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Price Gouging New Legislation

Cozen O'Connor

Connecticut Enacts New Law Strengthening Consumer Protections

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The Connecticut legislature has passed a sweeping new consumer protection law addressing hidden fees, subscription practices, electronic privacy, price gouging, and right-to-repair requirements, among other things....more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Connecticut’s ​“Shrinkflation” Legislation: Expanding State AG’s Price Gouging Authority for Shrinking Product Sizes

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

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Recent Federal and State Legislative Action Targeting Health Care Staffing Agencies

Nurse and health care professional staffing shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a significant increase in the use of temporary health care professional staffing. Lawmakers and health care providers have urged...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Infant Formula Shortage Update

Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., and California have taken recent steps to further protect the infant formula market from price gouging. On June 7, 2022, the D.C. Council passed the “Infant Formula Consumer Protection Emergency...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Governor Cuomo Signs COVID-19 Legislation Expanding NY Price Gouging Law to Include Personal Protection Equipment and Increasing...

On June 6, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law legislation (S.8189) that strengthens the state’s price gouging statute, in response to COVID-19. The legislation expands the current price gouging statute by...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Rarely Invoked Price-Gouging Statutes Are Now Front and Center Due to COVID-19

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Almost as soon as the COVID-19 outbreak began, public officials and media outlets raised concerns over price gouging. While price-gouging statutes and regulations are not new, they are invoked rarely because they apply only...more

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