Category: Consumer Protection
WV AG Primary Results | $3.6 M Misleading Advertising Settlement | AGs Seek Stay of Pipeline Injunction
Consumer Protection
New York Takes a Second Bite: Debt Relief Company Pays Another $3.6 Million over Allegations of Settlement Breach (Read More)- Planning a Trip During the Pandemic? Add Reliability of Travel Agency to Your Worry List
- Attorneys General Bring Down the Hammer on Alleged Price Gougers
- West Virginia Primary Voters Choose a Democratic Nominee for AG
- New York Takes a Second Bite: Debt Relief Company Pays Another $3.6 Million over Allegations of Settlement Breach
- 18 Republican AGs Urge Supreme Court to Stay National Injunction on Energy Pipeline Permitting
- Massachusetts Attorney General to Mortgage Servicer: Play by the Rules or Pay a Steep Price
Thursday, June 25, 2020
COVID-19, 2020 AG Elections, Consumer Protection, Energy, Financial Industry, MA, NY, TX, WV
Privacy v. Contact Tracing Apps | Fracking Pollution Criminal Charges | Loans at 251% Interest
Consumer Protection
FTC Halts Anticompetitive Agreement Between Body-Worn Camera Manufacturers (Read More)
Thursday, June 18, 2020
COVID-19, CA, DC, IL, MA, NY, Consumer Protection, Energy, Environment, Financial Industry
Stronger Price Gouging Law in New York | Suit over Billions of Robocalls | Settlement with Children’s App Developer
Consumer Protection
Bipartisan Group of AGs Sues Texas Companies over Billions of Illegal Robocalls (Read More)
Thursday, June 11, 2020
COVID-19, 2020 AG Elections, Consumer Protection, Data Privacy & Security, NY, OH, TX, WV
2020 AG Election Updates | Price Fixing on Canned Tuna | Google Sued for Tracking Users
Consumer Protection
Arizona Attorney General Alleges that, Like It or Not, Google Always Knows Where You Are (Read More)
Thursday, June 04, 2020
COVID-19, 2020 AG Elections, Consumer Protection, Environment, False Claims Act, AZ, DC, FL, MA, MN, NY, PA, WA
COVID-19-Related Scams | Improving Access to Internet Nationally | Student Debt Relief Fraud
Consumer Protection
Broadband as a Right: 39 Attorneys General Urge Congress to Expand Internet Access (Read More)
Thursday, May 28, 2020
COVID-19, AL, MA, NY, Consumer Protection
FTC Flags COVID-19 Fraud & Abuse | $550 Million Subprime Auto Loan Settlement | Bank Accounts for Marijuana Businesses Urged
Consumer Protection
Chasing Risky Subprime Auto Loans Costs Santander $550 million (Read More)
Thursday, May 21, 2020
COVID-19, 2020 AG Elections, Cannabis / Marijuana, Consumer Protection, Financial Industry, CO, GA, IN
AG Investigates Nursing Homes | FTC Sends More COVID-19 Warning Letters | Zoom Agrees to Enhance Security
Consumer Protection
Medical Fraud Is Serious Business: Doctor Agrees to Pay $2.85 Million Restitution for Ordering Unnecessary Tests (Read More)
Thursday, May 14, 2020
2018 AG Elections, COVID-19, Antitrust, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Protection, Data Privacy & Security, MA, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, WA
COVID-19-Related Fraud Continues | Wind Turbine Scam | AG Shuts Down Illegal Robocallers
Consumer Protection
Virginia Attorney General Recovers $300,000 from Robocallers (Read More)
Thursday, April 30, 2020
COVID-19, Consumer Protection, Securities, FL, IA, NY, PA, TX
AG Sues China over COVID-19 | Layoffs in AG’s Office | FTC Settles with Rent-to-Own Payment Plan Co
Consumer Protection
Ignoring Customer Complaints Could Be Costly: FTC Settles with Rent-to-Own Payment Plan Company (Read More)
Thursday, April 23, 2020
COVID-19, 2020 AG Elections, Consumer Protection, VA
AGs’ COVID-19-Related Resources | Nursing Homes Investigated | Anticompetitive Conduct in Labor Markets
Consumer Protection
Safety on the Bus: Washington AG Sues Greyhound for Allegedly Allowing Warrantless CBP Immigration Sweeps (Read More)
Thursday, April 16, 2020
COVID-19, CA, FL, MA, NM, NY, OH, WA, Consumer Protection, Health Care, Labor & Employment