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From the Courtroom to the Capitol: Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum Talks Leadership, Advocacy, and the Journey to Public Service – Regulatory Oversight Podcast
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - Navigating Inbound Franchising in the U.S.
A Conversation With NAAG Executive Director Brian Kane - Regulatory Oversight Podcast
A Conversation with NAAG President and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller - Regulatory Oversight Podcast
CF on Cyber: Key Takeaways from the California AG’s Proposed CCPA Regulations
II-31- The Changing 9 to 5 From 1980 to Today
Carefully Crafted Allegations Still Control Early Resolutions
Enforcement under a Jeff Sessions DOJ
Polsinelli Podcasts - The Latest on a Shift in Regulation in Dietary Supplements
Bill on Bankruptcy: Sigmund Freud, Marx Brothers, Bernie Madoff
Bill on Bankruptcy: Secret Madoff Agreement May Harm Victims
To help you keep abreast of relevant activities, below find a breakdown of some of the biggest events at the federal and state levels to impact the Consumer Finance Services industry this past week...more
On May 10, 2022, Connecticut became the fifth state in the nation to pass its own omnibus privacy legislation, joining California, Virginia, Colorado, and Utah. While Senate Bill 6, the Personal Data Privacy and Online...more
Colorado has introduced the “Colorado Privacy Act” bill (SB21-190). Key things to note: •Recital notes that the “EU GDPR is emerging as a model for countries across the globe in data privacy.” ...more
2020 AG Elections- Ten AG elections were held on November 3, 2020. As of this writing, six incumbent AGs won their elections, and Republicans held the open-seats in Indiana and Montana. In the two undecided races, Democratic...more
A proposal by Indiana’s Attorney General Curtis Hill on Wednesday would add a significant step in the incident response process for responding to breaches of security affecting Indiana residents. On Wednesday, during a U.S....more
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disparate effect on privacy regulators, with varying levels of enforcement advocated by different government entities; the California Attorney General, the U.S. Department of Health & Human...more
Antitrust- 33 Attorneys General, U.S. Department of Justice, FTC Settle With Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Over Allegedly Monopolizing Opioid Addiction Treatment Market- 33 AGs, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), and...more
Charities- New York Attorney General Settles With Fraternal Order Over Allegedly Misusing Charitable Funds- New York AG Letitia James reached a settlement with Oneonta Lodge No. 1312 Benevolent Protective Order of Elks,...more
In 2018, privacy and data security crossed a number of thresholds. In the public mind, through high-profile data breaches and revelations about unexpected uses of personal information, questions of privacy became much more...more
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection- Kathy Kraninger Confirmed by Senate as Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection- The U.S. Senate has confirmed Kathy Kraninger as Director of the Bureau of...more
A dozen state attorneys general have joined together to file the first multistate HIPAA-related data breach case in federal court. Amidst a growing trend of stronger enforcement of data privacy laws, this is the first such...more
Breaking News- Alaska Governor Appoints Kevin Clarkson as Attorney General- Recently elected Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavey, a Republican, appointed Kevin Clarkson as Attorney General, replacing AG Jahna Lindemuth....more
Cozen in the News- Cozen O’Connor’s State Attorneys General Election Tracker Reports 2018 AG Election Results and 2019 Projected AG Political Landscape- Cozen O’Connor’s State AG Election Tracker issued a report on the...more
2018 State AG Elections- Cozen O’Connor’s State AG Election Tracker Updates 2018 Election Prediction for Nevada Attorney General Race- With 19 days to go before election day, Cozen O’Connor’s State AG Election Tracker has...more
2018 AG Elections- Democrat William Tong Declares Candidacy for Connecticut Attorney General- Democratic state Representative William Tong announced he is running for Connecticut AG in 2018. As previously reported,...more
Cozen in the News- JB Kelly Interviewed by Natural Products Insider on FTC Guidance for Multi-Level Marketers- JB Kelly, member of Cozen O’Connor’s State Attorneys General practice, was interviewed by Natural Products...more
On June 15th, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a settlement with CoPilot Provider Support Services Inc. to resolve allegations that the company improperly delayed notice to more than 220,000 consumers of...more
Budget Impasse Leads to Health Cuts & “Sin” Taxes - By 1:30 a.m. on July 3rd, the Governor had signed a budget. It included litany of cuts, including several in healthcare. Public health programs were cut 10%, including...more
There are more than 165,000 mobile health applications available for download in Apple’s App Store or Google Play. This number will likely keep rising, and a body of federal and state regulators, including state attorneys...more
The New York Office of the Attorney General recently announced settlements with developers of three mobile health applications due to misleading claims and deficient privacy practices. As a result of these settlements, the...more
New York has made a mark on the regulatory and enforcement landscape for mobile health applications ("mobile health app") with the New York Attorney General's ("NY AG") March 23, 2017, announcement of settlements with three...more
OSHA's Electronic Submission Rule Finalized - Why it matters - Three years in the making, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) finalized a new rule mandating the electronic submission of injury...more
It may not be a big dollar amount ($15,000), but a recent New York Attorney General settlement represents a big issue—interpreting that HIPAA prohibits a health care professional who is changing practices from taking a...more
Last week, the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) reached agreement with the New York Office of the Attorney General (NYOAG) to settle alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more
Last week, the Connecticut Attorney General (the “Connecticut AG”) announced that Hartford Hospital and its subcontractor, EMC Corporation (“EMC”), agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and...more