Arizona Attorney General (AG) Kris Mayes recently announced a consent judgment with SimonMed Imaging MSO, LLC (SimonMed), alleging that the medical imaging service provider violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act through...more
1/30/2026
/ Billing Errors ,
Consent Decrees ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Injunctions ,
Penalties ,
Refunds ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Restitution ,
Settlement ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sent warning letters to 10 unnamed companies for practices that may allegedly violate its new Consumer Review Rule. The letters flag potential use of fake or misleading reviews,...more
1/30/2026
/ Consumer Protection Laws ,
Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Endorsements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fake Reviews ,
False Advertising ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Endorsement Guidelines ,
Online Endorsements ,
Online Reviews ,
Penalties ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On January 5, 2026, Colorado Attorney General (AG) Phil Weiser announced that MC Global Holdings and affiliated persons and entities (collectively, MC) had been fined for allegedly violating the terms of a May 2025 assurance...more
1/21/2026
/ Advertising ,
Assurance of Discontinuation (AOD) ,
Cannabis Products ,
Colorado ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Advertising ,
Misleading Statements ,
Penalties ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Settlement ,
Settlement Agreements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On December 19, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Fostering Affordability and Integrity through Reasonable (FAIR) Business Practices Act. The FAIR Act, which was proposed by Attorney General (AG) Tish...more
1/8/2026
/ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Washington Attorney General (AG) Nick Brown announced a settlement with Central Washington Health Services Association, doing business as Confluence Health, over its handling of charity care refunds. The AG alleges that since...more
12/26/2025
/ Consumer Protection Laws ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospitals ,
Medical Debt ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Settlement ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
After a four-day trial, Iowa Attorney General (AG) Brenna Bird obtained a ruling and judgment against Omaha-based stem cell businesses and its owner/CEO for deceptively marketing “regenerative medicine” stem cell injections...more
12/18/2025
/ Advertising ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Elder Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Advertising ,
Healthcare ,
Injunctions ,
Penalties ,
Regenerative Medicine ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On December 11, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) that establishes a national artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory framework and attempts to preempt enforcement of state AI laws. Titled “Ensuring a...more
12/18/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Commerce Clause ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
FCC ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
FTC Act ,
Preemption ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Supremacy Clause ,
Trump Administration
On Monday, New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill announced that she will nominate Jennifer Davenport to serve as the next attorney general (AG) of New Jersey. Davenport, a lifelong New Jersey resident, is currently...more
12/17/2025
/ Affordable Housing ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Appointments ,
Firearms ,
Government Agencies ,
Gun Laws ,
Human Trafficking ,
Price Gouging ,
Public Officials ,
Public Safety ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
In this episode of our special 12 Days of Regulatory Insights podcast series, RISE attorney Nam Kang welcomes Partners Clay Friedman and Mike Yaghi for a practical look at 2025 regulatory enforcement trends in advertising and...more
On November 21, Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings’s Investor Protection Unit (IPU) announced a $995,180 penalty against Kovack Advisors, Inc. (Kovack) for a series of violations of the Delaware Securities Act. The...more
12/11/2025
/ Books & Records ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Consent Order ,
Delaware ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investor Protection ,
Misleading Statements ,
Penalties ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Registered Investment Advisors ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities Regulation ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Securities Regulators
The Texas attorney general (AG) announced a $41.5 million settlement with Pfizer and Tris Pharma related to allegations that the companies provided adulterated pharmaceutical products to children and manipulated testing to...more
12/10/2025
/ Compliance ,
Data Integrity ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicaid ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Quality Control Plan ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Settlement ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General
In this episode of our special 12 Days of Regulatory Insights podcast series, Stephen Piepgrass sits down with partner Mike Yaghi of the RISE practice group and State Attorneys General (AG) team to explore how businesses can...more
On November 13, North Carolina Attorney General (AG) Jeff Jackson and Utah AG Derek Brown, along with the Attorney General Alliance, announced a task force in conjunction with generative artificial intelligence (AI)...more
11/25/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Innovative Technology ,
Microsoft ,
New Legislation ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
State Attorneys General
On November 6, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta, Connecticut AG William Tong, and New York AG Letitia James announced a $5.1 million settlement with Illuminate Education, Inc. (Illuminate), an educational technology...more
11/19/2025
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
EdTech ,
Educational Institutions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
School Districts ,
Settlement ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Student Digital Privacy Act ,
Student Privacy ,
Students ,
Third-Party
On September 18, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) and the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General (AG) announced that Lyft had paid $19,435,087.06 for allegedly misclassifying its...more
10/27/2025
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Gig Economy ,
Independent Contractors ,
Lyft ,
Misclassification ,
New Jersey ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Settlement ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
On October 10, 2025, Illinois Attorney General (AG) Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit on behalf of Ann Gillespie, director of the Illinois Department of Insurance (the Department), against four different entities, all within the...more
10/21/2025
/ Consumer Insurance Products ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Document Productions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Failure to Produce ,
Government Agencies ,
Industry Examinations ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Premiums ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Farm ,
State Insurance Administrations
On October 7, 2025, Kalshi, a platform specializing in prediction market trading, filed a lawsuit against the Ohio Casino Control Commission (OCCC) and Ohio attorney general (AG), alleging that their regulatory actions...more
10/15/2025
/ Cease and Desist Orders ,
CFTC ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Gambling ,
Injunctions ,
Jurisdiction ,
Lack of Authority ,
Licensing Rules ,
Marketing ,
Preemption ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Securities Contracts ,
State and Local Government ,
Stock Trades
In this crossover episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast and Regulatory Oversight, Chris Willis is joined by Joseph DeFazio, Bill Foley, and Michael Yaghi to discuss the implications of New York's FAIR Act, a significant...more
In this crossover episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast and Regulatory Oversight, Chris Willis is joined by Joseph DeFazio, Bill Foley, and Michael Yaghi to discuss the implications of New York's FAIR Act, a significant...more
Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Andrea Joy Campbell recently filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court against KalshiEX LLC (Kalshi), an online prediction market platform, alleging that the platform runs an illegal sports...more
In 2022, a bipartisan task force of 51 state attorneys general (AGs) was formed to investigate and take legal action against companies allegedly responsible for large volumes of fraudulent and illegal robocall traffic. North...more
8/22/2025
/ Call Blocking ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCC ,
Joint Task Force ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Robocalling ,
State Attorneys General ,
Telecommunications ,
Warning Letters
In this episode of Regulatory Oversight, Stephen Piepgrass, Michael Yaghi, and Dan Waltz conclude their two-part series on the Better Business Bureau (BBB). The group discusses strategies for managing and improving BBB...more
On July 28, Florida Attorney General (AG) James Uthmeier announced investigations into two environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scoring organizations for potential violations of state consumer protection and antitrust...more
In this episode of Regulatory Oversight, we kick off a two-part series on the Better Business Bureau (BBB). Stephen Piepgrass, Michael Yaghi, and Dan Waltz explore the significance of the BBB for businesses, particularly in...more
One of many provisions in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, would place a 10-year “temporary pause” on states’ ability to regulate artificial intelligence (AI). Initially called a...more
6/26/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Funding ,
Innovative Technology ,
New Regulations ,
Preemption ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Trump Administration