Jim Astrachan

On the docket for this edition of Midday on the law, with Jim Astrachan and Julie Rubin: The Supreme Court rules in the Wal-Mart job discrimination case and experts believe the ruling sounds the death knell for other class action suits like it. And while Maryland still debates same-sex Marriage, some county courts have already been considering same-sex divorce. 

Does a memo from Baltimore’s new state’s attorney Gregg Bernstein jeopardize the recent guilty verdicts against two city officers on misconduct charges? The Maryland Mass Transit Administration officially disavowed the actions of two transit officers who hassled tourists taking photographs of light rail trains, but what are the rules – and who makes them – when it comes to photography in public spaces? And what about distributing leaflets in those spaces? A First Amendment discussion with attorneys Julie Rubin and Jim Astrachan on this edition of Midday on the Law.

It's another edition of Midday on the Law with attorneys Julie Rubin and Jim Astrachan. Today, the spotlight is on lawsuits against Baltimore police for wrongful arrests and charges against a Maryland doctor for his role in hundreds of assisted suicides.

In this edition of Midday on the Law we'll look at this week's Supreme Court decision on police searches and the filing of charges in the attack on a transgender woman in Baltimore County. With attorneys Julie Rubin and Jim Astrachan.

This week on Midday on The Law: A look at the Obama administration's decision to order confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged co-plotters to trial before a military commission at Guantanamo. The decision is an embarrassing reversal. President Obama had criticized military commissions as a candidate, and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder had announced with much fanfare that the five men would face justice in a courtroom in lower Manhattan. Mr.