State AG Pulse | Vermont: Small Is Mighty
On today’s episode of Ad Nauseam, Amy and Daniel are back with national treasure, and all-around great person, Lesley Fair, a legal expert, distinguished law professor and former Senior attorney at the Federal Trade...more
Over the past few months, securing approval for listing on The Campaign Registry (“TCR”) has become significantly more difficult. Why? Because virtual phone service providers (“service providers”) continue to update internal...more
On July 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit blocked the “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have required companies to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions as it was to sign up, including obtaining consent...more
On June 25, 2025, the Government of Québec published a Regulation that clarifies the obligations of merchants and manufacturers with respect to the warranty of availability of replacement parts and repair services. These...more
On 30 June 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published CP25/17, its latest consultation for modifying the rules relating to investment advice. The Consultation Paper (CP) suggests a number of changes, including the...more
On July 10, 2025, the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (“DCP”) announced that it had reached a settlement with DraftKings following a gaming advertising-related investigation. Without admitting fault, DraftKings...more
On Tuesday, July 8, the Eighth Circuit struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s new “click-to-cancel” rule just days before the FTC planned to begin enforcement on July 14, 2025. ...more
Just days before the “Click to Cancel” negative option rule was to go into effect, the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the rule in its entirety. As explained in our previous alert, the rule, which would have gone into...more
Since the start of President Trump’s second administration, some State Attorneys General (AGs) have actively responded to executive orders and policy directives, including by initiating legal challenges in federal courts. Now...more
On April 17, the Washington Supreme Court held that RCW 19.190.020(1)(b) prohibits sending Washington residents commercial emails that contain any false or misleading information in the subject lines of such emails. In Brown...more
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A., No. 22-529, allowing states to enforce state consumer financial protection laws against both state and national banks. The Court was reviewing the...more
Recently, the Governor of Tennessee signed into law HB 2711 (the “Act”) which amends, among other things, the state’s Consumer Protection Act. In particular, the Act establishes the factors that a court may consider when...more
New York Attorney General Letitia James joined Kelley Drye for its January State AG webinar to discuss consumer protection in the Empire State and her support for legislative reform that would grant the AG’s Office new powers...more
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has adopted an order that will restructure the way lead generators collect consumer consent to receive robocalls or robotexts from sellers. Many businesses, particularly small...more
On February 6, 2023, the Ontario Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery (Ministry) released a consultation paper entitled Modernizing Consumer Protection in Ontario: Strengthening the Consumer Protection Act, which...more
Le 1er décembre 2020, le ministère des Services gouvernementaux et des Services aux consommateurs de l’Ontario a publié un document de consultation intitulé Amélioration de la Loi sur la protection du consommateur : Renforcer...more
On December 1, 2020, the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services issued a consultation paper entitled Improving Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act: Strengthening Consumer Protection in Ontario (Consultation...more
On May 22, 2018, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) (the “Consumer Protection Act”), which had been previously passed by the Senate. The...more
The Situation: Class actions (action de groupe) were implemented in France in 2014. Three-and-a-half years after its entry into force, the French class action has not met the expected results. The Result: Only a few class...more