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2022 State Attorneys General Election Re-Cap

On November 8, 30 states and the District of Columbia held elections for state attorneys general. Below are the current results of the elections for each of the 31 races. We will continue to update this blog post as results...more

Travel Companies in Nevada False Claims Act Action Appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court

In 2020, two Las Vegas communications consultants brought a lawsuit against a group of top online booking companies. The complaint alleges that the defendant travel companies avoided paying hundreds of millions of dollars in...more

More Privacy, Please - June 2022

Editor’s Note: This past month featured increased activity in privacy and data protection. U.S. Legislation and Regulation. Connecticut’s governor signed a comprehensive privacy bill, and President Biden has before him a bill...more

State Attorneys General Urge CFPB Oversight on “Buy Now, Pay Later” Companies

On March 25, the Illinois State Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with 18 other state attorneys general (state AGs), provided comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) related to the CFPB’s inquiry into...more

Navient Settles with State AG Coalition Over Alleged Unfair, Deceptive, and Abusive Student Loan Origination and Servicing...

On January 13, a coalition of 39 state attorneys general — led by AGs from Pennsylvania, Washington, Illinois, Massachusetts, and California — reached a settlement with student loan servicer Navient over allegedly unfair,...more

DC Taxpayers Face More Scrutiny Under New False Claims Act

On Jan. 13, 2021, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the False Claims Amendment Act, which expanded liability under the Washington, D.C., False Claims Act, or FCA, to encompass tax-related claims. Originally...more

New York Receives $105 Million in Tax Revenue and Damages Under False Claims Statute, While Other States Take Steps to Remove...

In early March, New York State Attorney General Letitia James and New York City Corporation Counsel John E. Johnson announced a $105 million settlement against a hedge fund manager for tax evasion. The New York authorities...more

More Privacy, Please - March 2021

Do you want a simple way to keep current on important privacy changes? Avoid sleepless nights wondering whether you missed a privacy speed bump or pothole between annual updates? Worry no longer. Troutman Pepper is pleased to...more

State Watchdogs: As Biden Takes Office, Republican Attorneys General Likely to Challenge Administration on Many Fronts

During the past four years, Democratic state attorneys general filed a record number of lawsuits against the Trump administration’s executive orders. Now as the Biden administration takes office, and with the shoe on the...more

Enforcement Begins Under Chicago’s Ban on Flavored Vaping Products

On September 9, 2020, the City of Chicago passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of flavored liquid nicotine products. The City has wasted no time enforcing the ordinance. At the end of January 2021, the City of Chicago...more

Amending DC’s False Claims Act: Expansion of the DC AG’s Power Through Removal of the Tax Bar

On January 13, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the False Claims Amendment Act of 2020 (the Amendment), which expanded liability under the D.C. False Claims Act (D.C. FCA) to encompass tax-related claims. The...more

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