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Notes: Commercial Law — Consumer Protection Act — Landlord-Tenant — Remedies — Private Action By Tenant Under Maryland's Consumer Protection Act Requires Demonstration Of Actual Loss Or Injury, I.E., Diminution In Rental Value, In Order To Justify Restitutionary Award Of Rents Paid For The Lease Of Unlicensed Residential Property. Citaramanis V. Hallowell, 328 Md. 142, 613 A.2d 964 (1992), Michael B. Macwilliams

University of Baltimore Law Review

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Comments: The Ethics Involved In Representing Multiple Parties In A Business Transaction: How To Avoid Being Caught Between Scylla And Charybdis' Within The Confines Of The Maryland Disciplinary Rules, Gretchen L. Jankowski

University of Baltimore Law Review

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The Health Care Decisions Act Of 1993, John Carroll Byrnes

University of Baltimore Law Review

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Comments: Silence Is Not Always Golden: Mortgage Prepayment In The Commercial Loan Context, Rebecca C. Dietz

University of Baltimore Law Review

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Comments: Defining "Disability" Under The Americans With Disabilities Act, Amalia Magdalena Villalba

University of Baltimore Law Review

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Injury As A Matter Of Law: Is This The Answer To The Wrongful Life Dilemma?, Alan J. Belsky

University of Baltimore Law Review

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Development Agreements: The Intersection Of Real Estate Finance And Land Use Controls, Patricia Grace Hammes

University of Baltimore Law Review

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Recent Developments: Rosenberg V. Helinski: A Witness May Reiterate The Substance Of His Testimony To Journalists Outside A Courtroom, And His Remarks Remain Legally Privileged, Bonnie S. Laakso

University of Baltimore Law Forum

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The Exclusion Of Women From Combat: Is There A Legal Justification?, Sandra G. Pike

University of Baltimore Law Forum

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Televised Executions And The Constitution: Recognizing A First Amendment Right Of Access To State Executions, John Bessler

All Faculty Scholarship

This article examines the history of public and private executions and the passage of private execution laws. It concludes that existing laws restricting media access to executions – and requiring private executions that exclude television cameras – are unconstitutional. The author examines existing statutory schemes which curtail media access and prohibit the filming of executions, discusses legal challenges to such laws, and explores freedom of the press jurisprudence. In particular, the article analyzes First Amendment case law and right-of-access cases. The author also discusses the Eighth Amendment's relationship to First Amendment case law in the area of media coverage of …

Are Antitrust "Treble" Damages Really Single Damages?, Robert H. Lande

All Faculty Scholarship

This Article will show that antitrust violations do not actually give rise to "treble" damages. When viewed correctly, antitrust damages awards are approximately equal to, or are in fact less than, the actual damages caused by antitrust violations.

The article demonstrates this by analyzing the relatively quantifiable harms from antitrust violations, modeling the issues under both deterrence and compensation frameworks. It calculates rough estimates of those factors that affect the magnitude of the antitrust damages multiplier actually awarded. These adjustments to the "treble" damages multiplier arise from: (1) the lack of prejudgment interest; (2) the effects of the statute of …

Mad Dogs And Englishmen: Pierson V. Post [A Ditty Dedicated To Freshman Law Students, Confused On The Merits], Kenneth Lasson

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Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun. They bark, they pant, they rave and rant, but most of all they run. A monkey's uncle might have tea or sip some lemonade. Why, even donkeys (turkeys, too) seek shelter in the shade. But mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun.

Understanding And Defending Against Medical Professional Peer Review Antitrust Claims, Daniel M. Warner

University of Baltimore Law Review

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Modern Maryland Conflicts: Backing Into The Twentieth Century One Hauch At A Time, Richard W. Bourne

University of Baltimore Law Review

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Religious Liberty In The Military: The First Amendment Under "Friendly Fire", Kenneth Lasson

All Faculty Scholarship

This article examines specific restrictions promulgated and practiced during the Persian Gulf War, provides a brief historical analysis of how the United States and other nations have traditionally accommodated the religious activities of their military personnel, and addresses the question of how far we can constitutionally limit the free-exercise rights of the people in the military in light of current Supreme Court jurisprudence.