To kick off National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today released the Oregon Department of Justice’s (DOJ) list of 2021’s top ten consumer complaints. For the second year in a row, auto sales and repairs, telecommunications and imposter scams... View Article
Attorney General Rosenblum Alerts Consumers Impacted by the Massive 2021 T-Mobile Data Breach to Take Steps to Protect Your Personal Information. Attorney General Rosenblum urges all Oregonians who may have been impacted by last year’s massive T-Mobile data breach to... View Article
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Oregon to receive up to $97 million in Purdue Pharma and $329 million in drug distributors/manufacturers cases Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today announced a major settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family that will deliver up to $6 billion... View Article
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With the growth of the highly contagious Omicron variant and the demand for Covid-19 tests rising throughout Oregon, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum reminded Oregonians to watch for testing sites that seem suspicious, or vendors that are selling at-home tests for... View Article
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today announced the appointment of Lisa Udland as Deputy Attorney General, effective December 1, 2021. Udland will replace Deputy Attorney General Fred Boss, who is retiring, and who has served 27 years at the Oregon... View Article
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It is the holiday season—one of the busiest and, hopefully, one of the most enjoyable times of year! It is also a time to be especially careful with your money, as scam artists are also busy, and the ongoing pandemic... View Article
Recently, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum learned about several fake job postings targeting individuals interested in applying for jobs at the Oregon Department of Justice. These fake job listings are created by scraping legitimate websites, such as LinkedIn, and then... View Article
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September is National Disaster Preparedness Month, and the Oregon Department of Justice, the Department of Consumer and Business Services, and the Construction Contractors Board have prepared a new resource guide for Oregonians. The easy-to read, ten-page booklet is available in English and Spanish and... View Article
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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Treasurer Tobias Read today announced a settlement with L Brands, Inc. (NYSE: LB), owner of Victoria’s Secret, PINK and Bath & Body Works, that commits $90 million of company funds to (1) protect employees... View Article
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum last night received the second annual report from the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) on 2020 data on hate crimes and bias incidents in Oregon. In total, 1,101 reports were made to the Oregon DOJ... View Article