By Allison Dunn | July 25, 2022
"There are several facts in the record that speak to whether plaintiff was fired because of his religious practice or his refusal to trim his beard," U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin wrote. "The weight and credibility of those facts are best determined by a fact finder. Importantly, plaintiff raises the fact that Walden never prepared to utilize, or actually utilized, the N95 masks that served as the basis for requiring plaintiff to trim his beard to one-quarter inch. The fact finder must evaluate the credibility of Walden's claims that it had a legitimate purpose for terminating plaintiff."
By Allison Dunn | July 18, 2022
"Based on my review of other attorney's fee awards in this district over the past several years, adjusted to reflect the cost of legal services in the winter of 2021 (when the bulk of the work in this case occurred), these fee strike me as appropriate for experienced counsel. Accordingly, the fee award will be calculated using the secretary's proposed rates," wrote U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker of the District of Maine.
By Colleen Murphy | July 12, 2022
A Massachusetts attorney was suspended for one year and one day after accepting a $2,000 retainer to handle a landlord-tenant lawsuit and failing to file the complaint.
By Allison Dunn | July 6, 2022
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals recently upheld the Client Protection Fund trustees' denial of a man's initial $3.1 million claim for misappropriated funds, finding an attorney who was convicted of embezzling the money was not acting in fiduciary capacity that is "traditional and customary in the practice of law in Maryland."
By Allison Dunn | July 6, 2022
A district court judge is allowing claims of Title IX retaliation and breach of contract to continue in a former student's lawsuit alleging that the University of New England wrongly portrayed him as a threat on campus following his complaint of unwanted sexual advances from a professor.
By Allison Dunn | June 30, 2022
"We cannot conclude that a kitchen mixer falls within the same general class as the items enumerated in section 8104-A(1)(A) through (F)," Associate Justice Andrew M. Horton wrote on behalf of the majority. "Other than being a machine, the mixer does not meet the criteria we defined in New Orleans Tanker: it is not a transportation device, it is unlikely to be transported, it is unlikely to come into contact with the general public, and it is unlikely to be covered by an insurance policy."
By Allison Dunn | June 28, 2022
A Washington, D.C., attorney who admitted to negligently misappropriating an elderly client's funds while serving as a court-appointed conservator has received a reciprocal seven-month suspension in Maryland and Virginia.
By Allison Dunn | June 24, 2022
The plaintiffs claim the defendants made multiple false representations between March 2020 and June 2020 about the KN95 masks being "FDA and CE certified" and that they "had passed filtration tests required" to meet additional standards, the opinion said.
By Allison Dunn | June 21, 2022
A veteran attorney in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. metro areas has been suspended by the Maryland Court of Appeals for repeated dishonesty to the court and other parties, including his alleged failure to disclose that his co-counsel was suspended from practicing in the state.
By Allison Dunn | June 17, 2022
A federal judge in Maryland upheld a more than $6.1 million jury verdict in favor of a restoration contractor for lost profits and further awarded it more than $112,000 in sanctions-related fees.
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