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Telephone and Texting Compliance — Congress Hears from Industry Stakeholders on the Next Steps to Combatting Illegal Robocalls and...

On June 4, 2025, the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on combating illegal robocalls and robotexts. The hearing, entitled “Stopping Illegal Robocalls and...more

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Annual update on .UK domain names suspended for criminal activity

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Nominet, the Registry responsible for running the .UK country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD), has published its annual report on .UK domain names that have been suspended due to criminal activity. The report covers the 12...more

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New York attorney general files two complaints against wage access providers

On April 14, the Attorney General (AG) for the State of New York filed two complaints in the New York State Supreme Court, alleging two earned wage access (EWA) providers violated civil and criminal usury provisions, as well...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

AGs Ask Congress to Take Further Action on ORC

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

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Food Company Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $19.2 Million for Manufacturing Under Unsanitary Conditions

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The Justice Department has a long-record of criminal prosecutions of companies for manufacturing food products under unsanitary conditions.  In recent years, DOJ has prosecuted Blue Bell Ice Cream, Chipotle, ConAgra Grocery,...more

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Recent DOJ Consumer Protection Branch Cases Highlight the Branch’s Enforcement Priorities

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The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Consumer Protection Branch works with other branches and federal law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute civil and criminal violations of the nation’s consumer protection...more

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Germany's Draft Bill on IT Security 2.0 – Extended BSI Authorities, Stricter Penalties and New Obligations on Providers

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On March 27, 2019, the German Federal Ministry of the Interior (GMI) proposed a new bill (the "Draft Bill") for a so-called IT Security Act 2.0 (IT-SiG 2.0). In an effort to take a front-runner role in Europe, Germany has...more

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