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
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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
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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
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
Since 1986, WLF’s Legal Studies Division has served as the preeminent publisher of persuasive, expertly researched, and highly respected legal publications that explore cutting-edge and timely legal issues. These articles do...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
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
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
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
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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
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
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