This month, the attorneys general of Florida, Texas, Iowa, Nebraska, and Montana sent letters to various environmental groups expressing “collective concern” about potentially anti-competitive recycling practices....more
11/13/2025
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Collusion ,
Competition ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Plastics ,
Pollution Control ,
Recycling ,
Sherman Act ,
State Attorneys General ,
Sustainability ,
Trade Associations ,
UDAP ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and Jared Libet, Assistant Deputy Attorney General in the Consumer Protection Unit, recently joined a Kelley Drye webinar to discuss the core philosophy behind their office’s...more
11/13/2025
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Government Agencies ,
Investigations ,
Penalties ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Transparency ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Unfair Trade Practices Act
On the heels of the TFG Holdings multistate settlement last month, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced a $750,000 settlement with collectibles company American Mint LLC regarding its subscription practices....more
11/11/2025
/ Advertising ,
Automatic Renewals ,
Consent ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Contract Terms ,
Debt Collection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Advertising ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Negative Option Rule ,
Pennsylvania ,
Settlement ,
State Attorneys General ,
Subscription Services ,
UDAP ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Last month, a group of 34 state attorneys general—led by D.C, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Texas—settled with TFG Holdings, a company known for brands such as JustFab and Shoedazzle, concerning its subscription practices. The...more
11/7/2025
/ Automatic Renewals ,
Billing ,
Cancellation Rights ,
Consent ,
Consumer Contracts ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Settlement ,
State Attorneys General ,
Subscription Services ,
UDAAP ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
This week, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a $1.1 million settlement with JBS’s American subsidiary resolving allegations regarding the company’s commitment “to be net zero by 2040.” As we previously...more
11/6/2025
/ Assurance of Discontinuation (AOD) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
False Advertising ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Greenwashing ,
Marketing ,
Net Zero ,
New York ,
Settlement ,
State Attorneys General ,
Sustainability
In Part Two of this two-part series on the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Fall Consumer Protection Conference, we highlight panelists’ discussions on recent deceptive practices (including discussions on...more
10/31/2025
/ Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Debt Collection ,
E-Cigarettes ,
Federal Student Loans ,
Food Safety ,
National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) ,
Public Health ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Last week, state attorneys general and their staff, legal practitioners, and industry participants met in Washington D.C. for the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Fall Consumer Protection Conference. In this...more
10/30/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
California ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cooperation ,
Data Privacy ,
E-Commerce ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Fees ,
National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) ,
New Legislation ,
Price Transparency ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Late last month, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with Democrat attorneys general from 18 other states and the District of Columbia, sent multiple letters to the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau opposing...more
10/29/2025
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Automotive Loans ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Reporting Agencies ,
Debt Collection ,
Greenwashing ,
Minors ,
National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) ,
Remittance Transfer Rule ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Yael Shavit, Chief of the Consumer Protection Division at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, recently joined a Kelley Drye webinar to unpack the Commonwealth’s new junk fee and auto-renewal regulations and walk...more
Charities serve a vital role in communities throughout the United States, providing essential services and advancing the public good. In recognition of their contributions, they are granted favorable tax treatment, which is...more
Join Kelley Drye for a webinar featuring special guest speakers South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and Assistant Deputy of the Consumer Protection Division Jared Libet. They will be joined by Kelley Drye State...more
Late last month, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with Democrat attorneys general from 18 other states and the District of Columbia, sent multiple letters to the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau opposing...more
Two state attorneys general took actions in September to protect kids by requiring businesses to, among other things, verify the ages of their users. Specifically, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued certain...more
Last week, Attorney General Austin Knudsen of Montana announced a 16-state Republican investigation into four “big tech” companies regarding purportedly deceptive renewable energy claims. AG Knudsen and the states sent a...more
10/2/2025
/ Consumer Protection Laws ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Advertising ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenwashing ,
Investigations ,
Power Grid ,
Renewable Energy ,
State Attorneys General ,
Transmission Grid ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Utilities Sector
Late last week the FTC and a bipartisan coalition of seven state attorneys general sued Ticketmaster and Live Nation in the Central District of California. The FTC and most of the states brought actions under their state UDAP...more
Just before the former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey resigned from office earlier this month, his office quietly issued a withdrawal notice for a rule that would have prohibited social media companies from requiring...more
9/25/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Big Tech ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
First Amendment ,
Notice and Comment ,
Online Platforms ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Social Media ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General
Join Kelley Drye for a webinar featuring special guest speaker Yael Shavit, Chief of the Consumer Protection Division in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. Shavit will discuss the new consumer protection regulations...more
The National Association of Attorneys General, together with New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, hosted the NAAG Eastern Region Meeting from September 8 to 10, 2025, in historic Asbury Park, New Jersey. Centered...more
Following a multistate AG letter to AI companies relating to protecting children, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings met with OpenAI and sent a separate letter to its board....more
On September 5, 2025, the Alaska Supreme Court upheld the Alaska Attorney General’s authority to request records in consumer protection investigations, confirming the AG’s broad powers to subpoena information from businesses...more
In July, the Eighth Circuit vacated the FTC’s “Click to Cancel Rule.” At the time, we noted that although the FTC was unlikely to try to resurrect the Rule, they could continue to challenge cancellation practices under other...more
As part of our AG webinar series, we had the opportunity to speak with consumer protection enforcers from the State of Hawaii. Our guests—Christopher J.I. Leong, Supervising Deputy Attorney General in the Commerce and...more
9/11/2025
/ Administrative Authority ,
Automatic Renewals ,
Consumer Contracts ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Investigations ,
Jurisdiction ,
Price Gouging ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
In late August, the Attorney General Alliance, led by then-Chair and former Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor, convened the Chair’s Initiative in Girdwood, Alaska titled Cyber Awareness: Addressing Digital Threats at Home...more
Last week, we reported that HelloFresh had agreed to settle an investigation by the California Automatic Renewal Task Force. As part of the settlement, the company is required to pay $7.5 million and make various changes to...more
9/8/2025
/ Automatic Renewals ,
California ,
Cancellation Rights ,
Consent ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
New Guidance ,
Notice Requirements ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Attorneys General ,
Subscription Services
Last month, HelloFresh agreed to settle an investigation by the California Automatic Renewal Task Force (“CART”) made up of several California counties and cities. CART’s lawsuit, filed contemporaneously with its agreed...more
9/3/2025
/ Automatic Renewals ,
California ,
Cancellation Rights ,
Consent ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Penalties ,
Settlement ,
State Attorneys General ,
Subscription Services ,
UDAAP ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices