Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced an Airline Passenger Protection Partnership with state AGs (Partnership), which is the latest example of how AGs continue to expand their regulatory reach...more
On Tuesday, November 7, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) held its Fall 2023 Consumer Protection Conference in Washington, D.C., welcoming representatives from 43 state AG offices, the FTC, and an equal...more
Businesses operating in New York state should be concerned about the potential impact of proposed legislation now under consideration in the New York legislature.
The so called Consumer and Small Business Protection Act...more
6/27/2023
/ Abusive Acts ,
Business Disputes ,
Corporate Counsel ,
CSPA ,
General-Business ,
Liability ,
New York ,
Nonprofits ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Statutory Damages ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
In this episode of State AG Pulse Vermont AG Charity Clark talks with Stephen Cobb and Ann-Marie Luciano about her background as both the descendant of generations of small-town Vermont grocers, and the first woman to hold...more
Supply chain disruption, rising inflation and a tight employment market have led to an uptick in antitrust scrutiny by both Republican and Democratic AGs. Working alone, in multistates, or in coordination with federal...more
Following his recent reelection, Lori Kalani and Ann-Marie Luciano talk with Attorney General Kwame Raoul about some of the challenges his office faced in his first term and how he led the office though them. From COVID, to a...more
In this week’s episode, Lori gets together with fellow State AG Group members Maria Colsey Heard and Ann-Marie Luciano to talk about the evolution of the DC Office of the Attorney General from a municipal office into a...more
The National Association of Attorneys General’s biennial Consumer Protection Conference always provides a fascinating deep dive into the minds and priorities of state attorney general consumer protection staff, and of the...more
The National Association of Attorneys General’s biennial Consumer Protection Conference always provides a fascinating deep dive into the minds and priorities of state attorney general consumer protection staff, and of the...more
The National Association of Attorneys General’s biennial Consumer Protection Conference always provides a fascinating deep dive into the minds and priorities of state attorney general consumer protection staff, and of the...more
The National Association of Attorneys General’s biennial Consumer Protection Conference always provides a fascinating deep dive into the minds and priorities of state attorney general consumer protection staff, and of the...more
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused state attorneys general to accelerate their workplace enforcement efforts and is reshaping the issues businesses must consider to avoid regulatory risk. Cozen O’Connor partners Maria Colsey...more
Amid the havoc wreaked by COVID-19 on individuals, businesses, and economies, technology companies offering information-sharing platforms have enjoyed an unexpected upside as demand for their services has skyrocketed. But...more
As data breaches are on the rise, the old adage rings true: it’s not a question of if, but when. More companies are experiencing crippling breaches and the statistics are alarming: According to IBM Security’s Cost of a Data...more
State attorneys general continue to become more influential as they drive legal innovation and policy change at the state and federal levels. This article discusses trends in AG activity, enforcement priorities, the impact of...more
3/4/2020
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Disruptive Technology ,
Enforcement Statistics ,
Investigations ,
Personal Data ,
Public Nuisance ,
Public Policy ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General
More and more companies are experiencing crippling data breaches. The statistics make for depressing reading. According to IBM Security’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2019, the average cost of a data breach is $3.9 million...more
2/11/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Risk Mitigation
Although there is no standard set of measures that a company can implement to guarantee that it will be safe from data breaches – or from regulatory enforcement action should a data breach occur – recent multistate...more
In 2018, the Cozen O’Connor State Attorneys General Practice reported on a variety of significant investigations and enforcement actions conducted by state attorneys general (“AGs”) through the course of the year. Here, we...more
1/25/2019
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Antitrust Division ,
Attorney General ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Franchise Agreements ,
Franchisors ,
No-Poaching ,
Opioid ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Prescription Drugs ,
State and Local Government
State Attorneys General (“AGs”) continue to be active as both litigants and amici in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. This term there are several cases with significant State AG amici involvement that implicate important...more
10/5/2018
/ Amicus Briefs ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
App Store ,
Apple ,
Atomic Energy Act ,
Attorney General ,
Class Action ,
Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Franchise Tax Board ,
Franchises ,
Independent Contractors ,
Preemption ,
Property Owners ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Takings Clause ,
US Fish and Wildlife Service ,
Weyerhaeuser Company v United States Fish and Wildlife Service
On Thursday, October 20, 2016, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) jointly released Antitrust Guidance for Human Resources Professionals (guidance) to explain how...more