Foster Care - Child Support Obligations, Martha Arango
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Recent Developments: Senate Bill 505: Parking Access for Individuals with Disabilities, Catherine Bowers
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Recent Developments: Senate Bill 554: Commercial Law - Year 2000 Commerce Protection Act, Anabelle Berges
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Recent Developments: Serio v. Baltimore County: Felons Retain a Property Interest in Seized Firearms Even Though They Are Not Allowed to Possess Them, Patricia Mitchell
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Recent Developments: Sessoms v. State: Test for Admitting Other Crimes into Evidence in Criminal Proceedings Does Not Apply to Crimes, Wrongs, or Acts Committed by Witness Who Testifies at Trial, Kristin E. Blumer
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Recent Developments: Shapero v. Kentucky Bar Ass'n: Supreme Court Holds That a State May Not Categorically Prohibit Targeted, Truthful and Nondeceptive Lawyer Advertising, George I. Cintron
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Recent Developments: Shapiro v. Shapiro: Marital Settlement Agreements Containing Preconditions for Modification May Not Be Judicially Modified Absent Those Circumstances, Amy B. Tate
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Recent Developments: Sharrow v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.: Insurance Companies' Tortious Interference with Attorney Contingency Fee Contracts: A Broader Rule, Kevin S. Anderson
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Recent Developments: Shenker v. Laureate Education, Inc.: Where Corporate Directors Exercise Non-Managerial Fiduciary Duties beyond Those Enumerated in Section 2-405.1(a) of the Corporations and Associations Article, They Remain Liable Directly to Shareholders for Any Breach of Those Fiduciary Duties, David Feliciano
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Recent Developments: Sheppard v. State: Trial Judge May Not Impose a Condition of Probation That Usurps an Administrative Agency's Authority, Douglas May
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Recent Developments: Sherwood Brands, Inc. v. Great Am. Ins. Co.: Under Section 19-110 of the Maryland Insurance Article, an Insurer Must Show Actual Prejudice in Order to Deny Coverage When an Insured Breaches the Policy's Claim Notice Provision, Jeffrey R. Maylor
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Recent Developments: Shields v. Wagman: A Landlord Who Knew of the Viciousness of a Tenant's Dog, but Failed to Rid the Premises of Such Danger, May Be Liable for Injuries the Dog Inflicts on Invitees in the Common Areas of Property under the Landlord's Control, Kofi Asamoah
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Recent Developments: Sifrit v. State: The State May Present Inconsistent Legal Theories at Separate Trials for a Single Crime if the Underlying Facts Are Consistent, Victoria Emanuele
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Recent Developments: Simmons v. State: Manifest Necessity Existed to Grant a Mistrial Where Prejudicial Statements Regarding a Lie Detector Test Could Not Be Cured with an Immediate Instruction; Double Jeopardy Did Not Bar a Retrial, Brittany N. Hampton
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Recent Developments: Simpler v. State: Police May Not Frisk a Suspect as a Matter of Routine Caution, There Must Be a Reasonable Suspicion That the Suspect Is Armed and Dangerous, Angela M. Vallario
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Recent Developments: Sippio v. State: Medical Examiner's Testimony as to Murder Victim's Manner of Death Is Appropriate Where the Autopsy Report Has Been Admitted into Evidence, Cheryl F. Matricciani
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Recent Developments: Slack v. Truitt: Presumption of Due Execution Attaches to a Will, despite the Absence of an Attestation Clause and May Only Be Overcome by Clear and Convincing Evidence That the Will Was Not Properly Attested, Jennifer Merrill
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Recent Developments: Smallwood v. State: Rape Defendant's Knowledge That He Is HIV-Positive Is Insufficient to Prove Intent to Kill, Charles Kulfahl Jr.
