Dan Belson

Legal affairs reporter at The Daily Record. @baltsunguild forever. Signal: danbels.71

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Maryland Live! Casino was sued yesterday by French fashion house Louis Vuitton over 2 promotional bag giveaways:

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and Brawner Builders, the employer of the 6 slain workers

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.@MyBGE also settled

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.@MyBGE also settled

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The families of all 6 workers who died in the Key Bridge collapse, and the construction crew member who survived the plunge into the frigid Patapsco River, have settled with the Dali's owner and manager.

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The families of all 6 workers who died in the Key Bridge collapse, and the construction crew member who survived the plunge into the frigid Patapsco River, have settled with the Dali's owner and manager.

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Breaking: Federal judge grants motion to dismiss criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia for vindictive prosecution, says evidence before the court "sadly reflects an abuse of prosecuting power."

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"You're talking about two highly qualified individuals... and based upon a press release, their lives have been decimated," said their attorney.
Story here: https://t.co/OAYfk3WMQG

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Two years after a federal judge dismissed a conspiracy indictment alleging they disclosed private health information to help Russia, 2 MoCo doctors are suing the DOJ for $50M in damages.

At issue: The 2022 press release where prosecutors announced the indictment.

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They allege the info in the press release (which now has a disclaimer) is inaccurate and the govt. violated the Privacy Act by keeping it online and apparently confirming it for a commercial background check database after dismissal.

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The shipowners said their witnesses won’t come to the US to testify for fear of prosecution and/or being held here, like several Dali crewmembers have since March 2024.

This has been a recurring issue since before the indictment. I wrote about it here: https://t.co/FBL3sUkuRd

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The trial over whether the Dali’s owner and manager can limit their liability in the Key Bridge collapse won’t be delayed, US District Judge James K Bredar ruled today.

It will proceed to trial on June 1 despite a recent criminal indictment against one of the shipowners.

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Diamond Transportation had just laid off more than 400 workers in MD and VA last November after WMATA reduced the firm's routes.
The company still gave DOL officials roughly 20 days notice (federal law generally requires 60, they claimed an exception)

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Last week, 571 workers lost their job after a @wmata contractor that provides MetroAccess services abruptly closed a facility in PG county.

Maryland's WARN log shows they didn't give the state any prior notice, and the workers didn't know until the day of, per a new lawsuit.

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“The reality is, this is only going to happen more and more,” said James Rubinowitz, a New York attorney who also lectures about AI's use in courts at the Cardozo School of Law.

Read here:
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A D.C. judge warned a Severna Park attorney about citations to nonexistent quotes that bore "the hallmarks of reliance on an artificial intelligence tool."

Over the next 5 months, the firm's managing partners filed 4 more legal briefs that would be flagged for hallucinations.

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Synergy and Grace Ocean also agreed to try and get the state released from claims by those who have claims against both the state and the shipowners.

Read more here: https://t.co/MVoBh2vV4l

Read the settlement: https://t.co/gfB21JzXO4

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KEY BRIDGE SETTLEMENT: Part of Maryland's $2.25 billion settlement with the Dali's owner/operator is a commitment by the state to pursue a claim against Hyundai, and to pay a chunk of any winnings back to the shipowners.

First $50 million to the state, after that it's 50/50.

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Here's what @ClarenceLamMD and Del. Gary Simmons' campaign slate paid for a private investigator to look into whether Simmons' primary challenger, John Dove, lived where he said he did.

(Dove was later disqualified due to this)