Caucus Distributors, Inc. v. Maryland Securities Commissioner

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• holding that voluntary “appearance and participation in [administrative] proceedings . . . waived any deficiency in the alleged failure of service of process”
• following Supreme Court precedent under federal securities law in determining whether promissory notes fit the definition of “security” in the Maryland Securities Act
• describing the substantial evidence standard as such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion
• federal interpretations of provisions of the federal securities acts are helpful in analyzing similar provisions in the Maryland Securities Act
• a party’s general appearance at an administrative hearing waived any objections the party had to improper service of process
• “This deference [to decisions of administrative agencies] applies not only to agency fact-finding, but to the drawing of inferences from the facts as well.” (citing St. Leonard Shores Joint Ven. v. Supervisor, 307 Md. 441, 447, 514 A.2d 1215 (1986))

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