A Maryland federal judge held that the FCC cannot require prior express written consent for telemarketing robocalls under the TCPA — only the prior express consent the statute actually says — then granted summary judgment to DentalPlans.com and decertified...
A Maryland federal court granted summary judgment to a jail nurse accused of ignoring a pretrial detainee's shoulder injury, while an excessive-force claim against the arresting officer remains alive.
A federal magistrate judge in Maryland reversed the Social Security Administration’s denial of disability benefits for a claimant with chronic depression, holding that the Administrative Law Judge improperly used normal objective medical findings to...
A federal court held that a widow's breach-of-contract suit against Selective Insurance can move forward after the insurer refused to pay uninsured motorist benefits following a 2022 highway shooting that killed her husband.
A federal judge in Maryland dismissed all securities fraud claims against the founders and directors of iLearningEngines, an AI-platform company that went public through a SPAC merger, filed for bankruptcy, and self-reported potential violations of law to...
A federal judge in Maryland held that a registered nurse's claims that she was fired for refusing to let her employer misuse her nursing license to deceive regulators are sufficient to proceed under the Maryland Health Care Worker Whistleblower Protection...
A Maryland federal judge held that a federal veterinarian's complaint about a contractor employee's workplace conduct was within the scope of her employment, substituting the United States as defendant and extinguishing the contractor's defamation and...
A federal judge in Maryland allowed a deaf inmate's disability-accommodation claims to proceed against state prison officials while dismissing all claims against the facility's contracted medical providers.