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Recent Developments: Smigiel v. Franchot: The General Assembly Has the Power to Enact Legislation That Is Contingent upon Passage of a Constitutional Amendment through Popular Vote That Would Allow Slot Machines in Maryland, Matthew Powell
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Recent Developments: Smith v. Danielczyk: Police Officers Enjoy Qualified, Rather Than Absolute, Immunity for Defamatory Statements Made in the Application for a Search Warrant, Oyinade Koya
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Recent Developments: Smith v. State: Defense Counsel Is Entitled to Comment on the Challenges of Cross-Racial Identification at Closing Argument When the Sole Basis for Conviction Is Eyewitness Testimony, Bryan Davis
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Recent Developments: Snowden v. State of Maryland: Introduction of Testimonial Hearsay Statements Made by an Available Witness Who Does Not Testify Violates the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause, Lama M. Cutter
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Recent Developments: Solberg v. Majerle Mgmt.: Reasonable Accommodation for a Tenants' Disability by the Landlord May Be Limited, Maria N. Worthington
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Recent Developments: Somuah v. Flachs: A Client Has Cause to Discharge an Attorney When the Client Has Any Good Faith Basis for Being Dissatisfied with the Attorney, Even Though the Attorney Had Performed Competently, Kofi Asamoah
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Recent Developments: Southland Corp. v. Griffith: Fireman's Rule Inapplicable When a Police Officer Is a Business Invitee on the Premises, Kelly A. Casper
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Recent Developments: Sprietsma v. Mercury Marine: Federal Boat Safety Act Does Not Preempt State Common Law Tort Claims, Carl Zacarias
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Recent Developments: S & S Oil, Inc. v. Jackson: The Circuit Court's Failure to Present the Jury with a Separate Written Question for the Affirmative Defenses of Contributory Negligence and Assumption of the Risk on the Special Verdict Sheet Constituted Reversible Error, Errin K. Roby
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Recent Developments: Staley v. Board of Education of Washington County: Attorney's Fees Allowed Even Though Amount Paid in Workers' Compensation Claim Exceeded Total Sum Due under a Modified Award, Christopher Hale
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Recent Developments: Stanberry v. State: Drug Interdiction Search of Luggage Temporarily out of the Owner's Possession Violated the Fourth Amendment, Reginald L. Smith
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Recent Developments: Stanford v. Kentucky: Imposition of Capital Punishment on an Individual for a Crime Committed at Sixteen or Seventeen Years of Age Does Not Violate Eighth Amendment, Mary Jo Murphy
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Recent Developments: State Dep't of Assessment & Taxation v. N. Balt. Ctr.: A Nonprofit Organization Not Receiving Significant Private Donations May Be Eligible for a Charitable Properly Tax Exemption, Ed Biggin
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Recent Developments: State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Dehaan: A Victim Who Is Shot While Being Carjacked Is Not Entitled to Uninsured Motorist Benefits Because the Injuries Do Not Arise out of the Normal Use of a Vehicle, Jennifer Brennan
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Recent Developments: State v. Allen: Felony-Murder Does Not Exist When the Felony Occurs as an Afterthought to the Act Causing Death, Emily King Watkins
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Recent Developments: State v. Baby: A Woman May Withdraw Consent for Sexual Intercourse after Penetration, and Continuation of Sexual Intercourse after Withdrawal of Consent through Force or Threat of Force Constitutes Rape, Katlyn Hood
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Recent Developments: State v. Bell: A Defendant's Knowing and Voluntary Waiver of a Jury Trial Does Not Require Specific in-Court Advice to Defendant with Respect to the Unanimity Requirement, Cheryl F. Matricciani
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Recent Developments: State v. Booze: Trial Court Abused Its Discretion by Allowing State to Reopen Its Case at Rebuttal Stage to Present Cumulative and Corroborative Witness Testimony Which Impaired Defendants' Fair Trial Rights, Kimberly C. Foreman
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Recent Developments: State v. Cain: Theft by Deception Is Complete When the Respondent Obtains Control of the Victims Property through the Agency of a Common Carrier in Maryland, Camela J. Chapman
