Regulatory enforcement priorities can vary greatly between individual states and between the states and the federal government. But as we have previously reported, there is one area where regulators across the board tend to...more
8/14/2025
/ Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCC ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Robocalling ,
State Attorneys General ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Telemarketing Sales Rule
Last week, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office released a webinar and business guidance to help companies comply with upcoming regulations on junk fees and negative option contracts. The webinar and guidance cover a...more
8/6/2025
/ Advertising ,
Consumer Contracts ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fees ,
Hidden Fees ,
New Regulations ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Subscription Services ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
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
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Drug Trafficking ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fraud ,
New Legislation ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Social Media ,
State Attorneys General ,
Technology Sector ,
Wage and Hour
In our most recent “Junk Fee” Legislative Roundup, we noted that the Connecticut legislature had introduced a bill that could require companies to include mandatory fees in their prices. On June 10, 2025, Connecticut’s...more
On May 9, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a large budget bill with “major components of legislation necessary to implement the state transportation, economic development, and environmental conservation budget for...more
If you’ve been keeping tabs on the AI legal landscape lately, one thing is clear: states aren’t waiting. Over the past year, lawmakers across the country have introduced—and in some cases passed—a flurry of bills aimed at...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
Businesses offering subscriptions or other ongoing services continue to face a growing, and increasingly complex, patchwork of state auto-renewal laws (ARLs). 2025 brings a fresh wave of developments across the states. In...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