Consumer Protection News & Announcements
2009 Headlines
- 10/16/09 Department of Law Urges Vigilance Against Identity Theft
- 05/20/09 "Operation False Charity" Law Enforcement Sweep
- 05/14/09 Alaska and 16 States Enter Into Settlement with Michelin North America, Inc.
- 03/03/09 Attorney General's Office Urges Consumers to be on the Lookout for Scams Preying on Economic Fears
- 02/26/09 Attorneys General Announce Settlement Resolving Enviga Weight Loss and Calorie-Burning Claims
- 02/11/09 Attorney General Releases Gasoline Pricing Report
- Gasoline Pricing Report - LARGE PDF (1.47MB)
- 01/12/09 Attorney General Colberg Announces Settlement with Dell and Dell Financial Services
- Dell Claim Form & Instructions - PDF (50KB)
- 01/08/09 Makers of Airborne Settle Charges of Deceptive Advertising
- 01/07/09 42 States Settle with Sante Fe Natural Tobacco Company
2008 Headlines
- 12/15/08 Attorney General Colberg Reaches Settlement with Mattel
- 10/30/08 Company Agrees to Safeguards for Student Information
- 10/23/08 Attorney General Colberg Files Judgment Against Pfizer Inc. Resolving 5yr Investigation
- 09/05/08 Alaska Officials Warn of Possible Scams at PFD
Distribution Time - PDF (37KB) - 09/02/08 Grants to Benefit Consumers with High Blood Pressure and Angina
- 07/02/08 Attorney General Colberg Announces Settlement with MoneyGram
- 05/08/08 AGs' Agreement with Facebook to Make Site Safer for Underage Users
- 03/03/08 Attorney General Colberg Announces Settlement with Directory Billing, LLC to Stop Use of Activation Checks
- 01/14/08 Attorney General Announces Nationwide Agreement with MySpace to Boost Social Networking Safety
2007 Headlines
- 08/30/07 Attorney General Colberg Announces Settlement With Maker of Implantable Defibrillators
- 07/26/07 Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education and Alaska Department of Law Warn Against Predatory Lending
- 02/02/07 Alaskans Encouraged to take Advantage of Education Opportunities and Resources to Mark National Consumer Protection Week
2006 Headlines
- 10/10/2006 Alaska Received Several Thousand Spanish-Language Consumer Protection Brochures at No Cost to Taxpayers. Get Spanish Version of Release Here. Get Brochures Here.
- 09/21/2006 United Egg Producers Run "A-Fowl" of Consumer Protection Laws.
- 09/07/2006 Attorney General David W. Márquez Issues Cease and Desist Order to Company Soliciting Phony Food Service Posters.
- 08/15/2006 Order Imposing Sanctions and Penalties in State Consumer Protection Lawsuit Affirmed by Alaska Supreme Court. Get Decision Here.
- 08/02/2006 Law Increasing Civil Penalties Should Provide Strong Deterrent for Consumer Protection Violations.
- 04/26/2006 Yellow Pages, Inc. to Stop Sending Check Solicitations and to Provide Consumer Refunds. Get Alaska Complaint Here. Get Alaska Consent Judgement Here.
- 03/21/2006 Alaska Joins 22 Other States in Settlement with Time Inc. Concerning Automatic Renewal Offers and Mail Solicitations. Get Settlement here.
- 02/07/2006 Attorney General Joins the FTC to Remind Alaskans that February 6th Marks National Consumer Protection Week. Test your consumer savvy by taking the FTC's Grand Scam Challenge
- 01/23/2006 Ameriquest to Pay $325 Million and Reform its Lending Practices to Resolve States' Investigations
2005 Headlines
- 12/13/2005 Nigerian Advance Fee Scam Customized for Alaska: Morris Thompson variation could be taste of ploys to come.
- 11/30/2005 Department of Law Donates Taxol Settlement Excess Proceeds to Hospice of Anchorage.
- 11/14/2005 Western Union Enters Agreement with Majority of States' Attorneys General to Fund a Consumer Protection Awareness Program Aimed at Reducing Risks of Fraudulent Wire Transfers
- 11/01/2005 AG issues warning for Alaskans to be on the lookout for a new scam involving phone calls from someone representing themselves to be an official from the court or jury clerk's office.
- 09/2/2005 Attorney General's Office on Lookout for Gasoline Price Gouging
- 08/29/2005 Alaska AG Joins 50 Attorneys General and Consumer Protection Officials in Announcing Availability of Grants Funded by 2004 Settlement With Pfizer Division Over Improper Off-Label Drug Marketing. Get Grant Program Request for Applications Here.
- 04/27/2005 Consumer Alert: People In Profit System ("PIPS") is an illegal Ponzi Scheme
- 03/29/2005 48 Attorneys General Announce Settlement with Blockbuster
Over Advertising For "No Late Fee" Program - 02/24/2005 Attorney General's Office Undertakes Initiative to Educate Consumers on Business and Work-at-Home Schemes. Get "The Sale of Business Opportunities in Alaska," a new brochure from the Department of Law
- 02/04/2005 National Consumer Protection Week Focuses on Identity Theft
Get Identity Theft Fact Sheet here. Get Identity Theft in Alaska Fact Sheet here. - 01/10/2005 Attorney General Announces Multistate Agreement with State Farm Will Result in $40 Million to Consumers Nationwide
2004 Headlines
- 11/02/2004 Attorney General Announces that Settlement Proceeds from a Multistate Lawsuit to be Distributed to the Food Bank of Alaska
- 08/13/2004 Attorney General Joins 41 Other States in Expressing Concern Over Proposed Legislation on Junk Faxes: Get Letter to Congress here.
- 07/22/2004 Alaska Attorney General Weighs in to Resolve Antitrust Concerns Over the Sale of Fuel in Western Alaska: Get Full Report here. Get Consent Decree here. Get Notice of Filing Concent Decree here
- 05/26/2004 Settlement Agreement Promises Partial Relief for Consumers Seeking Restitution from Travel and Tour Provider
- 05/14/2004 Attorney General Joins 50 Attorneys General and Consumer Protection Officials in an Historic Settlement Resolving an Investigation of Improper Off-Label Drug Marketing by Warner-Lambert
- 02/6/2004 Attorney General Seeks to Protect Consumers from Fraudulent Interstate Moving Companies (read the Letter to Representative Thomas Petri)
2003 Headlines
- 10/30/2003 Attorney General Joins Other States Urging Withdrawal of New Rule That Would Allow Destruction of Secret Pharmaceutical Pricing Information
- 10/01/2003 Alaska Joins 45-State Effort to Challenge Decision Blocking Do Not Call List
- 08/04/2003 Attorney General Files Suit Against Ask Alaska Tours For Fraud and Consumer Protection Violations
- 07/24/2003 Cancer Patients Who Puchased Taxol® Or Generic Paclitaxel (Including Onxol®), From 1999-2003, to Benefit from Settlement: Court approves program to alert cancer patients of $12.5 million reimbursement fund availability.
- 06/18/2003 Attorney General announces settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb in nationwide antitrust class action lawsuit: Anxiety sufferers, others taking the medication BuSpar over the last eight years may receive partial refunds.
- 05/20/2003 FTC and States Unite to Thwart Fundraising Fraud: State Attorneys General, Federal Trade Commission announce "Operation Phony Philanthropy" - a joint law enforcement and public education campaign to highlight fraudulant fundraising.
- 05/01/2003 Attorneys General and FTC Target Internet Auction Fraud: Alaska's Attorney General joined the FTC and 28 other states in a crackdown targeting internet auction scams that bilked thousands of consumers out of their money and merchandise.
