http://www.marylandlawyerblog.com/ en-us 2008-07-01T05:29:45-05:00 http://www.marylandlawyerblog.com/2008/07/big_business_has_two_faces_on.html The Wall Street Journal Law Blog has a post about chemical and plastics giant Celanese legal malpractice lawsuit against one of it former law firms, claiming that discovery mistakes led to a $107 million settlement, which the company otherwise did... Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-07-01T05:29:45-05:00 http://www.marylandlawyerblog.com/2008/06/cell_phones_in_maryland_courth.html The Winter 2008 edition of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Associations’ journal the Trial Reporter was dedicated to “Family Law & the Child.” I never read it because the universe of my family law knowledge comes from Arnie Becker on... Practicing Law Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-06-27T11:50:12-05:00 http://www.marylandlawyerblog.com/2008/06/washington_dc_handgun_bill_ove.html The big news of the day is the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision overturning the Washington, D.C. gun ban. Justice Scalia wrote the majority opinion overturning the D.C. handgun ban. His opinion acknowledged that the right to own and carry a... Maryland Legal News Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-06-26T15:58:54-05:00 http://www.marylandlawyerblog.com/2008/06/peter_angelos_big_gift_to_the.html The Baltimore Sun reports that Baltimore injury attorney Peter Angelos has pledged a $5 million matching grant for a new law school at the University of Baltimore. The gift is the largest in the history of the University of Baltimore... Maryland Legal News Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-06-25T14:30:39-05:00 http://www.marylandlawyerblog.com/2008/06/anne_arundel_county_bails_on_e.html After three years of study, the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County in Annapolis, Maryland said that its e-filing system is not yet ready for prime time. While e-filing is certainly a regular part of the federal court system now,... Maryland Legal News Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-06-23T12:43:46-05:00 http://www.marylandlawyerblog.com/2008/06/chief_justice_john_roberts_coo.html Is Chief Justice John Roberts cooler than you think? In his dissenting opinion in Sprint Communications v. APCC Services, a case involving the standing to bring suit of collection agencies that were assigned rights - Judge Roberts writes: “The absence... General Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-06-23T11:33:21-05:00 http://www.marylandlawyerblog.com/2008/06/judge_robert_c_wilcox_assault.html The Maryland Daily Record reports that Anne Arundel County District Court Judge Robert C. Wilcox apologized on Friday for saying earlier this month that he did not trust the victim in an assault case because she had sex with the... Criminal Law Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-06-18T07:20:05-05:00 http://www.marylandlawyerblog.com/2008/06/first_amendment_pro_bono_work.html In June’s Anne Arundel County Barrister, a newsletter for the Anne Arundel County Bar Association, the president’s message from Saul McCormick highlights his lawyer/hero of the month, an African-American lawyer named Anthony Griffin. A volunteer lawyer for the ACLU, Mr.... General Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-06-17T07:13:14-05:00 http://www.marylandlawyerblog.com/2008/06/alex_kozinskis_wife_speaks_out.html Marcy J.K. Tiffany, the wife of 9th Circuit chief judge Alex Kozinski, writes a defense of her husband in the Patterico Pontifications Blog. (Click here for background on the Judge Kozinski story.) Her defense comes from two angles: (1) attacking... General Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-06-16T09:59:54-05:00 http://www.marylandlawyerblog.com/2008/06/judge_alex_kozinskis_website.html The Patterico Pontifications Blog has a post today about Judge Alex Kozinski, the Chief Judge for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Kozinski has been a prolific and relatively public conservative judge. I remember thinking it was pretty cool... General Ronald V. Miller, Jr. 2008-06-12T14:03:53-05:00