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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 700, which regulates sales-based financing transactions and requires providers and brokers of sales-based financing transactions to register with the Texas Office...more
New York AG Letitia James announced that the state legislature passed an amended version of the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable Business Practices Act (FAIR Business Practices Act), which expands the...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently signaled a retreat from its regulatory and enforcement posture by outlining its 2025 supervisory and enforcement priorities and rescinding 67 regulatory guidance documents. In...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: • NY Fights FAIR to Expand State Consumer Protection Law - ...more
New York AG Letitia James announced her support for passage of the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable Business Practices (FAIR) Business Practices Act. The Act would expand the state’s consumer...more
In March 2025, Office of the Attorney General for the State of New York introduced the Fostering Affordability and Integrity Through Reasonable (“FAIR”) Business Practices Act in the State Senate and State Assembly. The...more
On March 13, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable, or FAIR, Business Practices Act, aimed at strengthening consumer protections, cutting costs,...more
New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James recently announced her support for legislation that would significantly broaden the state’s consumer protection statute to prohibit not just deceptive acts, but also unfair and...more
On March 13, 2025, New York State took a significant step towards bolstering its consumer and small business protections with the introduction of the Fostering Affordability and Integrity Through Reasonable (FAIR) Business...more
New York lawmakers—with full support from the attorney general—are pushing a sweeping expansion of consumer protection laws that could turn routine financial transactions into the next big class action battleground and expand...more
On March 13, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the introduction of the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable Business Practices Act (FAIR Business Practices Act). The proposed legislation...more
On March 13, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced proposed legislation to strengthen the state’s consumer protection framework by expanding enforcement powers beyond deceptive acts and practices to also include...more
As we recently reported, there have been rollbacks of consumer protections on the federal level, including the curtailing of enforcement activity at the CFPB. ...more
New York attorney general Leticia James is the latest state-level actor to respond to the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink federal consumer protection agencies. James has championed the FAIR Business Practices Act, a...more
As the Trump Administration attempts to drastically cut CFPB funding and staffing, New York regulators and legislators are attempting to fill what could be a void in consumer protection efforts....more
2024 was an action-packed year for followers of federal and state laws and regulations governing the disclosure of fees, or so-called “junk fee” laws....more
In what it describes as a “First-of-its-Kind Healthcare Generative AI Investigation”, the Texas Attorney General (AGO) recently reached a settlement agreement with an artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare technology...more
Connecticut AG William Tong submitted testimony in support of state Senate Bill No. 15, proposed legislation that would require fee disclosures across several consumer industries including ticket sales, food and beverage...more
While the federal government’s campaign against hidden “junk” fees intensifies, state attorneys general (AGs) have long been contesting concealed costs as unfair or deceptive — especially in the absence of sufficient...more
On March 22, 2023, Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced a bill “to limit and eliminate excessive, hidden, and unnecessary fees imposed on consumers.” In response to President Biden’s...more
Even though states are leading the way on price gouging enforcement, recent action in Congress may lead to overlapping federal government enforcement. Recent Congressional letters, statements, and proposed bills show a...more