http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com The law in plain english Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:45:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Like millions of motorists, Eric Hanson used a GPS unit in his Chevrolet TrailBlazer to find his way around. He probably didn't expect that prosecutors would eventually use it too — to help convict him of killing four family members. Prosecutors in suburban Chicago analyzed data from the Garmin GPS device ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2008/08/28/small-gps-devices-help-prosecutors-win-convictions/ “Welcome to the courtroom, we set bail set at 10K,” probably was not a variation on “Welcome to the Jungle” Kevin Cogill had ever considered. Yet those were the circumstances he faced Wednesday morning in federal court in Los Angeles. Cogill’s alleged crime: leaking nine songs off Guns N’ Roses long-anticipated ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2008/08/28/blogger-arrested-for-leaking-songs/ A Florida man has been arrested for soliciting prostitution after he offered an undercover sheriff’s deputy two cents to have sexual intercourse. Fausino Diaz Hernandez, 46, allegedly approached the deputy outside a Circle K gas station in Bonita Springs with his lowball offer. She took him up on it, then radioed ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2008/08/28/man-arrested-after-offering-undercover-cop-two-cents-for-sex/ USA Today has a story about Joe Biden’s ties to lawyers who specialize in asbestos litigation and his votes on measures that would affect this area of the law. (Hat tip: WSJ Law Blog.) Here’s the lede (yes, that’s how we spell it in journalism) of the story: Sen. Joe Biden ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2008/08/27/angelos-employees-backing-biden/ Q. What is the duty of a guardian? A. The guardian has a duty to act according to the Court’s instructions, which are usually set during the guardianship proceeding. If the court grants guardianship over the ward’s property, the guardian has a fiduciary duty to manage the ward’s assets properly. The ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2008/08/27/what-is-the-duty-of-a-guardian/ Q. What happens after the petition is filed? A. The Court will sign an order requiring the ward, his or her attorney, and any other interested person or agency to respond to the guardianship request within 20 days. The ward and any interested person or agency must be notified of the ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2008/08/27/what-happens-after-the-petition-is-filed/ Q. How is a guardian appointed? A. A petition must be filed with the Circuit Court in the county where the alleged disabled person resides, is hospitalized or is located. The petition should state all reasons for the appointment of a guardian and whether the request is for guardianship of the ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2008/08/27/q-how-is-a-guardian-appointed/ Baltimore’s W.E.B. DuBois High School is one of nine violence-plagued schools in the country to receive millions in federal funding for internships and other programs to improve students’ career prospects. The Labor Department gave the school $3.6 million this summer. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao said the grant will pay for ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2008/08/27/dubois-high-gets-36m-for-job-programs/ Nzinga Oneferua-El, founder of the city’s Street Soldiers program, says about 80 percent of the students she works with know somebody who was murdered—typically a family member or close friend. She’s no stranger to violence. In 1992, her fiancé, Al Stewart, founder of the WEAA radio station for Morgan State ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2008/08/27/teaching-success-instead-of-violence/ President Bush and many before him have called the United States a nation of laws. Maybe that’s why our capital has 13 times as many lawyers per capita as any state, and 29 times as many as Maryland. The U.S. has more than 1 million attorneys. Rank State (and D.C.) Lawyers per 10,000 ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2008/08/27/where-lawyers-are-easy-to-find/