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Attorneys representing historically black colleges said Tuesday they hope Maryland will embrace mediation to create high-demand academic programs at the schools, now that a federal judge has ruled the state is violating desegregation law by perpetuating the duplication of programs at predominantly white colleges.
A federal lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Naval Academy superintendent, asking him to recuse himself from a sexual assault case involving three Midshipmen. But a judge ruled not to interfere.
The state of Maryland fired back Monday at gun advocates seeking to block a new law creating some of the nation's toughest firearm restrictions, arguing a lawsuit filed last week came too late and lacks merit.
A federal judge in Baltimore will hear a challenge to Maryland's new gun-control law Tuesday, the same day the measure containing some of the nation's tightest firearm restrictions is scheduled to take effect.
Attorneys for a midshipman at the center of a sexual assault case against three ex-Navy football players have asked in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that the Naval Academy's superintendent not be involved in the decision of whether the men will be court-martialed.
A developer is suing the city of Baltimore for at least $50 million in an effort to block officials from entertaining new bids for a redevelopment project.
The NFL will lay out three-quarter of a billion dollars to settle with thousands of former football players over concussion-related injuries.
A federal appeals court is allowing the developer of a Gambrills shopping center to pursue its $25 million lawsuit against a labor union for using alleged "sham litigation" to attempt to keep the supermarket chain Wegmans out of a shopping center.
A federal judge has ruled that Perdue Farms and an Eastern Shore contract grower will not be able to recoup $3 million in legal fees after successfully defending themselves against a poultry pollution suit.
The parents of a Frostburg State University football player who died after a second concussion accused coaches at the Maryland school of conducting "gladiatorial" high-speed drills that caused players to suffer repeated blows to the head.
A former Xavier University basketball player sued the school, alleging it damaged his reputation by expelling him for what he says was a false sexual assault accusation.
A Virginia woman sued Friday over a helicopter crash last month in northeastern Pennsylvania that killed her young son and four others, saying a charter company "negligently and recklessly" allowed a pilot to fly when he was not fully trained.
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler is asking the state's highest court to order that a lawsuit over the University of Maryland's withdrawal from the Atlantic Coast Conference proceed in a Maryland court.
The Community College of Baltimore County is settling a federal lawsuit brought by a hearing-impaired woman who accused the school of refusing an internship placement after she asked for an interpreter.
A grandmother and her four grandchildren are killed in a city house fire. Now their surviving family members file a $57 million lawsuit against the landlord and the city housing authority.
A lawsuit moves forward filed by a man attacked in a dorm by the Morgan State student who later killed and cannibalized a second victim.
A Baltimore man paralyzed from the waist down in a shooting after a 2004 charity basketball game at Randallstown High School has been awarded more than $21 million in a civil lawsuit against the shooter and his accomplice.
She made headlines when police arrested her for leaving her two dogs in a sweltering car for hours last month but her family members say there's a lot more to the story---including an explanation that now has them angry with police.
A former NFL player is suing the Washington Redskins and former assistant coach Gregg Williams, saying a career-ending knee injury is the result of a bounty program where Redskins coaches encouraged players to intentionally injure opponents.
Baltimore City settles a lawsuit brought on the family of a fire department recruit killed during a botched training exercise.
A judge in New York has tossed out three lawsuits brought by men who said former Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash sexually abused them when they were underage.
A police trainee who was shot in the head during a training accident in Maryland earlier this year has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit.
Before there was Edward Snowden and the leak of explosive documents showing widespread government surveillance, there was Mark Klein -- a telecommunications technician who alleged that AT&T was allowing U.S. spies to siphon vast amounts of customer data without warrants.
A Maryland mother is suing more than 200 people who she says had child pornography depicting her two young daughters.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by an American imprisoned in Cuba against the U.S. government, for whom he was working when he was arrested.
