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Mistakes in credit reports can cause big problems, even in areas that don’t seem related to money. Many employers look at credit history when hiring, especially for jobs involving money or sensitive information. Errors on a credit report can unfairly hurt someone’s...
Here is some important information from our friends at the FTC about your rights regarding background checks, including tenant background checks. Tenant Background Checks and Your Rights Disputing Errors on Your Background Check Report If you believe your rights have...
SVO recently filed suit on behalf of our client, Carla Beckford, who was a tenant at the Wellington Gate Apartments in Baltimore. The Complaint against the owner entity and Hendersen-Webb, Inc. alleges that the conditions of the Apartment were deplorable and included a rampant rodent infestation.
Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued a group of debt buyers, including Midland Funding, for violating a 2015 consent order with the CFPB and for violating the Consumer Financial Protection Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. You can...
This past session, Maryland legislators passed a bill that will offer greater protections to mobile home purchasers and owners. The law, which goes into effect October 1, 2020, will prohibit mobile home retailers from steering purchasers to certain lenders or products...
Last week, our firm filed suit against the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City on behalf of an elderly resident who tripped and fell on sandbags at a senior center. The lawsuit alleges that the City should have kept the walkways free of obstacles, especially...
Someone comes to your house and hands you a lawsuit telling you that you have been sued in the District Court for Baltimore City for a debt. The person suing you has signed the bottom of the first page of the Complaint underneath an “Application and Affidavit in...
Last week, our firm filed a class action case against Money One Federal Credit Union and a law firm that files its collection lawsuits, Silverman Theologou, LLP. In the case, we claim that Money One, through another company, sent illegal repossession notices to its...
Santoni, Vocci & Ortega, LLC is proud to have represented a class of tenants in a case against a residential property management company relating to late fees and court costs. As part of the settlement of the case, unclaimed amounts from the settlement fund were...
On March 5, 2019, the Honorable Shannon E. Avery of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City issued a ruling finalizing a $96,593.39 award against Ted Thornton, Maryland Property Management, LLC, and ANT Properties, LLC (“Defendants”). Late last year, a jury had found the...