The Washington state attorney general announced a $149.5 million settlement Wednesday with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role in the opioid addiction crisis.
In a significant move, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a consortium of 25 other attorneys general have petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), emphasizing the adverse impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies on robocalls and robotexts. The group argues that AI-generated voices should come under the purview of the “artificial voice” category as per the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. This would necessitate consumers’ prior written consent before they can receive such calls.
January 12, 2024 - You aren’t alone if you already dread picking up phone calls and looking at text messages because of the constant barrage of scams. The creativity of scammers and the pervasiveness of telemarketing drive a widening gap between users and their tech, making it difficult to keep up with the latest tactics or the lawmakers’ responses. SMS...
January 5, 2024 - Cox Communications reached a $13 million settlement with the state of Arizona over deceptive cable fees, but it won’t be much of a windfall for customers who may have been misled. The agreement, detailed in a consent decree issued Wednesday, includes a $10 million payment to the state and $3,042,494 for customer refunds, the Arizona...
December 27, 2023 - Attorney General Alan Wilson announced recently that South Carolina has joined a multi-state settlement with Robinhood Financial LLC, which will pay up to $10.2 million in penalties for operational and technical failures that harmed investors. “This agreement reflects the ongoing efforts by state securities regulators to protect...
December 18, 2023 - California Attorney General Bonta joined a bipartisan multistate coalition of attorneys general in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court defending states’ rights to enforce state consumer financial protection laws against both state and national banks. In the brief filed in Cantero v. Bank of America, the coalition urges the Supreme...
December 7, 2023 - Led by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, seven states filed a federal antitrust lawsuit today challenging the NCAA’s transfer eligibility rule as an illegal restraint on college athletes’ ability to market their labor and control their education. The rule requires college athletes who transfer among Division I schools to wait one year...
November 27, 2023 - Dozens of states are suing Meta, alleging the tech giant has deliberately engineered its social media platforms Instagram and Facebook to be addictive to children and teens. Attorneys general from states ranging from California to Wisconsin filed federal and state lawsuits on Tuesday, accusing Meta of intentionally turning kids into...
November 20, 2023 - California Attorney General Rob Bonta, leading a coalition of 11 attorneys general, announced filing a multistate comment letter in support of a proposed rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regarding changes to the H-2A program. The H-2A program allows agricultural employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers to...
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