State Attorneys General
State Attorneys General (AGs)
Attorneys General are the legal officers and regulators of their state and act on behalf of citizens. As the “Top Cops” of their states, they have broad consumer protection authority to enforce and investigate (CIDs) unfair and deceptive acts and practices (UDAP), including false advertising.
Richard B. Newman Authors Data Privacy Article for Performance Marketing Association
Data Privacy Trends Impacting Digital Marketing Industry Richard B. Newman recently authored an article for the Performance Marketing Association which discusses state, federal and international data privacy legislative efforts during 2018. The article is entitled “The Year in Privacy 2018.” The article details efforts at the state level to solidify data privacy laws and…
Read Article...FTC Attorney Richard Newman Quoted in Bloomberg Law on Record NY OAG COPPA Settlement
FTC investigation attorney Richard B. Newman was quoted in Bloomberg Law in an article entitled “New York, Oath Settle Children’s Online Privacy Charges for $5M.” The article addresses the New York Attorney General announcement of a record settlement with Oath, Inc., formerly known as AOL, for allegedly violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The penalty is the largest-ever penalty in a…
Read Article...New York Attorney General Provides Comments to FTC on Role of States in Consumer Protection
The New York Attorney General – as part of a bipartisan coalition of 29 Attorneys General – recently filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission highlighting role state Attorneys General play in consumer protection. In doing so, the NY OAG asked the FTC to include states in forthcoming policy discussions. In June, the Federal Trade…
Read Article...New York Attorney General False Advertising Claims Not Preempted
A York appeals court recently rejected a preemption argument in a lawsuit initiated by the New York Attorney General alleging that Time Warner Cable, subsequently purchased by Charter, and Spectrum management defrauded New York consumers by misrepresenting facts about access to online services. According to the NY OAG, the defendants made various unqualified guarantees about Internet…
Read Article...New York Attorney General Settles With Campground Companies Over Deceptive Practices
On July 2, 2018 the New York Attorney General announced an investigation and settlement with Adventure Resorts of America, LLC, Adirondack Adventure Resorts of Lake George, Inc. and Saratoga Escape Lodges & RV Resort, Inc., concerning allegations of the campgrounds’ misleading marketing and sale of campground memberships. According to the NY OAG, the settlement requires…
Read Article...New York Attorney General Continues Crackdown on For-Profit Colleges
New York Attorney General recently announced a $375,000 settlement with Flatiron School, Inc., a New York city-based coding school that operated without a license from the New York State Education Department and for allegedly promoting its job placement rate and the average starting salary of its graduates in an improper fashion. The settlement follows a series of actions taken by the…
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