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Recent Developments: State v. Coates: Statements Made to a Medical Care Provider Are Not Admissible under the Statements Made for Medical Diagnosis or Treatment Hearsay Exception When the Declarant Was Unaware of the Purpose of the Statement, Neal Desai
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Recent Developments: State v. Evans: A Warrantless Search Incident to Arrest Is Constitutional, Regardless of Whether the Police Intend to Charge the Defendant upon Apprehension, Stacey E. Burnett
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Recent Developments: State v. Fisher: County Administrative Judge Is Not Required to Make Findings or Articulate Reasons Demonstrating That Postponement Was Warranted, Jerry W. Hyatt
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Recent Developments: State v. Garlick: Confrontation Right Not Offended by Admitting Laboratory Test Results into Evidence without Technician's Testimony, Gregory R. Smouse
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Recent Developments: State v. Giddens: Distribution of Narcotics Conviction Admissible to Impeach Credibility of Witness, Pamela J. Aud
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Recent Developments: State v. Gorman: Court Upholds the Use of Peremptory Challenges to Strike Black Jurors When the Defendant Is White, Gregory J. Swain
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Recent Developments: State v. Gray: Redacted Confession of a Nontestifying Codefendant Does Not Violate a Defendants's Sixth Amendment Rights, Marianna Ikonomou
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Recent Developments: State v. Henson: Time between a First and Second Arrest Arising out of the Same Criminal Act Is Not Included in Speedy Trial Analysis if Charges Are Dismissed in Good Faith, Nicole L. Baines
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Recent Developments: State v. Johnson: Conviction for Conspiracy Will Stand despite the Acquittal of All of Co-Conspirators in Prior Trial. The Rule of Consistency Is Inapplicable in Separate Trials, Virginia Pizza
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Recent Developments: State v. Jones: Temporary Administrative Suspension of Driver's License Prior to a Drunk Driving Conviction Does Not Constitute Punishment under the Law of Double Jeopardy, Beverly I. Heydon
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Recent Developments: State v. Lee: Application of the Inevitable Discovery Exclusion Exception Cannot Make Evidence Obtained through an Improperly Executed Narcotics Search Warrant Admissible, Carlin La Bar
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Recent Developments: State v. Luckett: A Suspect's Waiver of His or Her Miranda Rights Becomes Invalid When a Police Officer Incorrectly Explains Those Rights, Rendering an Otherwise Proper Miranda Advisement Constitutionally Defective, Elisabeth Koloup
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Recent Developments: State v. Randall Book Corp
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Recent Developments: State v. Rucker: A Brief Investigatory Stop Is Not a Restraint on Freedom of Movement Characteristic of a Formal Arrest and Does Not Require Miranda Warnings, Ruthie Linzer
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Recent Developments: State v. Sampson: Search of Garbage Placed for Collection in a Public and Readily Accessible Area Does Not Violate the Fourth Amendment, Michelle M. Owens
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Recent Developments: State v. Santiago: In the Absence of a Jury Poll, a Criminal Defendant Has an Unwaivable Right to Have the Court Hearken the Verdict, Melissa Goldmeier
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Recent Developments: State v. Sheldon: State Cross Burning Statute Held Unconstitutional, Kimberly A. Kelly
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Recent Developments: State v. Smith: Incriminating Evidence Detected in a Secondary Frisk Is Not Admissible When No Weapons Are Detected in the Original Frisk, John Magee
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Recent Developments: State v. Snowden: Hearsay Statements Made by Child Abuse Victims to a Social Worker May Not Be Admitted at a Criminal Trial through the Social Worker under Maryland's "Tender Years" Statute, Erica C. Mudd
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Recent Developments: State v. Thompson: Repeat Drug Offender Who Successfully Completes Drug Treatment Program Is Not Required to Serve Remainder of Mandatory Jail Sentence, Kristen Coyle
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Recent Developments: State v. Wiegmann: Domestic Relations Master Has No Authority to Order an Arrest of an Individual Found to Be in Contempt, Richard Dirk Selland
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Recent Developments: State v. Williams: A Traffic Stop Will Be Constitutionally Permissible if It Is Based on Observations of a Police Officer That Give Reasonable Articulable Suspicion That a Traffic Law Has Been Violated, David Jimenez
