June 10, 2020 - Alleging “a massive fraud on the American people,” 51 states and territories, led by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, are suing generic drug companies for price collusion. The nearly 600-page complaint, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Hartford, accuses 26 corporate defendants and 10 individuals of engaging in a broad...
June 2, 2020 - Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is saying “Sorry Charlie’’ to StarKist tuna and the former CEO of competitor Bumble Bee, suing both for price-fixing he contends bilked consumers of millions of dollars. The lawsuit, filed in King County Superior Court, alleges a three-company price-fixing scheme between 2004 and 2015 cost...
May 29, 2020 - Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate significant price swings in the cattle and beef markets to determine whether any illegal market manipulation has occurred, the attorney general’s office announced today. In a letter sent today to U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, Schmidt joined the...
May 20, 2020 - Thirty-four attorneys general announced a $550 million settlement Tuesday with auto loan financing company Santander over allegations it knowingly targeted consumers who were likely to default on its loans. Consumers who defaulted on their loans from the company as of last year will be allowed to keep their car if it has not been...
May 13, 2020 - Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined 20 other state attorney generals to ask Congress to enact liability protections from frivolous Covid-19 related lawsuits. Marshall, along with 20 other AG's, sent a letter on May 11 to Congressional leaders describing legal ramifications. The letter states: in the wake of this unprecedented...
May 6, 2020 - The attorneys general for 11 Midwestern states urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to pursue a federal investigation into market concentration and potential price-fixing by meatpackers in the cattle industry during the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, the state attorneys general noted that the...
April 29, 2020 - Attorney General Aaron Ford sent a letter to the nation’s three Consumer Reporting Agencies that they he will not hesitate to enforce safeguards set in place to ensure consumers’ credit is properly protected and their credit reports are fairly and accurately reported. The AG is joined by a coalition of 21 attorneys general in this letter....
April 23, 2020 - Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III and 33 other attorneys general are calling on extra precautions to be put in place to protect homeowners affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. AG Slatery signed on to letters addressed to the leaders of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Finance...
April 13, 2020 - Coronavirus stimulus checks are protected under existing Ohio law from bill collectors and exempt from state and federal attachment, garnishment or execution. Ohio Attorney General David Yost announced this Monday in a press release. “The stimulus checks were intended to be used during an emergency – to put food on the table, keep the...
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