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In this crossover episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast and Regulatory Oversight, Chris Willis, Kim Phan, and Stephen Piepgrass provide insights on a new joint privacy task force among several state AGs, known as the Consortium of Privacy Regulators. The consortium recently outlined goals to share state resources and align enforcement priorities regarding consumer harm and privacy rights. In response to an anticipated shift of regulatory scrutiny from federal agencies to state leaders, this episode focuses on specific steps financial services companies should consider when dealing with consumer privacy, data, complaints, and inquiries to ensure compliance and mitigate potential investigations and enforcement actions.
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Ashley Taylor, Clayton Friedman, Gene Fishel, and Jay Myers of Troutman Pepper Locke LLP discuss actions by state attorneys general under existing and AI-specific laws to address misuse and legal violations of AI.
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On May 8, the Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County ordered a health care company to pay more than $30 million in restitution to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) due to the company’s alleged fraudulent billing practices. The underlying criminal convictions and the resulting restitution order reflect a broader trend among state attorneys general (AG), who are taking a more active role in prosecuting and pursuing various forms of health care fraud.
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Compliance Services Colorado, Inc. (CSC) and Colorado Compliance Services, LLC (CCS) (collectively, the parties) recently entered into an Assurance of Discontinuance (AOD) with Colorado Attorney General (AG) Phil Weiser to resolve allegations that, beginning in August 2023, CSC sent deceptive solicitations to businesses in violation of the Colorado Consumer Protection Act.
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On May 9, Connecticut Attorney General (AG) William Tong, in collaboration with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut, announced a $495,721 false claims settlement with Advanced Dental Center PC (Advanced Dental) and its owners, Tal Yossefi and Elad Yossefi. The settlement resolves allegations that the business violated both state and federal False Claims Act (FCA) statutes by receiving so-called “recruiting fees” for each Connecticut Medicaid patient referred to the business. No liability was admitted as part of the settlement.
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On May 13, New Jersey Attorney General (AG) Matthew Platkin announced a proposed $450 million settlement agreement with 3M regarding allegations that, among other issues, contamination of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) emanated from a site now owned by 3M. The settlement resolves these claims and New Jersey’s broader claims that the state and its agencies have or may have in the future regarding PFAS. The settlement agreement remains subject to court approval.
Lynn Fitch was sworn in as Mississippi’s 40th attorney general (AG) and first-ever woman AG on January 9, 2020. She was re-elected to her second term in 2023.
Raised in Holly Springs, MS, Fitch earned both a B.B.A. and a JD at the University of Mississippi. At the age of 23, she began her legal career as special assistant AG at the Mississippi AG’s office. She continued her career in private practice as a bond attorney, accumulating more than 35 years of legal experience in both private practice and public service.
Before becoming the state’s chief legal officer, Fitch served as Mississippi’s elected state treasurer for eight years, from January 2012 to January 2020. Before that, she was selected by Governor Barbour to serve as executive director of the Mississippi State Personnel Board (MSPB), and she served as deputy executive director at the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) and as counsel for the Mississippi House of Representatives Ways and Means and Local and Private Legislation Committees.
Fitch was active on the national level as state treasurer, serving as vice president for the National Association of State Treasurers and as chair of the State Financial Officers Foundation. Since taking office as AG, she has served on the executive committees of the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) and the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), and as co-chair of NAAG’s Human Trafficking Committee.
In 2022, TIME named Fitch to its list of the 100 most influential people in the world and Worth Magazine named her to its Worthy 100 for her work protecting women and children. She was recognized as one of Mississippi’s Top 50 Most Influential in 2017, 2022, and 2023; selected as Outstanding Woman Lawyer of 2012 and a Woman Trailblazer by the Mississippi Bar Association; and honored with the prestigious Susie Blue Buchanan award by the Mississippi Bar Association’s Women in the Profession Committee. Fitch was also named a Mississippi Business Journal Leader in Finance in 2016 and Leader in Law in 2010, as well as a 2015 Honoree of the Women in Government Leadership Program by Governing Magazine.
Fitch has also been active in her community, serving as a member of the boards of several charitable organizations, including First Responders of Mississippi, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Goodwill Industries, and the American Red Cross.
June: RAGA | Summer National Meeting | New York, NY
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July: RAGA | Victory Fund Golf Retreat | Pebble Beach, CA
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