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Recent Developments: Sterry v. Bethlehem Steel Corporation: Employer Liability Outside of the Workmen's Compensation Act, Malinda S. Siegel
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Recent Developments: St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church, Inc. v. Smith: Reasonable Attorney's Fees May Be Considered by the Jury When Awarding Punitive Damages, John A. Nolet
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Recent Developments: St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks: Title VII Does Not Compel Judgment for Plaintiff Merely Because the Trier of Fact Rejects Defendant's Reasons for Adverse Employment Decisions, Kimberley S. Wright Jones
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Recent Developments: Stoddard v. State: Trial Court's Requirement That the Defendant Testify before the Final Defense Witness Was a Violation of the Constitutional Right to Due Process and Right against Compelled Self Incrimination; It Was Not Error to Admit Evidence of a Defendant's Prior Bad Acts to Rehabilitate a Witness or Permit a Question Implying the Defendant Posed a Threat to a Child to Show a Witness's Motive to Falsify Testimony, Kayleigh Toth
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Recent Developments: Stoddard v. State: When Deciding if an Implied Assertion Is Hearsay, the Intent of the Declarant Is Irrelevant if the Statement Is Offered to Prove the Truth of the Matter Asserted, Lee Wheeler
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Recent Developments: Stouffer v. Reid: A Competent Inmate's Right to Refuse Medical Treatment Outweighs the Interests of the State Unless There Exists Substantial Evidence of Detrimental Effect to the Prison Community, Carrie Bohrer
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Recent Developments: Strickler v. Greene: Reasonable Probability That Disclosure of Withheld Evidence Would Have Led to a Different Outcome at Trial Is Required to Obtain Relief under the Brady Rule, Rosemary E. Allulis
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Recent Developments: Stringfellow v. State: Voir Dire Question Asking Potential Jurors Whether They Would Require Scientific Evidence in Order to Find the Defendant Guilty beyond a Reasonable Doubt Deprived the Defendant of a Fair and Impartial Jury; Sufficient Evidence of Handgun Possession Existed to Support the Convictions, Jennifer M. Williams
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Recent Developments: Supervisor of Assessments v. Stellar GT: A Midcycle Revaluation of Real Property for Tax Assessment Purposes Must Be Caused by a Statutorily Specified Factor, David Coppersmith
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Recent Developments: Suter v. Stuckey: Parties to a Domestic Violence Protective Order Entered by Consent Do Not Have the Right to an Appeal, Lydia Hu
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Recent Developments: Swift v. State: When a Police Officer Blocks a Person's Path with a Police Vehicle and Performs a Warrants Check, and a Reasonable Person Would Believe That He or She Is Not Free to Leave the Police Presence, There Is a Seizure under the Fourth Amendment, Kevin Cox
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Recent Developments: Tafflin v. Levitt: State Court Jurisdiction over Civil Rico Claims Not Preempted, David B. Applefeld
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Recent Developments: Talbot County v. Miles Point Property: When a County Council Makes a Legislative Decision under the Authority of the Express Powers Act of the Maryland Constitution, Both the County Board of Appeals and the Circuit Court Lack Appellate Jurisdiction, Thereby Making a Writ of Mandamus an Inappropriate Avenue of Relief, Leslee Tingle
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Recent Development: State v. Johnson: To Warrant an In Camera Review of a Victim’s Mental Health Records, a Defendant Must Offer a Factual Predicate to Show a Reasonable Likelihood That the Records Contain Exculpatory Information, April L. Inskeep
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Recent Development: State v. Payne: Police Officer Needed to be Qualified as an Expert Witness to Testify as to the Function of Cell Phone Towers; Co=Defendants are not a Party Opponents for Hearsay Purposes, Allison Terry
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Recent Developments: Taxiera v. Malkus: After-Born Illegitimate Children Have a Right to Establish Paternity of Their Deceased Putative Father, Steven B. Vinick
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Recent Developments: Taylor v. State: A Conviction Following a Violation of a Defendant's Right to Be Present during Jury Communication Will Be Reversed Unless the Record Demonstrates a Lack of Prejudice to the Defendant, Martha Arango
