AGs Ask Congress for Joint Effort in Making Banking Services Accessible to Cannabis Industry
A bipartisan coalition of 22 AGs sent a letter asking Congressional leaders to advance the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation Banking Act of 2023 to increase access to regulated banking and financial services for state-licensed cannabis businesses.
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Drip Pricing Can Lead to Unexpected Drain on Hotel Guests’ Bank Accounts
Choice Hotels International, Inc. settled with Colorado AG Phil Weiser to resolve allegations that the company violated the Colorado Consumer Protection Act by employing “drip pricing”—omitting mandatory fees from advertised room rates.
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AGs Ask Congress Not to Deflate Inflation Reduction Act
A group of 11 Democratic AGs wrote a letter to Congressional leaders urging them to protect the Inflation Reduction Act from budget cuts.
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AGs Tell Congress that EATS Act Ruins their Appetite
A group of 16 Democratic AGs wrote a letter to Congressional leaders opposing the passage of the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act.
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FTC, DOL Partner to Protect Workers
The FTC and the U.S. Department of Labor signed an agreement to increase inter-agency cooperation in combatting anticompetitive behavior and unfair and deceptive acts and practices that harm workers.
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FTC Attempts to Unroll Anesthesiology Consolidation in Texas
The FTC filed a lawsuit against U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc., and private equity company Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe XI, L.P. and affiliated entities, alleging that they violated the Clayton Act and the FTC Act by engaging in an anticompetitive scheme to monopolize the anesthesiology market in Texas.
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