A group of 20 Republican AGs along with industry organizations have filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Final Rule establishing minimum staffing standards in Medicare and Medicaid certified long-term care facilities.

Read More

New York AG Letitia James filed a lawsuit against River Valley Estates, LLC, and associated individuals (collectively, “River Valley”), alleging that the manufactured home park failed to maintain essential infrastructure and imposed illegal fees and rent hikes in violation of New York’s real property laws, sanitary codes, and other consumer protection laws. In the complaint, AG James alleges…

Read More

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has secured a court order against Wall & Associates, Inc., and associated individuals (collectively “Wall”) for their involvement in an alleged tax debt settlement scheme in violation of Minnesota’s Consumer Fraud Act and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. According to the Court’s order, Wall deceptively claimed that its average client settled tax liability…

Read More

The FTC has finalized a new “Click-to-Cancel” rule to protect consumers from unfair or deceptive practices when seeking to cancel their enrollment in subscription services, memberships, and other recurring-payment programs. The rule—which amends the FTC’s Negative Option Rule—applies to all negative option programs in any media, and requires a simple mechanism to be provided to cancel a negative…

Read More

Connecticut AG William Tong has reached a settlement with Vision Solar, LLC to resolve allegations that the company violated the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act through its marketing, sales, permitting, and installation practices related to residential solar panel systems. In the settlement, Vision Solar is alleged to have unfairly and deceptively engaged in high-pressure sales…

Read More