In Bradley v. DentalPlans.com, 2026 WL 788856 (D. Md. Mar. 20, 2026), a federal district court in Maryland held that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA or Act) does not require written consent before a person can receive automated or prerecorded
They Might Have Been Like Cain and Abel
I am intrigued by this opinion in Walker v. Chidambaran, 2026 WL 787964 (D. Md. March 20, 2026), dismissing a securities fraud complaint against various former officers and directors of an artificial intelligence company called iLearnEngines (“iLE”).
iLE went public
Carfax Motion to Dismiss Denied in DPPA Crash-Report Data Sales Case
Carfax, Inc. faced an early loss in a closely-watched privacy case under the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA), after a judge in Maryland refused to throw out a proposed class action alleging the company sold drivers’ personal information sourced
Maryland Supreme Court Shuts Down Local Climate Tort Suits Against Big Oil
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Maryland dismissed climate change lawsuits brought by Baltimore, Annapolis, and Anne Arundel County against some of the largest fossil fuel companies in the world.
The plaintiffs were not asking the court to regulate emissions.
Maryland Federal District Court Finds That Oral Consent Is Sufficient To Make Telemarketing Calls Using A Prerecorded Voice
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, Anna Sheridan, and Ryan T. Garippo Duane Morris Takeaways: On March 20, 2026, in Bradley, et al. v. DentalPlans.com, No. 20-CV-010904, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59569 (D. Md. Mar. 20, 2026), Judge
Split Fourth Circuit Panel Holds That There Was No Injury Fairly Traceable to Maryland State Officials Under the Federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, and Thus No Article III Standing by Servicemembers to Enforce the Act
In Rouse v. Fader, No. 25-1004 (4th Cir. Mar. 24, 2026), a 2-1 panel of the Fourth Circuit holds that the plaintiffs—“three married couples, each with one spouse who was an active-duty servicemember”—lacked Article III standing to enforce the
March 2026 Reincorporation Update
Picking back up after February’s post, I’ve got an updated list looking at movement between states so far this year in preparation for a panel at KPMG’s Board Leadership Conference this week. This list has grown with another five
Guest Post: Grim-Dark Fun: How the Warhammer 40k Hobby Makes Me a Better Librarian
Guest post by Hughston Vasil, Reference Law Librarian at the University of Baltimore Law Library.
Benjamin Fincher wrote in a blog post series last October on how Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) has made him approach librarianship with a new lens.
State AG News: Rental Price Fixing, AI Regulation in Healthcare, Student Loans (February 26- March 4, 2026)
Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. See our State Attorneys General page for more insights. Below are the updates from February 26-March 4, 2026:
- A coalition of ten attorneys
Maryland’s Artificial Intelligence Toy Safety Act: State-Level Regulation Fills the Federal Void on AI in Children’s Products
On February 12, 2026, a bipartisan group of legislators in Maryland proposed the Maryland Artificial Intelligence Toy Safety Act. This proposed legislation would amend the Maryland Consumer Protection Act to establish a sweeping regulatory framework for AI-enabled toys sold in