On May 10th, 2023, the National Association of Attorneys General’s Consumer Protection Spring Conference held a panel on Artificial Intelligence and Deep Fakes. This panel provided an overview of the use of AI in the marketplace, how it is detected, enforcement efforts taken to address consumer harm, and the natural security concern from
State AG Updates: September 8-14, 2022
Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates.
Multistate
- A coalition of 18 state attorneys general sent a comment letter to the Federal Trade Commission asking it to adopt and bolster guidance on automobile sales. Specifically, the coalition is both applauding
State AG Updates: September 1-7, 2022
Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates.
Multistate
- A coalition of 38 attorneys general asked Congress to pass legislation that would allow attorneys general to enforce state and federal consumer protections for airline travelers. This request came after thousands of complaints from
State AG Updates: August 25-31, 2022
Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates.
Multistate
- A coalition of 18 state attorneys general filed a motion to intervene in support of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in Natural Resources Defense Council, et al., v. National
State Attorney Generals Call on CFPB to Protect Consumers in Buy-Now-Pay-Later Transactions
April 12, 2022
On March 25, 2022, a multistate coalition of over twenty democratic attorneys general submitted a joint letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) asking the Bureau to create a rule regulating providers of Buy-Now-Pay-Later (“BNPL”) financing. The joint letter was submitted in response to the CFPB’s “Notice and Request for Comment
Price Gouging Enforcement to Continue Post-Pandemic
March 15, 2022
Though many states have either rescinded or allowed their pandemic-related declarations of emergency to expire, state attorneys general are continuing to monitor and enforce against price gouging.
For example, several state attorneys general have recently issued press releases regarding the potential price gouging of gas and oil after President Biden announced a