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Attorney General Ford, 21 states fight to protect consumer credit during COVID-19 pandemic
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....
Tennessee Attorney General Among 34 Nationwide Calling for More Protection for Homeowners
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...
Ohio Attorney General Says COVID-19 Stimulus Checks are Protected by Ohio Law
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...
South Carolina Attorney General Joins Coalition Looking to Hold Companies Accountable for Defective Products
April 9, 2020 - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson looks to ensure companies are held accountable for selling defective products to consumers. Wilson joins several other attorneys general from across the country regarding this matter for U.S. consumers. In a legal brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, Wilson and the coalition of attorneys...
Attorney General Ford, 20 States Ask Federal Government to Halt Non-COVID-19 Rulemaking
March 31, 2020 - Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford and 20 other attorneys general wrote a letter calling on the Trump Administration to focus its efforts on the COVID-19 pandemic and freeze other pending rulemaking activity. “The need to prioritize regulations responsive to the COVID-19 pandemic should be self-evident,” the letter states. In their...
Frosh, Attorneys General Urge Trump to Prioritize Coronavirus Testing, Production of Protective Gear
March 24, 2020 - Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has joined a coalition of more than a dozen attorneys general urging President Donald Trump to utilize the Defense Production Act to prioritize the production of critical items first responders and health care workers need amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement, Frosh said: “COVID-19 is a deadly...
The Investigators: Attorneys General are flooded with price gouging complaints. Is the practice always illegal?
MArch 18, 2020 - Attorney General Offices in Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas have been busy with complaints from consumers who are seeing an unfair rise in prices in the midst of this pandemic. Attorneys General are the only agencies in the Mid-South with the power to investigate price gouging. Price gouging laws are only triggered when the Governors...
New York, Missouri attorneys general order companies to stop promoting alleged coronavirus cures
March 11, 2020 - Two state attorneys general have ordered a prominent televangelist and other companies to stop peddling alleged coronavirus elixirs. New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday sent cease and desist orders to the Silver Edge Company and Sherrill Sellman for marketing products, such as "Silver Solution" and "Micro-Particle...
An attorneys general coalition files brief with Supreme Court over drug policy
March 3, 2020 - Attorneys general from Nebraska and Kansas have joined a coalition of 46 AGs in a brief filed with the Supreme Court on Monday over prescription drugs. In Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, the attorneys general argue that in order to protect the well-being of consumers, states must regulate pharmacy benefit managers,...
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2023 AGA Annual Meeting: An Ethics Conversation With the “Wise Ones” Panel
Bruning Law Group Partner Katie Spohn participated in a panel of former Deputy Attorneys General at the June 2023 Attorney General Alliance Annual Meeting in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. She was joined by Paul Connell (WI), Stephen Cobb (VA), and Kyle George (NV) to discuss Attorney Generals’ Offices’ opinions and ethical guidelines.
Bruning Lecture Series: District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine spoke at this year’s Attorney General Jon Bruning Lecture Series at the University of Nebraska College of Law. AG Racine’s presentation, “Using the Law in Public Interest,” discussed his nearly 30-year legal and leadership career and how current and aspiring lawyers can use the law to uplift vulnerable residents.
The Bruning Lecture Series offers students an opportunity to consider the significance of dedicating one’s legal career, wholly or in part, to public service.