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Offering high-quality, cost-effective representation to consumers throughout Maryland
The attorneys at Santoni, Vocci & Ortega have been testifying in Annapolis during the 2018 Maryland legislative session regarding bills that will help tenants, consumers, those experiencing poverty, disabled individuals and the elderly. We do not get paid as...
On August 10, 2017, at the end of trial prosecuted by Jane Santoni on behalf of homeowners against a landscape/hardscape contractor, a Baltimore County jury found that Defendant Peter Ireland, Jr. of "PieScape" committed fraud, violated Maryland's Consumer Protection...
Two Maryland residents filed a class action lawsuit today, challenging Westminster Management, LLC’s alleged practice of charging its tenants excessive, illegal fees. The lawsuit contends that Westminster Management, LLC, JK2 Westminster, LLC, Dutch Village, LLC, and...
The attorneys of Santoni, Vocci & Ortega, LLC ("SVO") filed a proposed class action suit in Circuit Court for Baltimore City on December 1, 2016 alleging that Blue Ocean Realty, LLC, the property management company for numerous residential properties, violated...
Shermika Pittman, a Baltimore City resident, filed suit yesterday against the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) and two of its employees for debt collection violations and wrongful eviction alleging that the Housing Authority, as her landlord, filed a number...
On Friday, March 24, 2017, the Maryland Court of Appeals, the highest court in Maryland, held that when a company files suit against a consumer in small claims court, the company cannot later force the consumer into arbitration if the consumer files a suit later...
The members of SVO sent the letter below to members of the Maryland Senate Finance Committee in support of the Internet Consumer Privacy Rights Act of 2017. Simply put, Maryland consumers' internet history should not be for sale. Dear Chair Middleton and Members of...
Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a report on debt collection after conducting a survey among consumers. You can read the entire report here. We were surprised by the fact that more than half of consumers who reported being contacted about a...
You are at a restaurant having a nice dinner with your family. You get up from the table to use the restroom and as you are walking, you suddenly slip and fall landing on your wrist. Besides being embarrassed, you are sure you have severely injured yourself. You may...
Maryland Legal Aid has published a study of rent court proceedings in 2012 for Failure to Pay Rent (FTPR). The random sample of cases provided statistically significant results and found widespread due process problems and procedural deficiencies within cases where...