AG Alliance Roundup -April 8th, 2021

Announcements, information and updates from the AG Alliance Members and Associates

April 8th, 2021

UPCOMING EVENTS

Addressing Hate and the Internet

AG Alliance Social Justice & Equity Initiatives

Thursday, April 8th from 2 - 3pm ET

Moderated by Chief Deputy AG Jason Downs, District of Columbia

Panelists:

Mary McCord, Executive Director, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, and Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center
Heidi Beirich, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, Inc and Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Change the Terms
Elizabeth Banker, Deputy General Counsel, Internet Association
Lauren Krapf, National Policy Counsel, Anti-Defamation League

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Banding Together: Reddit, Robinhood and

Regulatory Response to Market Populism

Thursday, May 6th from 12 - 1 pm ET

Hosted by Thomson Reuters Institute

The Thomson Reuters Institute is pleased to present an ongoing series of contemporary takes on our current social justice environment. Our aim is to foster healthy debate and intellectual inquiry into forces and trends shaping the global public square.

Contact: TRI@thomsonreuters.com

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HOT TOPICS

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY

Capital One Business and Female Founder collective elevate black female founder voices on creating generational wealth and more. The number of Black female founders who have raised more than $1M in funding for their businesses has nearly tripled since 2018.

New York AG James and Illinois AG Raoul led a coalition of 10 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate to pass H.R. 1280, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021.

ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTIONS

STUDENT LOAN RELIEF

Oregon AG Rosenblum filed an application with the U.S. Department of Education asking for the cancellation of federal student loan debt for thousands of former students, including an unspecified number of Oregonians, who attended ITT Technical Institute.

CONSUMER PROTECTION

D.C. AG Racine filed a lawsuit against Opportunity Financial, LLC a predatory online lender, for deceptively marketing illegal high-interest loans to District consumers. Read full complaint.

Oregon AG Rosenblum announced a crack-down on deceptive prize promotions run by car dealerships. The statewide investigation ended in settlements with four different car dealerships for sending misleading mailers and scratch-off tickets.

Michigan AG Nessel announced a new consumer protection initiative to provide identity theft victims with resources and guidance to minimize damage caused by identity theft.

Oklahoma AG Hunter announced a $25 million settlement with Farmers Insurance for the company’s handling of earthquake claims.

Indiana AG Rokita announced that he is investigating whether five Big Tech companies have potentially harmed consumers through business practices that are abusive, deceptive and/or unfair.

COVID-19 VACCINE

North Carolina AG Stein led a bipartisan group of 45 attorneys general calling on Twitter, eBay, and Shopify to act immediately to prevent people from selling fraudulent CDC vaccination cards on their platforms. See the attorneys general letter to the CEO's here.

CONSUMER PROTECTION

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a set of rule changes intended to help prevent avoidable foreclosures as the emergency federal foreclosure protections expire.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed extending the effective date of two recent debt collection rules to give affected parties more time to comply due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

CYBERSECURITY

Verizon Mobile Security Index reveals that many businesses may have left themselves vulnerable and open to cybercriminals in the rush to ensure their workforce could operate remotely.

COMMUNITY

Walmart and Feeding America have partnered to help fight hunger as the need continues as a result of the pandemic by supporting local food banks and helping fight food insecurity assisting local food banks to help people in their communities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR ONGOING SOCIAL JUSTICE & EQUITY INITIATIVES

Over the last year, communities across the country have assessed their treatment of minorities and other under-represented populations. In an effort to facilitate dialogue in the Attorney General community, Amazon and the Attorney General Alliance have partnered to create a series of conversations exploring issues around justice and social equity. We are excited to announce 2021 as the inaugural year of this forum and we look forward to providing focused programing aimed at facilitating exploration of these issues. We thank Amazon for their leadership and invite all of our public and private partners join us as we embark on these discussions.

VIRTUAL SEMINAR LIBRARY

Missed our live programs? No problem! Follow the button below to visit our Virtual Seminar Library for access to all recordings.

Do you have a webinar topic suggestion? We want to hear from you! Please email ideas to Andrea Friedman at AFriedman@AGAlliance.org.

Virtual Library

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- AG Jason Ravnsborg - AG Hector Balderas -

AG Alliance Co-Chairs

- AG Lawrence Wasden - AG Sean Reyes - AG Karl Racine -

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