The FTC has reached settlement agreements with fintech firms Biz2Credit, Inc. and Oto Analytics, Inc. (doing business as Womply) to resolve allegations that the companies misled small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic in their promotion and handling of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, violating the FTC Act and the COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act. Biz2Credit issued…

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Arkansas AG Tim Griffin and the FTC settled with BINT Operations LLC and two of its officers (collectively, “BINT”) to resolve allegations that the company violated federal and state consumer protection laws by running a pyramid scheme called “Blessings in No Time” (BINT). Separately, the Texas Attorney General’s Office settled with BINT to resolve similar…

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Attorney General Kwame Raoul talks about some of the challenges he faced in his first term, from COVID, to a major cyberattack, to national assaults on voting rights, and how those challenges have impacted his priorities going into his second term.

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A coalition of 22 Democrat AGs filed an amicus brief in support of the federal government in two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the government’s plan to cancel certain student loan debt in order to address the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The two cases, Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v.…

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A group of 23 AGs led by Florida AG Ashley Moody filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit arguing that the CDC did not have the statutory authority to impose a nationwide transportation mask mandate in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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