Washington Home Remodelers, Inc. v. State

ARRIE W. DAVIS (Retired, Specially Assigned), J.

We granted certiorari in this case to determine the scope of authority of the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division (the Division) to issue administrative subpoenas in aid of its investigation into potential unfair and deceptive trade practices. Washington Home Remodelers, Inc. v. Consumer Protection Div., 423 Md. 450, 31 A.3d 919 (2011). We shall hold that the Division has the authority to issue the adminis*616trative subpoena at issue in this case, and shall therefore affirm the circuit court’s enforcement order.1

Introduction

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