Overseeing Charitable Assets: Donor Restrictions and Modification, Endowment Funds, and Investment Standards
Charities frequently call on regulators to review proposals meant to mitigate some challenge that impedes a charity’s administration of its assets. Whether the charity is seeking to modify a donor restriction or is considering new or novel ways to spend and invest endowment assets, regulators need to know how common law, uniform statutes, and state…
State Data Privacy Statute Update
Representatives from attorney general offices who have recently passed data privacy laws will share information about their regulatory programs and implementation activities. Moderator Elizabeth Blackston, Assistant Attorney General, Chief, Consumer Fraud Bureau, Southern Region, Illinois Attorney General’s Office Speakers Kelley Walker, Assistant Attorney General, Tennessee Attorney General’s Office Stevie DeGroff, Assistant Attorney General, Colorado Attorney…
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Veteran Treatment Courts: Assisting Those Who Served
Many men and women who have served our country have suffered injuries and adversity, including PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and socio-economic challenges upon transition to civilian life. Veteran treatment courts are designed to assist veterans through coordinating efforts of the judiciary, prosecution, defense bar, probation, law enforcement, and social service agencies. Veteran treatment courts help…
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July Consumer Protection Chief of the Month
I was excited to take on the role of Chief of the Consumer Protection Division at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office in May of this year, after nearly seven years serving as an Assistant Attorney General in the Consumer Protection Division, and most recently as its Managing Attorney. In Massachusetts, we are fortunate to have…
State Attorney General, Federal Agency and Other Consumer Protection News: July 2023
Multistate Actions A bipartisan coalition of fifty-one attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a telemarketing fraud enforcement sweep: Operation Stop Scam Calls. The initiative which included more than one hundred federal and state law enforcement partners nationwide, targets telemarketers and the companies that hire them and takes action against lead generators who…
2023 Consumer Protection Fall Conference
This year’s conference aims to address pressing and relevant consumer protection issues facing attorney general offices. The agenda is being developed and will be posted as soon as it is available. SCHOLARSHIPS NAAG will provide a limited number of scholarships to selected participants from attorney general offices to participate in the training. Offices are not…
2023 NAAG/NASCO Annual Charities Conference
The 2023 NAAG/NASCO Charities Conference will be held virtually from October 11-12, 2023. The conference is the only annual event at which charity regulators and nonprofit organizations and their attorneys, accountants, fundraisers, and advisers can meet, learn about, and discuss issues of interest to the charitable sector. Topics include: governance on screen purpose driven board…
The Future of Section 230 | What Does It Mean For Consumers?
The Legal Framework Before the Supreme Court Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996[1] was enacted to provide social media platforms with legal protections for the content that users post on their sites, while allowing the sites to serve as forums for free speech. By specifying that internet platforms would not be treated…
Veteran Scams | Protecting Those Who Serve
In recognition of National Military Consumer Protection Month, this webinar will focus on scams targeting military veterans, in particular scams related to U.S. Veterans Administration (VA) benefits and the administrative claims process. Speakers from the VA and attorney general offices will discuss how these scams work and the efforts being taken to prevent and restore…
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State Attorney General, Federal Agency and Other Consumer Protection News: June 2023
State Attorney General, Federal Agency and Other Consumer Protection News Multistate Actions Led by Wisconsin Attorney General Joshua Kaul, a bipartisan coalition of forty-two attorneys general announced a $102.5 million settlement with Indivior, Inc. for alleged illegal monopoly tactics in connection with the drug Suboxone, a drug used to treat opioid use disorder. The states’…
