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2 weeks ago | 
mondaq.com | Paul Singer |Abigail Stempson |Beth Chun |John Quaglino
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown announced that his officehad reached a resolution in its nearly two-year lawsuit againstPuppyland, a local pet store that sells and provides financing for(you guessed it) puppies, for claims of unfair and deceptivepractices in sales and marketing in violation of the state ConsumerProtection Act (CPA).
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3 weeks ago | 
mondaq.com | Paul Singer |Alysa Z. Hutnik |Beth Chun |Abigail Stempson
On March 17, a bipartisan group of attorneys general from 27states and the District of Columbia filed an amicus brief in theEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the NationalConsumer Law Center's proposed petition for rehearing en bancof the court's decision to overturn theFCC's so-called "one-to-one" consent rule fortelemarketing calls and texts under the Telephone ConsumerProtection Act (TCPA).
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Paul Singer |Beth Chun |Abigail Stempson |Andrea deLorimier
In January, Ford County, Kansas joined a class action complaint filed in Missouri against elevenplastics manufacturers, seeking to represent "allpersons or entities" in 35states who purchased relevant plastics since 1990.
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Paul Singer |Beth Chun |Abigail Stempson
This week, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement with app developerSaturn Technologies (Saturn) following an investigation intoprivacy practices that promised teens an exclusive community butallegedly did not deliver on its claims. The Assurance of Discontinuance (AOD) states thatSaturn's actions constituted violations of New York'sExecutive Law 63(12) and General Business Law 349, its main UDAPstatutes.
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Paul Singer |Abigail Stempson |Beth Chun |Andrea deLorimier
What's going on with Michigan's consumer protectionstatute? How does the Michigan Attorney General's Officeoperate? And what are its enforcement priorities? Michigan AttorneyGeneral Dana Nessel, along with two members of her staff, JasonEvans (Michigan Corporate Oversight Division Chief) and DarrinFowler (Assistant Attorney General), joined Kelley Drye to answerthese questions and more. Here's what we learned.
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Paul Singer |Beth Chun |Abigail Stempson
Many state Attorneys General are celebrating Consumer ProtectionWeek this week by releasing their top consumer complaintcategories, summarizing their past year's successes, and/or providing consumer education. As the AG press releases show, someAGs use voluntary dispute resolution to obtain relieffrom consumer complaints, and others take a monitoring approach, often referring to otheragencies as appropriate.
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Paul Singer |Beth Chun |Abigail Stempson
The Attorneys General of Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, andSouth Carolina co-led a bipartisan letter joined by 34 other Attorneys General(AGs) to encourage Congress to help "combat the nationwideorganized retail crime epidemic" as retailers across thecountry have been forced to close stores due to financial lossesand physical dangers from crime. These store closures, the AGsexplain, often result in underrepresented communities losing accessto necessary consumer goods.
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1 month ago | 
jdsupra.com | Beth Chun |Paul Singer |Abigail Stempson
March 7, 2025 Beth Chun, Paul Singer, Abigail Stempson Kelley Drye & Warren LLP + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Many state Attorneys General are celebrating Consumer Protection Week this week by releasing their top consumer complaint categories, summarizing their past year’s successes, and/or providing consumer education. As the AG press releases show, some AGs use voluntary dispute resolution to obtain relief...
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Paul Singer |Abigail Stempson |Beth Chun
Apple SoundCloud SpotifyRepublican state attorneys general are ramping up their scrutinyof corporate DEI and ESG policies. In this episode, we discussrecent letters sent by state AGs to major financial institutionsand Costco, challenging diversity initiatives and climatecommitments.
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1 month ago | 
jdsupra.com | Beth Chun |Paul Singer |Abigail Stempson
If you have been following our blogs, it should be no surprise that the Attorneys General remain focused on combatting Organized Retail Crime (ORC) using available state and federal tools.
