NAAG to Host Annual NAAG/NASCO Charities Conference
WHO: The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) invites members of the press to attend the public day of its 2022 NAAG/NASCO Charities Conference. WHAT: The 2022 NAAG/NASCO Charities Conference will provide an opportunity for charity regulators and nonprofit organizations and their attorneys, accountants, fundraisers, and advisers to meet and discuss the latest issues of…
Federal Consumer Protection News: September 2022
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has ordered Regions Bank to pay $50 million into the CFPB’s victims relief fund and to refund at least $141 million to customers harmed by allegedly illegal surprise overdraft fees. According to the consent order resolving the matter, from August 2018 through July 2021, Regions…
Attorney General Consumer Protection News: September 2022
Multistate Actions Led by Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, and North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, 51 attorneys general called on the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to require telephone providers that route calls across the U.S. telephone network to implement more rigorous measures to prevent illegal and fraudulent robocalls from bombarding…
Consumer Chief of the Month: Fran Oleen, Deputy Attorney General, Consumer Protection and Antitrust Division, Kansas Attorney General’s Office
In 1999, after a three-year stint in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, I joined the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Division of Kansas Attorney General’s Office as an Assistant Attorney General under then-Attorney General Carla Stovall. My work included suing unlicensed pharmacies for selling prescription medications to Kansas via the internet, which was a…
An Internet Privacy Win for Maine Consumers
On September 2, 2022, trade associations for the nation’s largest telecommunication services dropped a federal lawsuit that challenged a landmark Maine privacy law. The law provides some of the strongest protection for broadband internet customers in the country, according to PBS Newshour and other media outlets.1 The law – Title 35-A M.R.S.A. § 9301 –…
NAAG Calls on the FCC to Require Voice Service Providers to Increase Anti-Robocall Protections
The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) called on the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to require the telephone providers that route calls across the U.S. telephone network to implement more rigorous measures to prevent illegal and fraudulent robocalls from bombarding Americans. The FCC is proposing expanding many of these rules to those few phone companies…
Center for Ethics and Public Integrity Newsletter: September 2022
Discover the latest consumer protection updates from your state or territory attorney general from August 2022.
Recent Case Briefs: Attorney General Powers and Duties
The fourth edition of the most authoritative and complete source for information about state attorney general offices.
Consumer Chief of the Month: Brian McMath, New Mexico Attorney General’s Office
I came to law school in 2012 because I really wanted to work on “big” things, impactful things that made a difference to a lot of people. I didn’t really know what that meant in practice, but that was the general guiding principle. A law professor recommended I apply at the New Mexico Office of…
The Deposition Funnel Reimagined – A Systematic Approach to Asking Questions at Deposition
Abstract: The structure of a deposition is often portrayed as a funnel, with the top of the funnel representing open-ended questions used for gathering information. The narrow bottom of the funnel represents the effort to lead the witness into making admissions that help the attorney taking the deposition. This article describes how to refine that…
