BLACKSTONE v. SHARMA

Nos. 40, September Term, 2017, 45, September Term, 2017, 47, September Term, 2017.

191 A.3d 1188 (2018)

461 Md. 87

Kyle BLACKSTONE, et al. v. Dinesh SHARMA, et al. Terrance Shanahan, et al. v. Seyed Marvastian, et al. Laura O'Sullivan, et al. Substitute Trustees v. Jeffrey Altenburg, et al. Martin S. Goldberg, et al. Substitute Trustees v. Martha Lynn Neviaser, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied October 3, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Scott Borison (Legg Law Firm LLP of Frederick, MD; Phillip Robinson, Consumer Law Center LLC of Silver Spring, MD) on brief, for Appellees in No. 47.

Douglas F. Gansler, Esquire, Buckley Sandler LLP, 1250 24th Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20037, Fredrick S. Levin, Esquire. Buckley Sandler LLP, 100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1000, Santa Monica, CA 90401, for Amicus Curiae for Mortgage Bankers Association, Maryland Mortgage Bankers and Brokers Association, Inc., Maryland Land Title Association, Maryland Bankers Association, and Maryland Realtors on behalf of Appellants in No. 45.

Argued by Hope Thai Cannon (Matthew H. Lembke and Nicholas A. Danella, Bradley, Arant Boult Cummings LLP of Birmingham, AL, T. Sky Woodward and Joshua Dhyani, Bradley Arant Boa Cummings LLP of Washington, DC: Susanna M. Buergel and Andrew J. Markquart, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP of New York, NY), on brief, for Petitioners in No. 40.

Argued by Ava E. Lias-Booker (Emily M. Patterson, McGuire Woods LLP of Baltimore, MD; Brian E. Pumphrey, McGuire Woods LLP of Richmond. VA), on brief, for Appellants in Nos. 45 and 47.

Argued by Phillip Robinson (Consumer Law Center LLC of Silver Spring, MD; Scott Borison, Legg Law Firm TIP of Frederick, MD), on brief, for Respondents in No. 40 and for Appellees in No. 45.

Douglas F. Gansler, Esquire, John B. Williams, III, Esquire, Buckley Sandler LLP, 1250 24th Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20037, Fredrick S. Levin. Esquire, Buckley Sandler LLP, 100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1000, Santa Monica, CA 90401, for Amicus Curiae for Mortgage Bankers Association, Maryland Mortgage Bankers and Brokers Association, Inc., Maryland Land Title Association, Maryland Bankers Association, and Maryland Realtors on behalf of Petitioners in No. 40 and on behalf of Appellants in No. 47.

Emily R. Brenner, Esquire, Dentons U.S. LLP, 1900 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20006, Matthew S. Yoon, Esquire, Dentons U.S. LLP, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, for Amicus Curiae for Structured Finance Industry Group, Inc. on behalf of Petitioners in No. 40 and on behalf of Appellants in No. 47.

Brian E. Frosh, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, William D. Gruhn, Chief, Consumer Protection Division, W. Thomas Lawrie, Asst. Atty. Gen., Consumer Protection Division, Office of the Attorney General, 200 Saint Paul Place, 16th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, for Amicus Curiae for Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General on behalf of Petitioners in No. 40 and on behalf of Appellants in Nos. 45 and 47.

Peter A. Holland, Esquire, Holland Law Firm, P.C., P.O. Box 6268, Annapolis, MD 21401, Judith Fox, Esquire, Notre Dame Clinical Law Center, 725 Howard Street, South Bend, IN 46617, for Amicus Curiae for University of Notre Dame Clinical Law Center Economic Justice Clinic and National Association of Consumer Advocates on behalf of Respondents in No. 40 and on behalf of Appellees in Nos. 45 and 47.

Argued before Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Glenn T. Harrell, Jr., (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned) JJ.


This case is a consolidated appeal of four circuit court cases in which the parties contest the application of a 2007 departmental bill revising the Maryland Collection Agency Licensing Act ("MCALA" or "the Act"). Md. Code (1992, 2015 Rep. Vol.), Bus. Reg. ("BR") § 7-301, et seq. The overarching issue presented in these consolidated...

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