Consumer Chief of the Month: Kate Carter, Deputy Attorney General, Kansas Attorney General’s Office
Kate Carter, deputy attorney general for the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, is Consumer Chief of the Month for February 2021.
Federal Consumer Protection News and Other Items of Interest: February 2021
This article includes recent federal consumer protection news.
Attorney General Consumer Protection News: February 2021
This article summarizes recent attorney general consumer protection news, including multistate and individual attorney general actions.
2018-2019 Annual Report
The 2018-2019 NAAG Annual Report provides a summary of the organization’s activity and highlights some of the many accomplishments of NAAG members and staff during the most recent fiscal year, which ran from July 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019.
State of Hate in America: A Black History Month Fireside Chat
Join NAAG President and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine as he kicks off his 2021 Presidential Initiative, “The People v. Hate: Standing Up for Humanity” with a webinar on Feb. 25 from 3:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. This webinar, in celebration of Black History Month, will feature a virtual “fireside chat”…
Update on CAFA and Attorney General Actions
In 2016, the Supreme Court decided in Hood v. AU Optronics1 that the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), which allows defendants in “mass actions” in state court to remove those cases to federal court, does not apply in parens patriae actions brought by the attorney general where the state is the sole named plaintiff. Lower…
The Uncertain Future of TCPA Litigation
As succinctly stated by Justice Kavanaugh: “Americans passionately disagree about many things. But they are largely united in their disdain for robocalls.”1 And on February 1, 2021, a bipartisan coalition of 35 state attorneys general, led by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, echoed this sentiment and filed an…
National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute Announces Annual Award Recipients
The National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute (NAGTRI), the training and research arm of the National Association of Attorneys General, announced its 2020 annual award winners during its Advisory Board and Training Coordinator Meeting on Jan. 27. “NAGTRI’s mission is supported by its dedicated and talented faculty,” said NAGTRI Directory Amy Tenney Curren. “NAGTRI…
National Association of Attorneys General Condemns Attack on U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sent a letter to Acting U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general condemning the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and stating such actions cannot be allowed to go unchecked. The letter, led by Colorado…
Attorneys General Push FDA to Examine Progress in Opioid Fight
Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sent a letter asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to examine recent progress in the agency’s fight against the opioid epidemic. The bipartisan coalition of state and territory attorneys general is seeking a progress report regarding recent steps taken by the FDA to…
