| News Tipoffs - Nebraska Editors Newsletter for Tuesday June 27, 2023 ( 4 items ) |
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Calif. A.G. Bonta Supports FTC's Effort to Facilitate Cancellation of Unwanted Consumer Subscriptions and Memberships
OAKLAND, California, June 27 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
As part of a coalition of 26 attorneys general, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that he has filed a comment letter supporting the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) proposed improvements to its existing Negative Option Rule. "Negative option offers" are a business tactic of interpreting a consumer's silence -- or failure to take affirmative action -- as acceptance of an o
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Conn. A.G. Tong Supports FTC Amendments to Protect Consumers From Deceptive Auto-Renewals
HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 27 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release and letter:
Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 26 state attorneys general submitted comments in support of Federal Trade Commission amendments to the Negative Option Rule protecting consumers from deceptive auto-renewal programs.
Negative options are marketing methods for companies to enroll consumers in subscriptions, continuity plans and programs, automatic renewals, an
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Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency: Soldier Accounted for From World War II (Brooks, J.C.)
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on June 26, 2023:
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Pvt. J.C. Brooks, 19, of Rockfield, Kentucky, who was killed during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 27, 2022.
In the summer of 1943, Brooks was a member of Company I, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. His unit was part of Operation HUSKY, the Allied effort from
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PA. A.G. HENRY SUPPORTS FTC'S AMENDMENTS TO NEGATIVE OPTION RULE, WHICH WILL PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM DECEPTIVE AUTO-RENEWAL PROGRAMS AND PLANS
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 27 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news release and letter:
Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that, along with the New York Office of Attorney General, she is leading a coalition of 26 state Attorneys General in supporting the Federal Trade Commission's amendments to its Negative Option Rule.
Negative options are marketing methods for companies to enroll consumers in subscriptions, continuity plans and pro
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