In January, Ford County, Kansas joined a class action complaint filed in Missouri against eleven plastics manufacturers, seeking to represent “all persons or entities” in 35 states who purchased relevant plastics since 1990. In a prior complaint
relating to these same issues, Ford County declared that the “plastics problem” requires a “a national, 50-state solution,”
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Two Class Actions Take a ShOt at Substantiation for Lemme’s GLP-1 Daily Supplement
By Katie Rogers
Two new class action complaints, both captioned Robins v. Lemme Inc., were filed in in California Superior Court and the Southern District of New York on February 19 and March 9, respectively. The complaints bring parallel causes of action under the California and New York consumer fraud statutes against Kourtney Kardashian’s “Lemme GLP-1 Daily,” a…
CPPA Drives Home Enforcement Priorities in CCPA Settlement with Honda
On March 12, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced a settlement with American Honda Motor Co., resolving allegations that the company violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and requiring Honda to pay a $632,500 fine. The announcement marks the Agency’s most far-reaching enforcement action, and the first to stem from the…
"Junk Fee" Legislative Roundup – 2025 Edition
2024 was an action-packed year for followers of federal and state laws and regulations governing the disclosure of fees, or so-called “junk fee” laws. In the waning days of the Biden administration, the FTC released a significantly narrowed version of its initial proposed rule that would apply exclusively to the sale of live-event tickets and…
New York AG Settles with School Calendar App, Saturn
This week, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced
a settlement with app developer Saturn Technologies (Saturn) following an investigation into privacy practices that promised teens an exclusive community but allegedly did not deliver on its claims. The Assurance of Discontinuance (AOD) states that Saturn’s actions constituted violations of New York’s Executive Law 63(12) and…
State AGs and Consumer Protection: What We Learned From … Michigan
What’s going on with Michigan’s consumer protection statute? How does the Michigan Attorney General’s Office operate? And what are its enforcement priorities? Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, along with two members of her staff, Jason Evans (Michigan Corporate Oversight Division Chief) and Darrin Fowler (Assistant Attorney General), joined Kelley Drye to answer these questions and…
AGs Celebrate Consumer Protection Week 2025
Many state Attorneys General are celebrating Consumer Protection Week this week by releasing their top consumer complaint categories, summarizing their past year’s successes, and/or providing consumer education. As the AG press releases show, some AGs use voluntary dispute resolution to obtain relief from consumer complaints, and others take a monitoring approach, often referring…
California Privacy Protection Agency Ramps Up Data Broker Oversight
In recent months, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has stepped firmly into a role as the nation’s leading data broker regulatory and enforcement agency.
In January, 495 data brokers registered with the CPPA, bringing in an estimated $3.3 million in registration fees.
Last week, the CPPA entered into a settlement with data broker Background…
What’s Next for the Green Guides? Insights from Commissioner Holyoak’s Remarks at CPG
Green marketing is very much in vogue, and so is suing companies over their green marketing. If you want to avoid those suits, you should generally start by looking at the FTC’s Green Guides. But a lot has changed since the Green Guides were last updated in 2012, so they don’t always provide clear answers…
NAD Considers Whether “Best Practices” are Really the Best Practices
The Certified Angus Beef organization (or “CAB”) is a nonprofit organization that certifies high-quality Angus beef. CAB encourages beef producers to participate in the Beef Quality Assurance (or “BQA”) program, claiming that the program represents “best practices” for animal handling, animal care, and responsible antibiotic use.
Animal Partisan is a nonprofit organization whose stated mission…