28 Nov, 2023 Can You Pay Consumers to Take Down Bad Reviews That They Have Posted? By Jeff Greenbaum The New York Attorney General's Office recently concluded an investigation into how a medical practice manipulated reviews that consumers...
19 Nov, 2021 New York Attorney General Warns Consumers About Deceptive Auto-Renew Programs By Terri Seligman The New York Attorney General recently issued a Consumer Alert, warning consumers about deceptive negative option programs and urging...
06 Dec, 2019 Charitable Fundraising the Focus of New York AG By Terri Seligman The Office of the New York Attorney General released its annual “Pennies for Charity: Where Your Money Goes; Fundraising by Professional...
20 Oct, 2019 New York Attorney General Settles with Energy Service Company Over False Savings Claims By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she settled with U.S. Gas & Electric ("USGE") over claims that the...
27 Aug, 2019 New York Attorney General Hits Dollar Stores For Selling Expired and Obsolete Products By Terri Seligman Following the Vermont AG's settlement with Dollar General in June, New York Attorney General Leticia James has just announced that the...
16 Jan, 2019 Sterling Jewelers Agrees to Pay $11 Million to New York Attorney General By Jeff Greenbaum The New York Attorney General just entered into a settlement with Sterling Jewelers Inc. -- also known as Kay Jewelers and Jared The...
03 Jan, 2019 Letitia James Sworn in as New York Attorney General, Vowing to Protect Consumers By Jeff Greenbaum On January 1st, Letitia James became New York's 67th Attorney General. She takes over for Barbara Underwood, who will resume her prior...
22 Dec, 2018 New York Attorney General Announces Settlements Establishing Standards for Marketing Internet Speeds By Jeff Greenbaum The New York Attorney General announced that it has reached settlements with four major internet service providers -- Altice, Frontier,...
26 Nov, 2018 Working with New York and Pennsylvania Attorneys General, Retailers Make Changes to Gift Card Policies to Help Combat Fraud By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, the New York Attorney General announced an ongoing initiative to help protect consumers from gift card fraud. Reacting to a...
13 Oct, 2018 Pfizer Settles With New York Attorney General Over "Pay No More Than" Claims By Jeff Greenbaum The New York Attorney General recently reached a settlement with Pfizer over allegations that the company made false claims that...
09 Mar, 2018 New York AG Releases Top Ten Frauds for 2017 By Jeff Greenbaum New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released a list of the top ten types of consumer complaints that his office received in...
18 Feb, 2018 "Up to" Doesn't Mean "Up to" By Jeff Greenbaum Last week, a New York State Supreme Court allowed a false advertising lawsuit brought by the New York Attorney General ("NYAG") against...
02 Feb, 2018 New York AG Sues Insys Therapeutics Over Opioid Marketing By Jeff Greenbaum The New York Attorney General's Office ("NYAG") announced that it has sued Insys Therapeutics, alleging that the company deceptively...
28 Jan, 2018 Company Selling Social Media Followers Investigated by New York AG By Terri Seligman Devumi, a Florida-based company that sells automated followers to celebrities, sports stars, journalists and politicians looking to...
06 Jan, 2018 NY Attorney General Warns Against Price Gouging By Jeff Greenbaum New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman warned business against price gouging during this week's winter storm. New York law...