Center for Ethics and Public Integrity Newsletter: October 2022
Discover the latest consumer protection updates from your state or territory attorney general from August 2022.
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…
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 –…
2022 NAGTRI National Trial Advocacy Training for Civil Practitioners
November 15 – 18, 2022 Louisville, Kentucky Hosted by Center for Legal Advocacy and Faculty Development This intensive, learn-by-doing skills program consists of on-demand lessons covering different aspects of trial advocacy, followed by a live, four-day session where participants practice various trial skills based on a fictional civil case file. The session finishes with the…
Emma Shaw
Emma Shaw joined NAAG September 12th. Emma has a B.A. in both International Relations and Political Science. She joins us from the Office of State Representative Terra Costa Howard, Lombard IL.
Megan Fritsch
Megan Fritsch joined NAAG in July 2022 as Counsel for the Center for Tobacco and Public Health. Megan received her J.D. from Widener University Commonwealth Law school in 2012. Megan provides legal expertise to the State Attorney Generals with respect to their work to enforce the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), their tobacco statutes and tobacco…
Kevin Ehrgott
Kevin Ehrgott joined NAAG in June 2022 as a legal administrator for the Center for Tobacco and Public Health. Kevin graduated from American University in May 2022 with a bachelor’s degree as a dual major in Interdisciplinary Studies: CLEG (Communications, Law, Economics, and Government) and Economics. Throughout his undergraduate career, he interned for local representatives…
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