BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced this week that he has joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania in filing a lawsuit (PDF) against the Trump administration. The lawsuit aims to restore access to crucial Department of Education (ED) programs that provide funding to mitigate the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown last week announced that he has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general suing the Trump administration over its plan to dismantle three federal agencies. The agencies, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), provide “crucial services to […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has announced that he has joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general suing the Trump administration over its interference with National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant funding. The lawsuit (PDF), filed in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts, alleges that the administration is unlawfully delaying and terminating NIH grants, jeopardizing public health and […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced this week that he has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit (PDF) against President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, the federal Election Assistance Commission, and other administration officials. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of President Trump’s Executive Order No. 14248, also known as the […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A coalition of 20 attorneys general, led by Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, has secured a preliminary injunction (PDF) blocking the mass firing of federal probationary employees across the United States. The injunction, issued in the lawsuit Maryland et al. v. USDA filed in the United States District Court for Maryland, orders 20 federal agencies to reinstate unlawfully […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Tuesday announced that he has joined a multi-state lawsuit (PDF) challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) abrupt termination of nearly $11 billion in public health grants. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, alleges that the terminations, announced on March 24 by HHS Secretary Robert […]
MIDDLE RIVER, MD—The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and several Baltimore County residents have filed a lawsuit against the developers of a 53-acre property in Middle River, alleging violations of sediment and erosion control rules. The lawsuit, filed on March 20 in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County against Eastern Boulevard LLC and TKG III Middle River LLC, seeks to halt construction […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, alongside Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and legal teams from Everytown Law and Motley Rice LLC, filed a lawsuit against Glock, Inc. and its parent company, Glock Ges.m.b.H., on Wednesday. The lawsuit alleges that the manufacturer of popular handguns is largely responsible for the proliferation of illegal machine guns in Baltimore and across Maryland. […]