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 ArticlePosted in Media Release on August 16, 2022
Oregon Defends Abortion Access in Idaho and Texas
Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today joined 21 state Attorneys General in filing two “friend of the court” briefs—one in Idaho and one in Texas courts — defending abortion access for millions of Americans. One supports the federal government’s lawsuit to prevent Idaho’s near-total abortion ban from interfering with medically necessary emergency abortions. The other opposes… View ArticlePosted in Media Release, News on August 16, 2022
US Department of Education Forgives $39.9 Million in Debt
Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum commended the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) decision today to forgive or refund $3.9 billion in federal student loan debt for 208,000 former students of ITT Technical Institute. In Oregon, that means 2,090 Oregonians who borrowed to enroll at an ITT school between 2005 and 2016 will have $39.9 million in student debt… View ArticlePosted in Media Release on August 16, 2022
Statement on State of Oregon v. Monsanto Company, Solutia, Inc Pharmacia LLC Litigation
Today, Bayer AG, in its quarterly earnings statement referenced a “provision” amount (an amount generally put aside from profit to meet probable future expense) primarily for litigation with the State of Oregon. In January of 2018, the State of Oregon filed a lawsuit against Monsanto Company, (a subsidiary of Bayer AG), Solutia, Inc., and Pharmacia LLC,… View ArticlePosted in Media Release on August 4, 2022
New Rules Proposed by Statewide Law Enforcement Standards of Conduct and Discipline
The Oregon Commission on Statewide Law Enforcement Standards of Conduct and Discipline today announced proposed rules relating to statewide standards for police officer discipline. Public feedback is invited and will help inform the final rules, which must be adopted by October 1. The Oregon legislature last year passed HB 2930 (2021), which established the 15-member… View ArticlePosted in Media Release on August 1, 2022