Attorneys General Urge Congress to Adopt Key Changes to the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA)

As state Attorneys General, we are often the administrators of grant funding, through our state compensation programs or otherwise, financed directly from the Fund. In order to ensure the predictability and sustainability of these critical funds, change must be enacted to support our states’ ability to effectively serve victims and survivors of crime for years to come.

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NAAG Endorses Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act

States and localities are on the front line of this crisis and are a large part of winning the battle from both a law enforcement and public health perspective.

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Maryland v. Bong Soo Ha, Civ. No. 148715 (Cir. Ct. For Montgomery Co. 1996)

Defendants met at various Korean restaurants and set the prices they would charge retailers for Korean language videos.

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Maryland Coastal Insulation, Inc., C.I. 290235009 (Cir. Ct. for Baltimore City 1990)

Defendant agreed with others to submit rigged bids on asbestos abatement jobs.

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Maryland v. Hayes, C.I. 19012019 (Cir. Ct. for Baltimore City 1990).

Defendant agreed with others to submit rigged bids on asbestos abatement jobs.

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Maryland v. ARC Asbestos Removal Co., Coastal Insulation, Inc., Edward J. Hayes & Nicholas D. Thrappas, Civ. No. 90187046/CL 116120 (Cir. Ct. for Baltimore City 1990).

Civil Consent Decree following criminal bid-rigging guilty plea.

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Maryland v. Applied Construction, Inc., C.I. No. 29010101 (Cir. Ct. for Baltimore City 1990).

Bid-rigging of six sealed bids for asbestos removal services contracts totaling over $140,000.00.

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Maryland v. Jensema, et al., No. 3-C-96-1205 (Cir. Ct. for Baltimore Co. 1996).

Impartial Hearing Officers, through their trade association and individually, agreed to set fees for presiding over special education appeal hearings.

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Maryland v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., et al. No. 24-C-99-004904 (Cir. Ct. for the City of Baltimore 1999).

Related to Florida’s Sanitary Paper case – price-fixing among manufacturers of sanitary paper products (tissue, napkins, etc. used in commercial or institutional context).

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Maryland and Maryland Stadium Authority v. National Football League, et al., Civ. No. 6 96-155 (D. Md. 1996).

Case sought to enjoin NFL from preventing Art Modell from moving the Cleveland Browns from Cleveland to Baltimore.

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