AG Chronicles: August 2024
Kelley Drye welcomes you to AG Chronicles: a monthly newsletter breaking down State Attorneys General consumer protection issues and highlighting news from the states.
UPCOMING WEBINAR
SAVE THE DATE for our next webinar in our 2024 State Attorneys General Webinar Series.
August 15 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Join Kelley Drye’s State Attorneys General Ad Law team for Part ll of our webinar led by Chair Paul Singer and Special Counsel Abby Stempson and Beth Chun. Special guests include Kevin Anderson, Senior Counsel for Consumer Protection and Multistate Litigation at North Carolina Department of Justice and Jared Libet, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Office of the South Carolina Attorney General.
We will continue our roundtable discussion on investigations and enforcement actions led by state attorneys general (AGs) and the broad authority the states have to perform pre-litigation discovery through investigative subpoenas, often called civil investigative demands or CIDs. In Part l, we discussed common issues that may trigger a state – or multi-state – investigation, other pre-suit investigatory authority, and the basics of a CID. Join us for Part ll, as we discuss:
- Types of objections to CIDs businesses may make
- Background and caselaw on AG CID authority
- Strategies for avoiding an AG inquiry
Register Here.
IN THE NEWS AND LATEST UPDATES
From GrubHub to StubHub: DC Sues StubHub for Deceptive Pricing and Junk Fees
In June, we summarized a number of new and pending laws specifically designed to regulate how companies display prices and fees. Although it’s important for companies to focus on those, we also noted that even in states without specific laws on point, enforcers could still rely on laws that more generally outlaw deceptive and unfair acts and practices to challenge how companies display their prices. A new lawsuit filed this week by the DC Attorney General against StubHub provides yet another perfect example.
Cameo Settles with 30 AGs Over Endorsement Issues
Cameo is a platform where people can pay celebrities to record videos with scripted personal messages. Jimmy Kimmel recently used the platform to see if he could get George Santos to say silly things and then Kimmel aired those videos on his late night show. Santos later sued Kimmel, accusing him of copyright infringement, and the two are battling that out in court. But today, it’s Cameo that finds itself in a legal battle.
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NEWS FROM THE STATES
Arizona
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Attorney General Campbell Reaches Historic $600M Settlement With Major Tobacco Manufacturers
Nebraska
New York
Attorney General James Launches Website Privacy Guides for New York Consumers and Businesses
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
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