Attorney General Consumer Protection News: August 2022
Multistate Actions A bipartisan coalition of 36 attorneys general announced a $450 million agreement in principle with opioid maker Endo International plc and its lenders as part of Endo’s bankruptcy filing. The tentative agreement would provide up to $450 million to participating states and local governments, ban promotion of Endo’s opioids, and require Endo to…
NAAG 2022 Presidential Summit Highlights Consumer Protection Issues Related to Technology
The NAAG Presidential Summit, hosted by NAAG President and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, was held on August 9th and 10th in Des Moines. The Summit’s theme was Consumer Protection 2.0: Tech Threats and Tools. The Summit attracted 175 attendees from attorney general offices, federal agencies, and the private and non-profit sectors. Attendees enjoyed unseasonably…
AGO Only Cyber Tech Briefing (9/13)
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Federal Consumer Protection News: July 2022
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency fined Bank of America a combined $225 million for failing to disburse state unemployment benefits at the height of the pandemic. Bank of America automatically and unlawfully froze people’s accounts with a faulty fraud detection…
Attorney General Consumer Protection News: July 2022
Multistate Actions The bipartisan opioids executive committee of 12 attorneys general announced $6.6 billion in agreements in principle with opioid makers Allergan and Teva. Teva purchased Allergan’s opioid products and generic portfolio in 2016. The attorneys general stated that both settlements remain contingent on resolution of key issues involving settlement structure and changes in business…
Vigilance and Collaboration: The Continued Battle to Eliminate Robocalls
Vigilance and collaboration to combat illegal robocalls and protect consumers was the unofficial theme of the recent 2022 Robocall Summit in Detroit. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joined NAAG in bringing together staff from Attorney General Offices, federal agencies, industry groups, and others to discuss education, enforcement tools and…
Consumer Chief of the Month: David McDowell, Tennessee Attorney General’s Office
I joined the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office in August of 2016, after ten years of private practice in Nashville. Earlier that year, on a dark and stormy night, my car had broken down on the edge of town. I walked to a roadside bar to wait for a tow truck, where I ended up shooting…
NAAG State Solicitors General & Appellate Chiefs Conference
September 15-16, 2022 San Francisco, California The conference will provide a forum in which state solicitors general and appellate chiefs can exchange ideas and obtain information that will help improve each state’s appellate practice. Among the expected speakers are Judges Leondra Kruger and Jeffrey Sutton, and Jeffrey Fisher, Pamela Karlan, Orin Kerr, Erin Murphy, and…
Supreme Court Report: MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC, 21-1270
Volume 29, Issue 21 This Report summarizes cases granted review on June 27 and 30, 2022 (Part II). Case Granted Review: MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC, 21-1270 MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC, 21-1270. The question presented is whether during bankruptcy proceedings 11 U.S.C. §363(m) limits appellate jurisdiction over any…
Supreme Court Report: Ciminelli v. United States, 21-1271
Volume 29, Issue 21 This Report summarizes cases granted review on June 27 and 30, 2022 (Part II). Case Granted Review: Ciminelli v. United States, 21-1271 Ciminelli v. United States, 21-1271. The Court will resolve “[w]hether the Second Circuit’s ‘right to control’ theory of fraud—which treats the deprivation of complete and accurate information bearing on…
