Partner Andy Levy was one of the leading appellate faculty members who taught the Maryland State Bar Association’s (MSBA) Appellate Practice Skills Training program on March 27. Attendees learned essential skills in appellate brief writing, oral arguments, Daubert appeals, appellate court procedures, issue selection, and motion practice. Attendees also earned five Minimum Continuing Legal Education … Read more
Class actions allege that the mass terminations of probationary employees violated workers’ rights under federal law. The class action filings are believed to be the first on behalf of thousands of probationary employees fired in February. On March 7, federal employees announced the filing of class action appeals against multiple federal agencies, alleging that the … Read more
Brown, Goldstein & Levy Partner Anthony May, Attorney Lauren DiMartino, and Paralegal Kayle Hill presented at the 2025 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium, hosted March 20 to 21 at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute in Baltimore. BGL continued its longstanding and proud partnership of the NFB-hosted event. The Symposium is the leading … Read more
Tenants who challenged Westminster Management’s illegal fees related to the late payment of rent have won a court ruling that they and thousands of other Westminster tenants could recover the illegal fees in a class action. On March 11, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City certified as a class action a lawsuit against Westminster Management, … Read more
Last Friday, Brown Goldstein & Levy—representing probationary and trial period employees formerly employed by the Small Business Administration (SBA)—filed a class appeal before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) challenging the Trump Administration’s illegal termination of a large swath of the agency’s workforce. Terminated employees performed functions that are critical to fulfilling the agency’s core … Read more