Oregon Leads $438 Million Agreement with JUUL Labs

Attorney General Rosenblum announced today a $438.5 million agreement between JUUL Labs and 34 states and territories resolving a two-year bipartisan investigation into the e-cigarette manufacturer’s marketing and sales practices. In addition to the financial terms, the settlement forces JUUL to comply with a series of strict injunctive terms severely limiting their marketing and sales practices. Oregon… View Article

Posted in Consumer Protection, Media Release on September 7, 2022

Be safe from extremely devious bank imposters. They want to drain your bank account and will — if you let them!

This is an important message to all Oregonians from AG Ellen Rosenblum: Do not — under any circumstances — provide personal information to anyone who calls claiming to be from a bank or other financial institution and tells you your account has been compromised. That’s because they’re – more than likely – trying to scam… View Article

Posted in Consumer Protection, News on August 23, 2022

Western State Attorneys General Seek to Halt Capacity Expansion of GTN Pipeline

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, and Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed a motion to intervene and request that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) deny the proposed capacity expansion of the Gas Transmission Northwest Express (GTN) pipeline. The proposed capacity expansion would increase the amount of natural gas carried by the pipeline by… View Article

Posted in Media Release on August 22, 2022

Don’t Fall for This Home Warranty Scam

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is warning homeowners about a home warranty scam. A number of Oregonians have reported receiving a letter in the mail from “Home Warranty Solutions” urging them to purchase a home warranty claiming the current home warranty “may be expiring or may have already expired.” Each letter contains the same claim,… View Article

Posted in Consumer Protection, News on August 17, 2022

Oregon Sues National Lending Company for Deceiving Customers with Hidden Add-On Products

Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today announced a multistate lawsuit against lending company Mariner Finance for violating the federal Consumer Financial Protection Act. The company is alleged to have hidden add-on products that consumers didn’t know about or agree to purchase. Customers of Mariner Finance assumed they had entered into an agreement to borrow a certain… View Article

Posted in Media Release on August 16, 2022