AG Chronicles: March 2025
March 2025
AG Chronicles: a monthly newsletter breaking down State Attorneys General consumer protection issues and highlighting news from the states.
IN THE NEWS AND LATEST UPDATES
State AGs and Consumer Protection: What We Learned From ... Michigan
What’s going on with Michigan’s consumer protection statute? How does the Michigan Attorney General’s Office operate? And what are its enforcement priorities? Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, along with two members of her staff, Jason Evans (Michigan Corporate Oversight Division Chief) and Darrin Fowler (Assistant Attorney General), joined Kelley Drye to answer these questions and more. Here’s what we learned.
AGs Celebrate Consumer Protection Week 2025
Many state Attorneys General are celebrating Consumer Protection Week this week by releasing their top consumer complaint categories, summarizing their past year’s successes, and/or providing consumer education. As the AG press releases show, some AGs use voluntary dispute resolution to obtain relief from consumer complaints, and others take a monitoring approach, often referring to other agencies as appropriate.
AGs Ask Congress to Take Further Action on ORC
If you have been following our blogs, it should be no surprise that the Attorneys General remain focused on combatting Organized Retail Crime (ORC) using available state and federal tools.
The Attorneys General of Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, and South Carolina co-led a bipartisan letter joined by 34 other Attorneys General (AGs) to encourage Congress to help “combat the nationwide organized retail crime epidemic” as retailers across the country have been forced to close stores due to financial losses and physical dangers from crime. These store closures, the AGs explain, often result in underrepresented communities losing access to necessary consumer goods.
Understanding Multistate Enforcement: Insights from the ABA’s New Consumer Protection Guide
Kelley Drye Special Counsel Abigail Stempson has contributed to Consumer Protection: Understanding Enforcement Actions Brought by State Attorneys General, a newly released publication from the American Bar Association. Abby co-authored Chapter 8, which focuses on multistate enforcement matters—an area of critical importance for in-house counsel and businesses navigating state consumer protection laws.
Privacy, Consumer Protection, and State AG Enforcement Action: What to Expect in 2025
Comprehensive state privacy laws are the “new normal.” Comprehensive state privacy legislation is unlikely to slow down any time soon. In the first few weeks of 2025 alone, nineteen comprehensive privacy bills were introduced across ten states. As more states endeavor to jump on the privacy bandwagon, consumer protection offices will no doubt begin to ramp up education and enforcement efforts.
Multistate Coalition Files Amicus Brief Warning Against Efforts to Dismantle the CFPB
In February, a coalition of all 23 democratic attorneys general filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland warning against efforts by the Trump Administration to defund and disband the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The brief comes in the wake of the outgoing CFPB’s call for state action, in a foreshadowing of events to come.
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NEWS FROM THE STATES
Alaska
Court Orders Local Business to Pay $250,000 Penalty for Selling Imported Products as Alaskan Made
Arizona
Attorney General Mayes Reaches Settlement for Online Shoppers Deceived by Custom Goods Business
Attorney General Mayes Sues CBR Systems for Deceptive Practices in Cord Blood Banking Industry
Connecticut
Florida
Iowa
Attorney General Bird Sues Crypto ATM Companies for Costing Iowans More than $20 Million
Michigan
AG Nessel Launches Investigation into Another Alleged Fraudulent Pet Scheme
New York
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Washington
AG’s office sues collections agency for failing to advise consumers about medical debt protections
AG investigation ends alleged jewelry pyramid scheme in Washington state
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Webinar: How State Attorneys General are Asserting in 2025
Co-Sponsored by MultiState
Paul Singer
March 25, 2025 at 3:00 pm ET, Zoom
Conference: Contemporary Issues in Complex Litigation
Session: Government Litigation – The Role of State Attorneys General
Paul Singer
April 3, 2025 at 1:30 pm CT, Northwestern University
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