Posts by Murphy Falcon & Murphy
Judge Certifies Class Action For Those Who Received Unnecessary Stents
On Thursday, April 4, 2013, Judge Sylvester Cox of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City certified a class action on behalf of 585 former patients of Dr. Mark Midei, a cardiologist who had been employed by the St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Maryland. The class action alleges that Dr. Midei implanted unnecessary stents in…
Read MoreU.S. Supreme Court Hears Case on DNA Collection
“Why isn’t this the fingerprinting of the 21st century?” So posed United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. in recent oral arguments challenging the warrantless sampling of DNA from individuals arrested for serious crimes. InMaryland v. King, the defendant, Alonzo Jay King, was arrested for first- and second-degree assault in 2009. Pursuant to…
Read MoreMurphy Family Scholarship Awarded to University of Maryland School of Law Student Victoria Daka
On Friday, March 1, 2013, the Black Law Students Association of the University of Maryland Carey School of Law held its annual awards dinner, announcing scholarships to students as well as honoring high-achieving members of the community (managing partner Hassan Murphy received the ‘Practitioner of the Year’ award). Victoria Daka, a second-year law student, was…
Read MoreImproper Waste Disposal is a Serious Environmental Threat
Hanford Nuclear Reservation, one of the largest and oldest nuclear facilities in the country, made headlines recently when they announced that radioactive waste-a “witch’s brew of toxins” including harmful amounts of plutonium and uranium-is leaking into the ground and will eventually seep into public drinking water. The Washington state dump site uses underground storage tanks…
Read MoreA Legacy of Leadership: Honoring The New NAACP Legal Defense Fund President
Last week, Murphy, Falcon & Murphy hosted a cocktail event at their Baltimore offices honoring University of Maryland Carey School of Law Professor Sherrilyn Ifill, who was recently appointed President and Director-Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Through a variety of advocacy work, including legislative and educational efforts, LDF has been advancing racial equality…
Read MoreNew Case Alleges Groundwater Contamination in Anne Arundel County
Murphy, Falcon & Murphy has recently filed suit on behalf of a property owner against Constellation Energy, alleging $20 million in damages caused by the energy company’s nearby dump site for waste products created by burning coal. Attorney Gregory K. Kirby is spearheading the firm’s efforts. According to the suit, the groundwater, which a golf…
Read MoreBilly Murphy Makes a Guest Appearance on "The Wire"
“The Wire”, a television drama set and filmed in Baltimore that highlighted the lives of locals and their interactions within the community, gained much critical acclaim when it launched on HBO in 2002. In the fifth and final season, founding partner Billy Murphy made a guest appearance playing himself, representing the show’s fictional state senator,…
Read MoreLessons Learned from Stent Abuse
If you’ve been following medical news recently, you may have seen the allegations made against a Florida hospital chain this summer, questioning the need for many of the cardiac procedures performed by their doctors. These cases, unfortunately, are not unique. Performing costly and invasive procedures at the risk of a patient and the benefit of…
Read MoreJudge Billy Murphy: 10 Rules for Dealing with Police
Founding partner Judge Billy Murphy has spent decades advocating for civil rights and a just legal system. Below, he discusses your rights when interacting with police. This video was produced with Flex Your Rights, a nonprofit providing useful information on how the Bill of Rights affects your interactions with law enforcement.
Read MoreMurphy PA Files Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Against Facebook
BALTIMORE, MD– Facebook, Inc., the social networking website with more than 800 million users worldwide, unlawfully tracked the internet activities of its users, the Baltimore-based Murphy PA alleged in a lawsuit filed on Friday. Facebook ignored repeated inquiries from an internet technology and security blogger who discovered that the unique identifiers Facebook uses to identify…
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