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Oct 23, 2019

AG files charges against Kushner Cos.-owned property management firm

The real estate company once run by Jared Kushner is facing charges by the state alleging illegal and harmful rental practices. Kushner is President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a White […]

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Sep 9, 2019

High court weighs breadth of lawyers’ CPA exemption

ANNAPOLIS – An attorney for a debt-collecting law firm told a seemingly skeptical Maryland high court Monday that creditors seeking delinquent payments cannot be held liable under the state’s Consumer […]

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Jul 31, 2019

Property management firm, owner ordered to repay $2.5M

Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh‘s Consumer Protection Division has settled charges against a Montgomery County property management company and its owner, both accused of taking nearly $2.5 million from […]

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