Bruce Godfrey

Never, no matter what Justin Peters thinks. Justin Peters in Slate, January 3, 2013: And, from the emails I’ve received, a lot of people have no interest in talking to the law in these situations. Which, to be sure, is…

I was amused to see that someone decided to run a search with these search terms. What surprised me is that the search appears to have come from an Easton ISP on the Shore, rather than from my 10-year old…

My condolences to the friends and family of Rosemary Allulis, Esquire; may they be comforted. I worked at the same medium-sized firm in Pikesville with Rosemary for a number of years and concur entirely with the sentiments expressed by her…

Decatur (TN) Daily, Jan 9, 2013: Officers arrested NFL player Rolando McClain on a charge of giving a false name to law enforcement Tuesday after he signed a citation for overly dark window tint as “(Expletive) y’all,” Decatur police said.…

Maryland’s Commercial Law article within the Annotated Code provides certain consumer protection remedies against fraudulent tax preparers who damage their clients or others through trick, lie or stealth.  Many of the victims of such preparers are low-income, low-tax-sophistication taxpayers who…

The headline claims that you cannot be fired for posting about your job on Facebook.  This is patently false. While there is, in limited cases, National Labor Relations Board jurisdiction to reverse some actions against employees, it is simply…

1)  If you claim that your firm has 20 years’ experience and your firm has four lawyers with 4-6 years’ experience, you may as well go to Las Vegas (altitude about 2,900 feet) 10 times and claim you have been…

There are different terms in UrbanDictionary.com for the sorts of decision-making and executive function that sometimes lead to disasters like arrests, confinement, police beat-downs or, worst of all, appearances on the highest court of dumbth in the land: the Maury…

I thank Mr. Duncan of the Baltimore Sun for the opportunity to contribute at least one cynical, bitter solo practitioner’s quote for his article on Maryland camera tickets, which printed Christmas Day.

The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, has announced that it will be demonstrating and preaching its “gospel” at the Baltimore County Circuit Court on January 2, 2013.  The purpose of this demonstration is to announce divine damnation on Maryland…