Last week, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced his resignation from the position effective September 8. He issued a press release reporting that he is leaving to serve as the Co-Deputy Director of the FBI, in...more
8/27/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
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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
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Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Instagram ,
Location Data ,
Minors ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personal Data ,
Social Media ,
State Attorneys General
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 Fraud ,
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Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Fraud ,
Payment Systems ,
Scams ,
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Zelle
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
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FCC ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Robocalling ,
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TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Telemarketing ,
Telemarketing Sales Rule
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 ,
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Nevada ,
Opioid ,
Price Gouging ,
Price-Fixing ,
Social Media ,
Solar Energy ,
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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
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Tech ,
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Discrimination ,
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Misrepresentation ,
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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 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
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
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
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
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
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Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
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Enforcement Actions ,
Fraud ,
Grants ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
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Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Top Themes of 2025 – What to Expect from State Attorneys General -
Comprehensive state privacy laws are the “new normal.” Comprehensive state privacy legislation is unlikely to slow down any time soon. In the first few...more
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
On January 17, Washington Attorney General Nick Brown announced that his office had reached a resolution in its nearly two-year lawsuit against Puppyland, a local pet store that sells and provides financing for (you guessed...more
In its final days under the Biden administration, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau called on states to step it up – following soon after Director Chopra’s December appearance at the NAAG Capital Forum....more
On the brink of the new year, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (MA AGO) secured a landmark $165 million judgment, including civil penalties and restitution, against three UnitedHealth insurance companies:...more
Last week, the Kelley Drye State Attorneys General team hosted an in-person forum, 2025 Consumer Protection Enforcement Forum: Anticipating State AG Priorities and Regulatory Shifts, in our Washington, DC office. The event...more
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb recently filed a lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly deceiving some District residents into paying for Prime delivery benefits they are not receiving, in violation of the Consumer Protection...more