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24 Sep, 2008 12:24 pm
... class action in Maryland state court against four automobile manufacturers seeking "damages
arising from the cost of replacing allegedly defective seating systems"; Eight years later, defense attorneys removed the class ... loss doctrine." Id., at 422. The case was tied
up in the appellate courts until February 2008, when the Maryland Court of Appeals reinstated the class action complaint. Id. (citing Lloyd v.
General Motors Corp., 916 A.2d 257 (Md. 2007). On August 19, 2007, plaintiffs filed a ...
7 Jul 5:38 am
07/07/09 Advocate.com (Source: NCLR Out For Justice blog): Maryland governor Martin O'Malley said yesterday that he would support recognition
of out-of-state gay marriages, while Maryland attorney
general Douglas F. Gansler is preparing a formal opinion on whether the state may ... 11th issue, at
page 18) carries an AP report about the likelihood of legal challenges to out-of-state recognition by Maryland: Any move to recognize gay marriages could be seen as an end-run around the ...
11 Sep 5:56 am
09/11/09 Washington Blade / Gay Marriage Watch: Hopes are high that Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler will soon issue a legal opinion that same-sex marriages performed outside the Free State should
be recognized in Maryland. Raquel Guillory, director of communications for Gansler's office, said Tuesday that a decision is "expected in the
next few weeks." The expected opinion would probably draw a legal challenge.
3 Apr, 2008 1:39 am
... received the following: North Carolina, $900,000; Missouri, $929,987, and Maryland, $830,490. Noticeably missing from the list is Virginia.
On the day the CVS settlement was announced ... announce the good job they had done for their respective states. Virginia's Attorney
General, however, did a press release to announce the continuation of an anti-gang ... Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, Virginia's share will of
course be more than Maryland's share--which would put the recovery in the seven figures--but my ...
30 Jan, 2003 9:01 pm
[JURIST] Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr.
announced Thursday that he has called for the abolition of the death penalty in Maryland. Read the press release, his open letter [PDF] to
Maryland's Governor and members of the Maryland General
Assembly, and a text of remarks [PDF] prepared for his Thursday press conference.
31 May 2:16 am
05/31/09 Washington Post: The attorney general's office in the past has issued less-formal advisory
letters to lawmakers stating that Maryland has no obligation to recognize same-sex marriages from other states, citing a
state law that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman. [Sen. Richard S.] Madaleno [who requested the opinion] is seeking to learn
whether Maryland has the option of recognizing same-sex marriages. Doing so could require action by the ...
17 Mar 8:11 am
... Limits on Evidence." It's written by John Wagner and Henri Cauvin. Maryland Attorney
General Douglas F. Gansler (D) said yesterday that although he supports ... to death who were wrongly convicted," said Sen. Robert A. Zirkin
(D-Baltimore County), the bill's chief architect. Gansler, a former Montgomery County state's ... 2006, for example, two inmates were charged
with fatally stabbing a correctional officer at the state prison in Jessup. When other officers began searching the area, they saw inmate ...
26 Mar, 2007 5:35 am
... subject. "Pervasive instances of mortgage fraud have been discovered in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maryland,
Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, and Utah. For more in-dept information about mortgage fraud, see these lawsuits: ... is never called "secretary," despite that department equally is
one of the 15 cabinet departments. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, heads the United States
Justice Department. From its website, the Justice Department mission statement is: "To enforce ...
29 Feb, 2008 8:02 am
... a 32-year-old ban on handguns. Supporting D.C. are attorneys general from five states - Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York - who say reasonable ... . If the court declares gun ownership an individual right, the case could leave
state and local statutes vulnerable to legal attack. A Supreme Court ruling against ... district's ban on a specific type of weapon could
jeopardize state statutes against assault rifles, said Dennis Henigan, legal director of the Brady Campaign to Prevent ...
12 Mar 5:16 am
... forge better relations with Washington, D.C., on environmental protection, sex offender policy and other subjects that became state-federal
battlegrounds during the Bush administration. In interviews with Stateline.org in Washington after listening to Holder speak, state
attorneys general of both parties said there were early signs that the Obama administration is working to improve relations."
"Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler, a Democrat,
hailed the ...
31 Jan, 2008 5:21 am
... to end its alleged involvement in a bid-rigging scheme created by Marsh & McLennan. AIG must also pay $12.5 million to nine states (Texas, Florida, Hawaii,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) and the District of Columbia. ... into believing they were receiving
the most competitive commercial premiums available." The Attorney General's office states that
its investigation focused on AIG's failure to disclose contingent commissions it paid to ...
