Maryland Lawyer Blog

• Under Armour sues Energy Armor, a company selling "negative ion bracelets" and other apparel, alleging copyright infringement. Really, negative ion bracelets? Who buys this stuff?
• The 4th Circuit, long considered the most conservative circuit in the country, has definitely shifted to the left. This can't be bad for those of us representing the injured.
• A blind man says that after he and his guide dog were hit by a car, Baltimore paramedics wanted to leave the dog behind on the pavement and wouldn't take the animal in the ambulance transporting the man to the hospital.
• Oops. While Frank Conaway Sr. allegedly "brandished" a gun at blogger Adam Meister yesterday (say police, but not Conaway or Meister), his concealed-carry permit expired months ago.
• Judge Roger Titus lets the racial gerrymandering case go forward. The group of black plaintiffs allege Gov. O'Malley and the legislature redistricted along racial lines in order to give Democrats an advantage.

The University of Baltimore Law School is considered to be one of the top values in law schools.

A new smartphone application is available, the first of its kind in the nation among state bar associations. Erek Barron, Chair of the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) Young Lawyers Section, has developed a new substantive app for “on-the-go” access to the Rules of Evidence, rules of Professional Conduct, MSBA’s website, and more. Versions are available for Applie IPHone and iPad, Android, and BlackBerry Smartphones.

Funded in part from a grant from the Maryland Bar Foundation, the MSBA application allows users to easily search for rules by chapter, title, or rule, and bookmark them for future reference. It even features links to select portions of the MSBA website, including the MSBA Ethics Hotline, Ethics Opinions, and Fastcase online legal research for members.

With the development of mobile applications growing by leaps and bounds, with hundreds of thousands to choose from, the MSBA app is getting great reviews. Attorneys from all over the nation have chimed in regarding the new app with comments such as, "a well-designed application that all Maryland attorneys should be proud of.

Is this cool? Yes. Do we really need an iPad app for this? Well, I don't know that it is right in the wheelhouse of the best use of apps. Still, I'll download it.