Kansas AG Kobach Files Lawsuit Alleging Energy Market Manipulation After Winter Storm Uri
Kansas AG Kris Kobach filed a lawsuit against Macquarie Energy in Shawnee County District Court for allegedly engaging in price gouging and market manipulation in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act when supplying Kansas firms with natural gas during Winter Storm Uri in February 2021.
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CFPB Shuts Down Loan Scams Targeting Military Families
The CFPB is fighting back against what it alleges to be unlawful predatory lending practices targeting military families in violation of the Military Lending Act.
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AG Bonta Opposes Federal Data Privacy Act’s Preemption Language
California AG Rob Bonta sent a letter to Congressional leaders opposing certain language in the American Data Privacy and Protection Act because it prohibits states from enacting stricter state law privacy protections for their own residents.
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Constitutionality of CFPB Funding Mechanism to Be Reviewed by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court announced that it will resolve a circuit split over the constitutionality of the CFPB’s funding mechanism. The case is CFPB et al. v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited et al.
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Nursing Home Settles With AG James Over Allegations of Fraudulent Medicare Charges
New York AG Letitia James, together with the DOJ, announced settlements with Saratoga Center for Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Care, a former 257-bed nursing home, and its owners, unlicensed operator, and landlord over allegations that the nursing home submitted reimbursement claims for substandard and worthless services to the state’s Medicaid program while failing to provide for the health and safety of its residents.
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AGs Ask Congress to Fix National Human Trafficking Hotline Tip Reporting Deficiencies
A bipartisan group of 36 AGs sent a letter to Congressional leaders requesting assistance in ensuring that tips received by the National Human Trafficking Hotline are forwarded to the appropriate state law enforcement agencies in a timely manner.
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