BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in submitting a formal complaint asking the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to order the U.S. Postal Service to request an advisory opinion on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan to transform the Postal Service. The attorneys general submitted the complaint to the PRC, an independent […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen will host a virtual consumer education forum on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. Attorney General Frosh and Senator Van Hollen will discuss a range of issues affecting Marylanders as the pandemic continues, including renters’ assistance, access to legal counsel, and medical debt. Attorney General Frosh and Senator Van […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh this week joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to take robust action to fix the broken Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Since borrowers first became eligible for relief in 2017, almost all PSLF applications have been rejected, leaving millions of public servants in […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Tuesday announced a settlement reached by the Consumer Protection Division with California-based StubHub, Inc. concerning the company’s refusal to pay refunds to consumers for concerts, sports events, and other events that were cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Maryland led an investigation that included nine other states and the District […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Wednesday announced that Maryland will participate in two multistate settlements with the three largest distributors of opioid medications and Johnson & Johnson. Maryland will join 41 other states, five territories, and the District of Columbia in the settlements. The Distributors’ settlement will resolve allegations that McKesson, AmeriSourceBergen, and Cardinal Health failed for […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has announced that a panel of three arbitrators found in favor of Maryland and against a group of cigarette manufacturers in a dispute arising from the manufacturers’ withholding of over $16 million in settlement proceeds from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement. The MSA is an agreement reached between the state attorneys general of most […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Wednesday announced the indictment of 11 defendants for multiple charges including participation in a criminal gang, first-degree murder, assault, and firearm-related counts. The investigation was led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), and the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. The investigation into the criminal […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Friday announced that Maryland drivers impacted by Uber’s 2018 data breach are eligible to receive payments as a result of a settlement reached with the Office of Attorney General and Uber. In September 2018, as part of a multistate action, Attorney General Frosh settled a data breach case with Uber involving the […]