Evolution of Health Claim Substantiation
This article was originally published in the October 2020 edition of the NAGTRI Consumer Protection Monthly newsletter. Stephanie N. Guyon, Deputy Attorney General, Idaho Attorney General’s Office[1] “Life is pain. Anybody that says different is selling something.”[2] If you browsed a newspaper during the 1918 flu pandemic, you would have found ads for Owl’s throat…
Bipartisan Coalition of Attorneys General Supports Legislation to Protect Victims of Elder Fraud
Washington, D.C. — In a letter sent today, NAAG urged Congress to include Edith’s Bill in COVID-19 relief legislation. Unfortunately, seniors are vulnerable targets of COVID-19 scams, such as providing personal information to fraudsters claiming to offer COVID-19 tests. The legislation would help senior victims recover financial losses as the result of fraud. The NAAG…
42 Attorneys General Urge Senate to Pass Law to Fight Shell Companies
Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sent a bipartisan letter today signed by 42 attorneys generals urging the U.S. Senate to pass S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings (ILLICIT CASH) Act. The ILLICIT CASH Act updates the federal framework for…
Attorneys General Ask Apple and Google to Ensure All Contact Tracing Apps Serve a Public Health Purpose
NAAG sent a letter to the chief executive officers of Google and Apple asking them to ensure all contact tracing and exposure notification apps related to COVID-19 adequately protect consumers’ personal information.
NAAG Works to Expose Illegal Robocallers
Washington, D.C. — NAAG today encouraged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to facilitate continued collaboration among state attorneys general and telecom companies to coordinate tracing back illegal robocalls to their source. 52 attorneys general signed the comments sent to the FCC. Under the TRACED Act, which became law in December 2019, the FCC will select a single registered…
52 Attorneys General Join Effort to Expand Illegal Robocall Response
Washington, D.C. — NAAG sent a letter today calling on USTelecom – the leading organization representing telecommunications providers – and its Industry Traceback Group (ITG) to continue its collaboration with state attorneys general by bolstering technological capabilities to improve enforcement against illegal robocallers. The bipartisan coalition of 52 state and territory attorneys general is urging the…
The Future of Consumer Protection is Online
Consumers come in all shapes and sizes, and consumer protection is not always about big-ticket items. Often, misused or misappropriated intellectual property can be the visual bait that attracts consumers to purchase a dangerous product.
Timeshare Obligations, Regulations, and Challenges
The current landscape of the timeshare industry has exposed significant inadequacies in regulation for those seeking to purchase, lease, or exit their timeshare obligations.
“The New Referral:” Innovative Ways to Tackle Consumer Protection Issues Involving Fake Social Media Influencers
Whether it is online reviews, subscribers, likes, ratings, followers, etc., social media has become a source of information and an influential platform on which consumers rely in their decisions to buy a good or service.
NAAG Statement on New Law Combatting Illegal Robocalls
Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) issued the following statement following the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act (S. 151) becoming law last month: “We applaud Congress for passing this historic bipartisan legislation that will assist in combatting illegal robocalls and malicious spoofing that plague our citizens,” said Attorney General Jim Hood of Mississippi,…
