COVID-19 Webinar: An Update on Issues Facing Mortgage Holders, Renters, and Student Loan Borrowers, and How Attorney General Offices are Approaching the Return to the Office
September 1, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET Hosted by NAGTRI Center for Consumer Protection and NAAG Consumer Protection Committee Federal and state COVID-related consumer protections from mortgage foreclosures and from residential and student loan defaults are in flux due to ending moratoriums and extensions, as well as legal cases challenging the validity…
NAGTRI National Trial Advocacy Training for Civil Practitioners
November 16 – 19, 2021 Hosted by Center for Legal Advocacy and Faculty Development This intensive, learn-by-doing skills course 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 case file. The session finishes with the participants performing a…
The Anticorruption Manual: Helping State Corruption Prosecutors Fill the Role the U.S. Supreme Court Expects Them to Play
The Center for Ethics & Public Integrity is thrilled to announce the release of The Anticorruption Manual: A Guide for State Prosecutors. This thirty-chapter book is the first-ever manual written with state anticorruption enforcers as the primary audience. NOW AVAILABLE: The Anticorruption Manual provides a comprehensive overview of prosecuting corruption in the United States. Purchase a copy….
Introduction to The Anticorruption Manual: Selected Topics from the First-Ever Guide for State Corruption Prosecutors, Part 2
Part I – Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. ET Part II – Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. ET This webinar series is hosted by the NAGTRI Center for Ethics and Public Integrity. This two-part series introduces The Anticorruption Manual: A Guide for State Prosecutors through its…
Introduction to The Anticorruption Manual: Selected Topics from the First-Ever Guide for State Corruption Prosecutors, Part 1
Part I – Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. ET Part II – Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. ET This webinar series is hosted by the NAGTRI Center for Ethics and Public Integrity. This two-part series introduces The Anticorruption Manual: A Guide for State Prosecutors through its…
2021 Robocall Virtual Summit
September 8: 1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET (Open to the Public) September 9: 12:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. ET (Government Only) This conference is hosted by the NAGTRI Center for Consumer Protection and the Michigan and Ohio Attorneys General Learn all about the battle against robocalls! Hosted by NAAG and the attorneys general of…
A Review of CPSC and NHTSA Safety Information Transparency and Recall Authority
The free market has an incredible ability to regulate itself; businesses have incentives to make their products safe and reliable or risk that consumers will shop elsewhere. However, potentially dangerous products still reach the market despite such incentives. Both the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) work to…
Consumer Chief of the Month: Crystal Utley Secoy, Mississippi Attorney General’s Office
It is a privilege to work in a bit of a bubble where every day I collaborate with attorneys, from New York to California and every state in between, who, no matter their background or political stripes, have one goal in common: to work together in order to protect consumers. I am grateful for those…
Attorney General Consumer Protection News: July 2021
NEW! We are now providing a digest of consumer protection-related press releases from state and territorial attorneys general and a selection of federal consumer-related releases on ConsumerResources.org, NAAG’s consumer-facing website. Multistate Actions Led by a North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein and Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III, a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general announced a proposed $26…
Federal Consumer Protection News: July 2021
NEW! We are now providing a digest of consumer protection-related press releases from state and territorial attorneys general and a selection of federal consumer-related releases on ConsumerResources.org, NAAG’s consumer-facing website. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) warned landlords and consumer reporting agencies to report rental information accurately as the federal eviction moratorium ends…