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PetSmart in the Doghouse as Colorado Sues over Grooming Program Allegations

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Colorado AG Phil Weiser filed a lawsuit against pet care retailer PetSmart, alleging the company engaged in unfair and deceptive trade practices related to its employee training program, the Grooming Academy....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District court grants state attorneys general $600K in attorney fees

On May 27, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted a motion for attorneys’ general fees and costs against a defendant incurred in contempt proceedings for violations of a previous stipulated...more

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AGs Secure Contempt Ruling Against Robocaller for Allegedly Violating Prior Court Order

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A bipartisan coalition of seven AGs obtained an order from a federal district court holding John Spiller in contempt for allegedly continuing to engage in illegal robocalling in violation of a stipulated order that limited...more

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Washington Court Grants Summary Judgment Against Attorney General and Awards Fees to Franchisor

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A state court in Washington has granted summary judgment and awarded over $3.4 million in attorneys’ fees and costs to a franchisor in a dispute brought by the Washington Attorney General under the Washington’s Consumer...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

New Legal Challenge for Pennsylvania Businesses: Navigating the Updated UTPCPL Cost Provisions

Under the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL), the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General (OAG) Consumer Protection Section regularly conducts investigations of companies doing business...more

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District of Columbia AG Secures Record $3.75 Million Wage-Theft Settlement

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District of Columbia AG Brian Schwalb settled with contractors Power Design, Inc. (PDI) and John Moriarty & Associates of Virginia, LLC (JMA), along with multiple labor subcontractors, to resolve allegations that the...more

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Washington AG Ordered to Pay $4.3M in Attorney’s Fees and Costs to Thrift Store Chain

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On October 17, following Washington Attorney General (AG) Bob Ferguson’s unsuccessful consumer protection action against thrift store chain, Savers Value Village Inc. (Savers), the Washington Superior Court of King County...more

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Virginia AG Settles with Foreclosure Rescue Lender

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On August 24, 2021, the Virginia Attorney General (“Virginia AG”) announced that it entered into settlement ​with a Virginia-based lender and its managing member over allegations that the lender violated §§ 6.2-303 and...more

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Illinois Ushers In New Restrictions On Non-competes and Non-solicits

On the heels of the bi-partisan introduction of the Workforce Mobility Act in Congress in February 2021, on May 31, 2021, the Illinois General Assembly passed amendments to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act (the “Amendments”)...more

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Debt Collector To Return $477,000 To Washington Consumers In AG Settlement

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Washington AG Bob Ferguson reached a settlement with Denver-based collection agency Machol & Johannes, LLC and its present and former owners (collectively “M&J”) to resolve allegations that the company engaged in unlawful...more

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Opioid Fallout: Ad Agency Sued For Allegedly Helping Purdue Deceptively Market OxyContin

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Massachusetts AG Maura Healey sued healthcare marketing company Publicis Health, LLC (“Publicis”) under a theory of public nuisance and for violations of Massachusetts’s consumer protection law over Publicis’s alleged role in...more

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Florida Sues CDC Over COVID-19-Related Framework For Resumption Of Cruises

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Florida AG Ashley Moody sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) over allegations that the CDC’s Framework for Conditional Sailing and Initial Phase...more

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California Gets A New AG | $188.6 Million Surgical Mesh Settlement | Keystone Pipeline Litigation

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State AGs in the News- Governor Newsom Nominates Rob Bonta for California Attorney General- •Governor Gavin Newsom nominated California Assemblyman Rob Bonta to replace Xavier Becerra as California AG. Bonta’s...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

New York Whistleblower Suit Results In $105 Million From Hedge Fund Manager Who Evaded Taxes

On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, New York State Attorney General Letitia James and New York City Corporation Counsel James E. Johnson released a statement announcing their recovery of a $105 million settlement from a hedge fund...more

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How Not to Handle a Crisis: FTC Sues Marketer for Deceptive COVID Stimulus Mailers

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In April, we wrote about the Georgia Attorney General's Office's warnings against deceptive advertising related to COVID-19 stimulus payments. In its guidance, the AG noted the possibility that representations implying that a...more

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Another Shiner – Court Confirms Hefty Fee Award to California Attorney General in Breach of Charitable Trust Action

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In California, the Attorney General oversees charitable trusts. This responsibility includes bringing legal actions against trustees who breach their fiduciary duties. Government Code section 12598 provides that the...more

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