The Texas OAG filed a lawsuit against Booking Holdings, Inc., a travel reservation company, for allegedly violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by falsely marketing hotel rooms at prices that were not available to the public as advertised. In the complaint, the OAG alleges that Booking’s websites—which include Booking.com, Priceline.com, and Kayak.com—engage in “drip…

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The Texas OAG settled with six subsidiaries of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. to resolve allegations that the companies committed Medicaid fraud in violation of the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act (TMFPA). According to the AG’s office, the settlement addresses alleged TMFPA violations raised by a whistleblower in a qui tam lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged that the…

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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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