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.
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…
Read Article...2015 Consumer Complaint Survey Report
According to the latest report from the annual survey conducted by Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and the North American Consumer Protection Investigators (NACPI), phone IRS agents and other imposter scams topped the list of the quickly-growing complaints to state and local consumer protection agencies last year. The survey consisted of thirty-three consumer agencies from…
Read Article...New York OAG Announces Agreements with Marketers That Engaged in Deceptive Advertising, Ordering and Customer Service Practices
The New York State Attorney General has settled charges with two separate companies for deceptive sales practices that resulted in hidden charges to consumers that order products marketed on television. The agreements require Tristar Products, Inc. and Product Trend, LLC to make significant reforms to their advertising, ordering processes and customer service practices. According to…
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