In a significant development for state unclaimed property programs, Wisconsin has joined a bipartisan coalition of 30 states in reaching a settlement with Delaware, effectively concluding a long-standing dispute over unclaimed official checks issued by MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. (MoneyGram).
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FDA to Enforce Cigarette Graphic Warning Rule in December 2025, Pending Litigation May Interfere
In September, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it would begin enforcing the agency’s cigarette graphic warning rule in December 2025, in an enforcement policy outlined in a short guidance document. Although a federal district court…
Takeaways From Texas AG’s Novel AI Health Settlement
Published in Law360 on September 27, 2024. © Copyright 2024, Portfolio Media, Inc., publisher of Law360. Reprinted here with permission.
On Sept. 18, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a settlement with healthcare technology company Pieces Technology pursuant to the…
California Governor Signs New Automatic Renewal Requirements Into Law
On September 24, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2863 into law. The bill amends California’s existing regulations on automatic renewal offers and continuous service offers made to California consumers.…
Colorado AG Issues Advisory on Deepfakes Ahead of 2024 General Election
On September 9, Colorado Attorney General (AG) Phil Weiser issued a public advisory warning voters about the dangers of election misinformation and disinformation in the form of realistic-looking images, videos, and audio created using artificial intelligence (AI), known as “deepfakes.”…
State AGs File Amicus Curae Brief in US Supreme Court Case Involving Flavored E-Cigarettes
Earlier this month, 20 Democratic state attorneys general (AG) filed an amicus brief supporting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) marketing denial orders (MDOs) of premarket tobacco applications (PMTAs) for flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS or e-cigarettes) currently…
Amendments Align Pennsylvania’s Breach Notification Law With Majority of States
Earlier this year, Governor Josh Shapiro signed amendments to Pennsylvania’s Breach of Personal Information Notification Act (BPINA) into law, which go into effect on September 26. As part of the implementation of these requirements, Pennsylvania Attorney General (AG) Michelle Henry…
States’ Action Still Viable Despite Ban of FTC Noncompete Rule
This article was originally published on September 18, 2024 on Bloomberg Law and is republished here with permission.
The Northern District of Texas’s nationwide ban on the Federal Trade Commission’s noncompete rule isn’t a complete bar to government enforcement. The…
Investigation Tag Team: The FTC and the State of Arizona
In this episode, Chris Carlson, an associate in the Regulatory, Investigations, Strategy and Enforcement (RISE) practice, joins Brooke and Chris to discuss how federal and state regulators are collaborating on consumer protection investigations. The team discusses a recent order and…
FDA Proposes Submission Tracking Number Requirement for ENDS Imports
In August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new proposed rule that would require importers of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products to provide an FDA-issued submission tracking number (STN) to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)…