Wal-Mart challenges Maryland health care law
Wal-Mart and other retailers challenged Marylands new law requiring Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health care, arguing before a Baltimore judge Friday that only the federal government may dictate health spending by private companies.
Tom Shannon, Washington attorney, Quidnet resident, gone at 79
Thomas F. Shannon, 79, an international trade attorney and co-founder of the Washington, D.C. law firm Collier Shannon & Scott, died at his Washington, D.C. home on June 23, 2006, following a courageous battle with melanoma.
Wal-Mart Bill Assailed Before Judge
A U.S. district judge in Baltimore yesterday heard arguments over the validity of Marylands controversial law requiring large companies -- namely Wal-Mart -- to spend at least 8 percent of their payroll on health benefits.
Ernest C. Trimble, 87, attorney
Ernest C. Trimble, a retired Baltimore County attorney who had been a judge of the old Peoples Court and president of the Baltimore County Bar Association, died of a respiratory illness June 16 at St. Marys Hospital in Leonardtown. The longtime Lutherville resident was 87.
Former Duncan Running Mate Weighs Run
Baltimore lawyer and former Doug Duncan running mate Stuart Simms said Friday he is weighing a run for Maryland attorney general.
MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced on Immigration Charges; Defendant to Serve Two Years in Prison
Jaime Ricardo Guzman, 25, formerly of Rockville, Md., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus to two years in prison, followed by one year of supervised release for illegally re- entering the United States after previously being deported, announced U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein of the District of Maryland. Judge Titus found that the defendants membership in the violent
Duke accuser told conflicting stories, police report says
DURHAM, North Carolina (AP) -- A woman who accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape initially told police she was attacked by five men at a team party and at one point denied she had been raped, according to a police report released Friday by a defense attorney.
Wal-Mart fights Md. law aimed at its health care
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in federal court here yesterday challenged the validity of a new Maryland law that requires the company to spend more money on employee health care.
Maryland rescinds offer to Alaeze
Marijuana charges said to play role in Terps decision The University of Maryland is withdrawing a scholarship offer to one of its top football recruits, in part because of drug charges.
Camp Springs man sentenced for illegal dumping
Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced on June 22 that a demolition contractor, Forrest S. Holt of Camp Springs was sentenced to a five-year suspended sentence, [probation