Maryland Consumer Protection Act Archives

Attorney General Brown announces multistate settlement with Inmediata for health care data breach impacting 1.5 million consumers

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Wednesday announced that the State, along with 32 other Attorneys General, has reached a settlement with health care clearinghouse Inmediata for a coding issue that exposed the protected health information (“PHI”) of approximately 1.5 million consumers, including 16,423 in Maryland, for almost three years. Under the settlement, Inmediata has agreed to overhaul […]

Attorney General Brown announces $49.5 million multistate settlement with Blackbaud for 2020 data breach that impacted 290 Maryland nonprofits

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown this week announced that the State has reached a multistate settlement with Blackbaud, Inc., a software company, to resolve allegations that Blackbaud failed to protect consumers’ personal information when it experienced a data breach in 2020 that impacted thousands of nonprofit organizations nationwide, including 290 nonprofits in Maryland. Under the settlement, Blackbaud has […]

Attorney General Brown announces settlement with CarMax over its alleged failure to disclose vehicles’ open recalls

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has announced that the Consumer Protection Division has reached a settlement with CarMax, Inc. over its alleged failure to disclose open safety recalls on the used vehicles it offered and sold. The CPD alleged that CarMax’s failure to disclose the recall status was an unfair and deceptive trade practice in violation of the […]

U.S. Department of Education to forgive $3.9 billion in student debt for former ITT Tech students

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh this week announced that the U.S. Department of Education will forgive or refund $3.9 billion in debt for 208,000 former ITT Technical Institute (ITT Tech) students across the country. The announcement follows the urging of Attorney General Frosh, as part of a multistate coalition, to cancel the federal student loan debt of many […]

Attorney General Frosh announces settlement with tax debt relief company

Posted on July 6, 2021 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Tuesday announced his Consumer protection Division has reached a settlement with California-based National Tax Experts, Inc. and Patrick Oakes, the company’s owner. The settlement provides restitution to Maryland consumers, imposes civil penalties, and permanently bans the company from providing tax debt relief services to Maryland consumers The Division alleged in its Statement […]

Harford County home builder ordered to pay more than $700,000 for violating consumer protection laws

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced on Tuesday that the state’s Consumer Protection Division issued a Final Order finding that Clark P. Turner and Clark Turner Homes, LLC, of Harford County, violated Maryland’s Consumer Protection Act, New Home Deposits Act, and Custom Home Protection Act. The Order requires Turner and Clark Turner Homes to pay more than $559,000 […]

Attorney General Frosh announces charges against Cricket Wireless and AT&T for deceptive marketing practices

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced on Monday that his Consumer Protection Division has filed charges against Cricket Wireless, LLC and AT&T, Inc. for violations of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act. Among other charges, Cricket and AT&T failed to inform consumers that the cell phones they purchased would no longer work when Cricket switched cell phone networks after […]

Attorney General: Reopened dental practices may be violating Consumer Protection Act by charging for enhanced infection controls

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Friday alerted consumers to surcharges by some dental providers that could violate the Consumer Protection Act. Dentists may once again provide elective and non-urgent care if they comply with the Secretary of Health’s May 6, 2020 Order requiring enhanced infection controls, but some providers may be improperly imposing additional fees. “Consumers have […]

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