Oregon DOJ News

Are You Buying a New Home or Refinancing? Please Read This First!

Buying a new home is so exciting! But it can also be chaotic. Amid the stress and piles of paperwork it can be difficult to think clearly. Unfortunately, that’s when fraudsters are most likely to strike and try to trick you into wiring money to their account. “This type of fraud – known as real… View Article

Posted in Consumer Protection, News on January 12, 2024

Attorney General Rosenblum Announces $700 Million Settlement with Google over Play Store Misconduct

Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and a bipartisan group of 52 other attorneys general today announced a $700 million agreement with Google in their lawsuit about Google’s anticompetitive conduct with the Google Play Store. “Every company is required to play by the rules, from the smallest of mom-and-pop shops to the biggest brands on the planet,… View Article

Posted in Media Release, News on December 19, 2023

Oregon Attorney General Rosenblum On SCOTUS Decision to Hear Medication Abortion Case

Only 18 months after its bombshell ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning the US Constitutional right to an abortion, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear yet another case that could have a major impact on Americans’ reproductive freedom. The case is an appeal from the ruling of the Fifth Circuit… View Article

Posted in Media Release, News on December 15, 2023

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum Elected as President of National Association of Attorneys General

Year ahead will focus on protecting, empowering youth  The National Association of Attorneys General, the nonpartisan national forum for America’s state and territory attorneys general, has elected three-term Oregon Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum as president of the association. NAAG (pronounced N-A-A-G) serves as a community for attorneys general to address collaboratively issues important to… View Article

Posted in Media Release, News on December 6, 2023

‘Tis the Season for Holiday Scams…

AG Rosenblum Urges Oregonians to Watch Out for Scammers this Holiday Season  For many Oregonians, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the perfect time to check items off their holiday shopping lists. For others, it’s an opportunity to trick people out of their money and sensitive personal information. “In the midst of all the holiday… View Article

Posted in Consumer Protection, Media Release on November 22, 2023