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The Grand Jury: Old Habits , New Truths
The Ferguson, Missouri community along with the rest of the country anxiously awaits the apparently imminent decision of the St….
Candidate v. Campaign
As the General Election for Governor of the State of Maryland and virtually all of the state and local offices…
The Interaction and Interdependency of an Independent Judiciary and a Free Media
In recent years, courts throughout the State of Maryland and the Nation have been faced with an ever-rising tide of…
“The Multi-Door Courthouse of the Future”
The Courthouse of the future will have multiple doors and many methods of dispute resolution available behind those doors. In fact…
Maryland’s Judicial Election System Needs Fixing Now More Than Ever
Once again the visual of Maryland’s judicial elections in several counties and Baltimore City have illustrated the folly of contested…
Maryland Needs Short Summary and Expedited Civil Jury Trials Now
As I pointed out in my last column, lots of drama and some comedy continue to act out on our…
The Price of Rights
With all that is going on in our state and our nation, indeed the world in the name of “access…
Corruption in an Economy of Influence
Former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell and the former First Lady of Virginia, Maureen McDonnell have now been indicted for accepting…
The Legacy of Judge Speaker John Hanson Briscoe
On January 1, 2014, the former Administrative Judge of the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County, Judge of the Seventh…
MARYLAND OR DELAWARE BEST FOR BUSINESS LITIGATION
In the October 9, 2013 edition of the Daily Record, The Editorial Advisory Board of this newspaper editorialized that “the…