Utah joins FTC in suing Toast over alleged deceptive pricing and hidden fees
Utah has joined the Federal Trade Commission, six other states, and two local governments in suing Toast, Inc., alleging the company misled restaurant owners with deceptive pricing, false customer support claims, and hidden fees.
Utah and other states reach $220 million settlement with GM over driver data
Utah Attorney General Derek Brown, the Utah Department of Commerce’s Division of Consumer Protection, and 35 other attorneys general reached a $220 million settlement with General Motors (GM) over allegations that the automaker sold drivers’ driving behavior and location data without their consent. Utah will receive $6,938,619 from the settlement.
Utah settlement cancels $16,758,262 in Snap Finance lease payments
Utah Attorney General Derek Brown and the Utah Department of Commerce’s Division of Consumer Protection join 16 other states in a $665 million settlement with Snap Finance.
Utah sues Kalshi, alleging its prediction market is gambling
Utah Attorney General Derek Brown today announced that the Utah Attorney General’s Office has filed a civil lawsuit against KalshiEX LLC and related entities in Utah state court over illegal gambling offered to Utah residents through the company’s online prediction market platform.
Utah seeks child safety and privacy protections in Character.AIBankruptcy sale
Utah Attorney General Derek Brown and the Utah Department of Commerce’s
Division of Consumer Protection join a multistate filing calling for child safety and privacy safeguards in sale of the company.
Utah students take a seat at the table as Attorney General Derek Brown reconvenes Student Advisory Council
Utah Attorney General Derek Brown welcomed a new class of students to the Attorney General's Student Advisory Council, continuing a program that hands the state's young leaders a direct role in the policy conversations that affect them and encourages a lifelong habit of civic participation.
Utah Food Bank to receive more than 1.5 million eggs through Utah Attorney General’s price-fixing lawsuit
The first shipment of the 1,512,000 eggs that Utah secured through a price-fixing settlement arrived at the Utah Food Bank today, Attorney General Derek Brown announced.
Utah, FTC sue Lens.com for misrepresenting the price of contact lenses in search ads and on its website
Today, Utah, joined by the Federal Trade Commission and the Nevada Attorney General, sued to stop a long-running deceptive pricing scheme run by contact lens retailer Lens.com Inc.
Attorney General Brown pushes FCC to strengthen “Know Your Upstream Provider” rules to combat illegal robocalls
Attorney General Derek Brown and a bipartisan coalition of 48 other attorneys general are urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen its “Know Your Upstream Provider” (KYUP) requirements to keep scammers from using the U.S. phone network to make illegal robocalls.
Utah helps defeat New York’s $75 billion climate superfund law
A federal court has struck down New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act, blocking the state’s attempt to impose $75 billion in penalties on energy producers for decades of lawful energy production.