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Recent Developments: Taylor v. State: A Conviction for Possession of Marijuana Based on Circumstantial Evidence Must Establish a Reasonable Inference That the Defendant Exercised Dominion or Control over the Possessed Substance, Sean Patrick Casey
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Recent Developments: Taylor v. State: Reliance on an Officer's Statement That Investigatory Cooperation Will Result in Special Treatment from the Prosecution Renders That Statement Involuntary and Inadmissible as Evidence, Peter McTernan
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Recent Developments: Taylor v. State: Sentencing Restrictions for Repeat Offenders under Article 27, § 643 Are Mandatory Only for Twenty-Five Years, Kimberly A. Kelly
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Recent Developments: Taylor v. State: Under Maryland Rule 5-806, a Party May Attack the Credibility of a Hearsay Declarant during the Cross-Examination of a Testifying Witness but May Not Present Proof of a Declarant's Misconduct, N. Tucker Meneely
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Recent Developments: Temporary Staffing, Inc. v. J.J. Haines & Co.: Employer's Obligation to Pay Workers' Compensation Claims Is Determined by Contract between Temporary Staffing Agency and Employer, Scott H. Amey
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Recent Developments: Texas v. Johnson: Flag-Burning as Protest Protected within Context of First Amendment, Brian M. Kurtyka
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Recent Developments: The May Dep't Stores Company v. Harryman: "Business Premises" under Workmen's Compensation Extended, Margaret E. Swain
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Recent Developments: The Right to Die, Lynn K. Caudle
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Recent Developments: Thomas v. Commissioner: Addition to Tax Imposed on Unreported Income Obtained from Illegal Activities, Which Produced Criminal Sanctions, Is Not a Violation of the Fifth or Eighth Amendments, Kevin Barth
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Recent Developments: Thomas v. State: A Defendant's Subjective Belief That Law Enforcement Officers Had Probable Cause to Arrest Him Does Not Make His Police Station Interview Custodial for Miranda Purposes; Rather, a Totality of the Circumstances Test Is Used to Determine Custody, Kristine L. Dietz
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Recent Developments: Thomas v. State: Evidence of a Defendant's Refusal to Provide a Blood Sample Is Inadmissible to Show Consciousness of Guilt, Gage Lester
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Recent Developments: Thompson v. Keohane: State Determinations of "In Custody" for Miranda Purposes Are Not Presumptively Correct under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) and Are Subject to Federal Review, Paul J. Wilson
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Recent Developments: Thompson v. State: Jury Instructions Cannot Substantially Deviate from the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Standards of the Maryland Pattern Jury Instructions, Edward C. Goodman
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Recent Developments: Tierco Maryland, Inc. v. Williams: Injection of Racial Considerations Is Improper When Statements Are Irrelevant to the Causes of Action Pled or Relief Sought, John C. Morton
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Recent Developments: Todd v. Mass Transit Administration: Common Carriers Have a Duty to Prevent Forseeable Assaults upon Passengers and to Aid Passengers in Danger, Brian Casto
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Recent Developments: Torts—Punitive Damages—Allowed in Maryland for Wanton Disregard of Human Life. Smith v. Gray Concrete Pipe Co., Inc., 267 Md. 149, 297 A.2d 721 (1972), Lawrence D. O'Neill
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Recent Developments: Towson University v. Conte: A Jury's Role in a Wrongful Discharge Case Does Not Include That of Ultimate Fact-Finder, Kimmeria Bayton
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Recent Developments: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Ky., Inc. v. Williams: Americans with Disabilities Act Requires Individual to Be Substantially Limited in Completeing Daily Tasks to Receive Benefits, Brandy Carter
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Recent Developments: TransCare Md., Inc. v. Murray: A Commercial Ambulance Company Does Not Have Immunity under the Good Samaritan Act or the Fire and Rescue Act for the Negligent Actions of Its Employees, Nicholas B. Hawkins
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Recent Developments: Trimper v. Porter-Hayden: Statute of Limitations in Asbestos-Related Wrongful Death Actions, Patricia Dart Brooks
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Recent Developments: Troxel v. Granville: The Supreme Court Again Affirms the Fundamental Right to Parent, Traci Gladstone Corcoran