Last week, a bipartisan group of 37 state attorneys general led by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez sent a letter to the head of Instagram regarding Instagram’s...more
8/19/2025
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Instagram ,
Location Data ,
Minors ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personal Data ,
Social Media ,
State Attorneys General
In early August, the National Association of Attorneys General, led by its 2025 President, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella, hosted the Presidential Initiative Summit in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. General...more
8/18/2025
/ Controlled Substances ,
Drug Trafficking ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Government Agencies ,
Law Enforcement ,
Mental Health ,
National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) ,
Opioid ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Public Health ,
Settlement ,
Social Media ,
State Attorneys General ,
Substance Abuse
Last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against Early Warning Services LLC (EWS), the parent company of digital payment network Zelle. AG James asserts that Zelle was designed “without critical...more
8/18/2025
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Fraud ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Fraud ,
Payment Systems ,
Scams ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Zelle
In a recent webinar hosted by Kelley Drye, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford and Chief Deputy of Consumer Protection Mark Krueger shared valuable insights into best practices for engaging with the office, Nevada’s...more
7/25/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Nevada ,
Opioid ,
Price Gouging ,
Price-Fixing ,
Social Media ,
Solar Energy ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
This week, two state attorneys general on very different ends of the political spectrum announced separate actions related to purported discrimination by AI services. Missouri sent inquiry letters to four Big Tech companies...more
7/15/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Tech ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Misrepresentation ,
Settlement ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Join Kelley Drye for an important webinar, “Nevada Attorney General’s Office: Consumer Protection and Other Priorities.” This session will feature Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford and Chief Deputy of the Consumer...more
In the last post of our three-part series, we discuss the final day of sessions at the 2025 Attorney General Alliance (AGA) Annual Meeting, which explored novel approaches for law enforcement collaboration, effective ways to...more
7/2/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Drug Trafficking ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fraud ,
New Legislation ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Social Media ,
State Attorneys General ,
Technology Sector ,
Wage and Hour
In part two of this three-part series on the Attorney General Alliance (AGA) 2025 Annual Meeting, we highlight panelists’ discussions on the safety and regulation of GLP-1 medications and the role of attorneys general in...more
The Attorney General Alliance (AGA) hosted its 2025 Annual Meeting last week, bringing together state attorneys general and their staff, legal practitioners, and industry participants to discuss various topics important to...more
This week, a bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to uphold Daniel’s Law, a New Jersey statute enacted to protect public servants from “doxing”...more
Utilizing regulatory powers under its UDAP law, the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (the “MMPA”), Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced a new rule, codified as 15 C.S.R § 60-19, that would prohibit social...more
Last week, Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from ten other states, and the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation wrote the Consumer Protection...more
Twice a year, state attorneys general consumer protection staff gather to discuss consumer protection issues. Our state attorney general team was at the public sessions, attending and presenting on issues important to AGs. We...more
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued Snap, Inc., the operator of the social media platform Snapchat, last week for violations of Florida’s HB 3 (§§ 501.1736–.1738, Fla. Stat. (2024)) and the Florida Deceptive and...more
Last week, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced a lawsuit against Discord, Inc., a popular messaging application provider, for allegedly misleading parents about the efficacy of its safety controls and...more
Last week, the Kelley Drye State AG team attended the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Attorney General Symposium. The panels included a number of topics of importance to state attorneys general including cell...more
On April 8, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) announced the appointment of Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday as the new co-chair of NAAG’s Consumer Protection Committee. The Committee’s mission is...more
On March 17, a bipartisan group of attorneys general from 27 states and the District of Columbia filed an amicus brief in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the National Consumer Law Center’s proposed...more
In January, Ford County, Kansas joined a class action complaint filed in Missouri against eleven plastics manufacturers, seeking to represent “all persons or entities” in 35 states who purchased relevant plastics since 1990....more
3/18/2025
/ Class Action ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
FRCP 24(a) ,
Infrastructure ,
Jurisdiction ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Motion To Intervene ,
Plastics ,
Sanitation ,
Standing ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Sovereignty ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
This week, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement with app developer Saturn Technologies (Saturn) following an investigation into privacy practices that promised teens an exclusive community but...more
3/13/2025
/ Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
COPPA ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Minors ,
Mobile Apps ,
New York ,
Privacy Policy ,
Settlement ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Statutory Violations ,
UDAP ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
What’s going on with Michigan’s consumer protection statute? How does the Michigan Attorney General’s Office operate? And what are its enforcement priorities?...more
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...more
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....more
2/28/2025
/ Consumer Protection Laws ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fraud ,
Grants ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Last week, a coalition of all 23 democratic attorneys general filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland warning against efforts by the Trump Administration to defund and disband the...more
As we’ve discussed previously, price gouging has been a focus for enforcers in the past few years, and 2025 is proving no different. In the past month alone, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that the California...more