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Maryland AG announces $1M order against plumbing companies
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) – Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler announced a final order Wednesday against two Carroll County plumbing companies and their owner after they allegedly violated the...
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Maryland AG announces $160,000 Medicaid fraud settlement with All About You
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) – Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler announced a $159,044 settlement Monday with All About You Health Care Services Inc. to resolve allegations of submitting false...
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Campaign finance report shows Md. AG’s coffers up to $5.2M
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Legal Newsline) — Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler, who is still flirting with the idea of running for governor, has more than $5 million in his campaign account, according to a...
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Report: Two Md. lawmakers ‘interested’ in possible AG run in 2014
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Legal Newsline) — Two Maryland lawmakers are reportedly weighing a run for state attorney general. According to a Chevy Chase Patch report Tuesday, state Delegate Bill Frick and Sen....
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Maryland AG files antitrust action against ACC
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) – Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler announced two legal actions Friday to make sure Maryland courts hear and decide if the Atlantic Coast Conference violated...
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Md. AG forms new unit to protect online users’ privacy
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Legal Newsline) — Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler announced Monday the formation of a new unit within his office focused on protecting the privacy of online users. The...
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Maryland SC answers questions about Ticketmaster charges
BALTIMORE, Maryland (Legal Newsline) – The Maryland Court of Appeals has answered four certified questions submitted by a U.S. district court regarding the service charge fees charged by ticket...
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Gansler announces settlement with St. Joseph’s Medical Center
Gansler BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) – Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler announced a state and federal settlement on Friday with St. Joseph’s Medical Center resolving allegations of improper...
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Toyota agrees to $29 million multi-state settlement
WASHINGTON, DC (Legal Newsline) – Toyota Motor Corporation and its related North American entities agreed to a $29 million multi-state settlement Thursday to resolve allegations that the company...
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Md. AG files suit against GlaxoSmithKline
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) – Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler filed a lawsuit Wednesday against GlaxoSmithKline alleging that the pharmaceutical company used misleading marketing for the...
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Md. high court throws out fraud claims against Exxon
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Legal Newsline) — The Maryland Court of Appeals on Tuesday threw out claims of fraud against ExxonMobil Corp. and reversed $1 billion in judgments against the company over an...
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AGs call on Congress to curb for-profit college recruiting abuses
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — A group of 14 state attorneys general have sent a letter to members of Congress, urging them to support legislation that would crack down on the for-profit school...
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Md. AG issues cease and desist order against offshore internet investment scheme
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) – Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler announced Friday that his office’s Securities Division issued a summary order to cease and desist against an international...
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AGs want head of federal housing agency replaced
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — A group of nine state attorneys general are calling for new, permanent leadership at the federal agency overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The coalition, headed up by...
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Maryland AG won’t discuss Angelos’ asbestos idea
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) – On the heels of a Wall Street Journal editorial questioning the motives behind prominent plaintiffs attorney Peter Angelos’ attempt to revive 13,000 asbestos claims, the...
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Maryland AG issues order against unregistered securities seller
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) – Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler announced a summary order to cease and desist and an order to show cause Wednesday against a Catonsville man and his companies for...
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AGs, Facebook announce online safety campaign
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (Legal Newsline) — An association of state attorneys general and Facebook are launching a new consumer education program designed to provide teens and parents with tools and tips...
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Maryland AG settles with home improvement contractor
BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) – Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler announced a settlement Monday with a College Park-based home improvement contractor and the company’s owner to resolve allegations...
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Multi-state coalition urges U.S. SC to let EPA reduce air pollution
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Tuesday that a 10-state and five-city coalition filed a court brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate an air...
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Md. SC: Commercial ambulance company not relieved of liability in med mal...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Legal Newsline) — Maryland’s high court ruled Monday that the state’s Good Samaritan Act, along with its Fire and Rescue Act, does not relieve a commercial ambulance company of...
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