29 Oct 8:04 am
... 373 (1911), which held that resale maintenance is a per se violation of section 1 of the Sherman Act. The state attorneys
general urge passage of H.R. 3190, which provides that "[a]ny contract, combination, conspiracy or agreement ... reported in the May 4, 2009
Post, Maryland enacted such a law. And as reported in the March 31, 2008 Post, the New York, Michigan and Illinois attorneys
general brought an action against Herman Miller in which they alleged that Herman Miller's resale price maintenance ...
2 Sep, 2008 3:57 pm
... , the Attorney General of New York, as a result of an investigation of several publicly traded
utility companies that the Attorney General's office alleged failed to properly disclosure climate
risk in the companies' public filings. The other utility ... in capital, including the treasurers and comptrollers of Newy York, California, Florida, Maryland, Rhode Island and five other states, and two of the country's largest pension funds--CalPERS and CalSSTRS. Ceres President Mindy S. Lubber
said, "This ...
16 Apr, 2007 7:51 am
Linda Singer is the District of Columbia's new Attorney General. In yesterday's Washington Post, she
spelled out what sounds like a promising new agenda on predatory lending issues. Her target list ... of 336 percent annual interest, 14 times the District's usury law ceiling of 24
percent. Many states, including Maryland, do not allow payday lending that exceeds usury limits. In addition, poor people without
checking accounts are likely to use check-cashing services whose fees, on average, skim ...
14 Mar 11:42 am
"A freedom rider, a former Republican congressman and the state's chief legal officer banded together yesterday to testify in favor of
legalizing same-sex marriage in Maryland - evidence that proponents say shows the issue is gaining momentum," reports the Baltimore...
8 Nov, 2007 7:05 am
... Court In Los Angeles, the 73-year-old television star alleges that he was targeted in a 2004 scheme hatched by the Maryland-based Meltzer
Group. King charges that Meltzer convinced him to engage in a series of "highly complex life insurance ... King's life are now held by third-party firms. One of those companies,
Coventry Insurance, is being sued by New York State for bid-rigging and fraud in connection with its leading role in the growing "life
settlement" industry. Coventry specializes in the ...
12 Nov, 2007 7:50 am
... -mail: mchasen@christmasinaprilsmc.org Web: http://www.christmasinaprilsmc.org Habitat for Humanity Affiliates for Maryland Arundel Habitat
for Humanity 273D Peninsula Farm Road Arnold, MD 21012 Phone: ... 301 Saint Paul Place Baltimore, MD 21202 Phone: (410) 396-5013 Maryland
Attorney General's Family Violence Council 200 St. Paul Place Baltimore, MD ... 576-6953; (888)
743-0023 (Toll Free) [Attorney General's main switchboard] Web: http://www.oag.state.md.usFamily/index.htm Advocates for Survivors of ...
18 Mar 9:26 am
... saying they mark "significant and needed progress" to prevent the possibility that an innocent person could be wrongly convicted and executed in Maryland. "We have an obligation and a responsibility to make progress" in preventing the execution of an innocent person, O'Malley added. Enactment ... that
we get it right." Julie Bykowicz reports, "State attorney general argues against death penalty curbs," in today's Baltimore Sun. Maryland's attorney general and Baltimore County's top prosecutor, both ...
13 Nov, 2008 3:54 pm
... policy? "I don't have a firm opinion on the morality of the death penalty," said Benjamin R. Civiletti, who served as attorney
general under President Jimmy Carter (D) and was tapped by O'Malley (D) last summer to lead ... "I believe, and obviously six other
commissioners believe, that the death penalty is still an important and viable option here in the state of Maryland." The commission also voted on several findings that it will submit in its report, which is due Dec. 15. Earlier coverage begins ...
15 Dec, 2008 4:37 pm
... following the stringent APA requirements, or the legislature amends the APA to exempt execution protocols. The Capital of Annapolis has, "State commission recommends abolishing death penalty, by Christopher Carey. The 23-member commission, which was created by ... , biased," by Liam Farrell.
"The death penalty in Maryland is not uniform … It is a happenstance of color and jurisdiction," said Benjamin Civiletti, a former U.S.
attorney general and the commission chairman. "Systemically, the system ...
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