​AG Brown and 39 other states and the federal government reached an agreement with Abbott Laboratories to settle allegations that the company defrauded government health programs by selling them infant formula and nutritional therapy products manufactured in plants that failed to meet state and federal safety standards. Maryland was one of five states to directly intervene in this lawsuit and will recover more than $3 million in the settlement. 

"Parents trust that the infant formula they feed their babies is safe, and Abbott betrayed that trust for their own profit. This settlement holds Abbott accountable for knowingly manufacturing formula in substandard conditions and defrauding programs that Maryland families rely on." – AG Brown