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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Veterans Mental Health and Substance Use Summit
November 15 – 16, 2022 Westin San Diego Bayview San Diego, California and Virtual The Substance Use and Veterans Issues Summit will be hosted on November 15-16, 2022, in San Diego, California. In this day and a half hybrid summit, we will hear from various speakers from the attorney general community as well as judges,…
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2022 NAAG Event
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Center for Ethics and Public Integrity Newsletter: August 2022
Discover the latest consumer protection updates from your state or territory attorney general from August 2022.
2022 NAGTRI National Anticorruption Academy
October 24 – 28, 2022 New York, New York Hosted by NAGTRI Center for Ethics and Public Integrity and New York Law School The week-long Anticorruption Academy will provide prosecutors and law enforcement officers with essential tools to investigate, charge, and try corruption cases. From explaining legal concepts like legislative immunity and judicial privilege, to…
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…
