02 Dec, 2022 Google and iHeartMedia Reach $9.4M Settlement With FTC and States Over Use of Endorsements By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission and the Attorneys General of six states announced that they entered into a settlement with Google and...
02 Sep, 2022 Attorneys General Seek Additional Consumer Protection Authority from Congress to Address Concerns About the Airline Industry By Jeff Greenbaum The National Association of Attorneys General sent a letter to Congressional leadership, asking Congress to pass legislation that would...
26 Aug, 2022 Takeaways from the California AG’s $1.2 Million CCPA Enforcement Action By Daniel Goldberg Earlier this week, the California AG announced its first public enforcement action and settlement for alleged violations of CCPA as well...
16 Aug, 2022 NY AG Settles with Robocall Company in Ongoing Voter Intimidation Lawsuit By Kate Patton New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement with robocall company Message Communications, Inc. to resolve allegations...
16 Apr, 2022 Colorado Attorney General Seeks Public Comment on Colorado Privacy Act Rulemaking By Elliott Siebers In his prepared remarks given at the International Association of Privacy Professionals Global Privacy Summit in Washington D.C.,...
13 Mar, 2022 California AG Issues Written Opinion on Internally Generated Inferences By Daniel Goldberg Yesterday, the California AG issued a rare written opinion on a question of law arising under CCPA. Specifically, the AG addressed the...
17 May, 2020 Attorneys General Around the Country Continue Aggressive COVID-19 Enforcement By Jeff Greenbaum Attorneys General around the country continue to take action against businesses that engage in price gouging or that commit other...
04 Mar, 2020 New York Attorney General Releases Top Ten Consumer Complaints of 2019 By Jeff Greenbaum New York Attorney General Letitia James kicked off National Consumer Protection Week by releasing a list of the most common consumer...
10 Jun, 2019 Nevada’s New Privacy Law Has Data Sale Opt-Out Rights By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz On May 29, 2019, Nevada’s SB 220 became law, amending Nevada’s Privacy Law (2017). The existing Nevada Privacy Law, which is similar to...
23 Jan, 2019 AG Alleges Thrift Store Chain Deceives Consumers and Donors; Chain Claims Ads Protected by First Amendment By Terri Seligman Back in 2017, Washington's Attorney General sued TVI, Inc., the for-profit company that owns Value Village, the country's largest...
17 Dec, 2018 Vermont AG Issues Guidance on New Data Broker Regulation By Daniel Goldberg Vermont’s new Data Broker Regulation (“Regulation”) takes effect on January 1, 2019. Last week, the Vermont Attorney General issued...
07 Dec, 2018 AdTech Provider Hit with Record COPPA Fine By Amy Lawrence This week, the New York State Attorney General announced a $4.95 million settlement with Oath Inc., the result of an investigation into...
01 Oct, 2018 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Weighs in on Puffery for Nursing Home Advertising By Jordyn Milewski The line between mere puffery and an actionable advertising claim is often quite blurred. Recently, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court had...
03 Aug, 2018 AGs Slam Cause Marketing Campaign By Terri Seligman Enforcement actions involving commercial co-ventures are (or have been) few and far between. But they serve as a very useful reminder...
02 Jan, 2018 Indiana AG Sues Hotel Over Consumer Review Policy By Jeff Greenbaum In December, the Indiana Attorney General sued a small Indiana hotel, alleging that the hotel charged a customer a $350 fee for posting a...