MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Professional Responsibility, Disbarment: Disbarment was the appropriate sanction for an attorney who failed to keep his client reasonably informed of her case, retained more than twice his agreed-upon fee, failed to deposit unearned fees in his trust account, failed to remit a settlement payment to the client and did not respond [...]
Those Terrible Taxes
April 15 (or 17th this year) sneaks up on us ever year, leaving many to rush to the local tax accountant for help with their filing. If you somehow let the time for taxes slip by without acting, do not worry. If you’re unable to complete your returns by that deadline, you can file Form 4868, [...]
RECENT MARYLAND DECISIONS – 3/27
COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS Civil Procedure, In banc panel: CJ §1-403(c) was not violated where the case was heard in banc and a majority of the nine judges qualified to act decided each of the issues on appeal. Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Ford, No. 1804, September Term, 2009. RecordFax No. 12-0306-12. Civil procedure, Expert witness [...]
MAKE A JUDGMENT COUNT – Count Your Years
Waiting Over 12 Years To Assert Your Rights It’s hard to believe that someone would wait 13 1/2 years to assert their claim to enforce a money judgment. Yet that’s exactly what occurred in a recent case defended by our office. A judgment is the best remedy that a party can obtain in a court [...]
RECENT MARYLAND DECISIONS
MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Criminal Law, Firearms: A “firearm” does not have to be operable in order to sustain a conviction under §5-133(c), which prohibits a person convicted of a crime of violence or other specified offenses from possessing a regulated firearm. Moore v. State, No. 20, September Term, 2010. RecordFax No. 11-1222-20, 54 pages. [...]
