Oregon DOJ News

Attorneys General Becerra, Ellison, and Rosenblum File Lawsuit Challenging President Trump’s Illegal, Juvenile “Two for One” Executive Order

Executive Order requires agencies to arbitrarily repeal two existing regulations for every new one California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum filed a lawsuit today in the district court for the District of Columbia seeking to block President Trump’s unlawful “Two for One” Executive Order (Order)…. View Article

Posted in Media Release on April 4, 2019

AG Rosenblum Testifies in Support of Stronger Oregon Gun Laws

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today testified before the Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee in support of stronger guns laws, specifically creating stronger regulations of untraceable “3D-printed” firearms and other “ghost guns”. Senate Bill 978 is the legislature’s omnibus gun bill and focuses on safe storage and transfer of guns, gun liability, outlawing untraceable guns, regulating… View Article

Posted in Media Release on April 2, 2019

Attorney General Rosenblum Opposes Federal Effort to Delay Payday Lending Protections

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and 24 state Attorneys General today urged the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to take immediate action to protect consumers from abuses in payday lending, vehicle title lending, and other types of high-cost exploitative consumer lending. Although the CFPB, in 2018, imposed a number of common sense underwriting lender… View Article

Posted in Consumer Protection, Media Release on March 19, 2019

AG Rosenblum Asks Oregon Legislature to Strengthen Hate Crime Laws

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Senate Bill 577, a bill created by AG Rosenblum’s Hate Crime Prevention Task Force. The legislation proposes a targeted investment in a model of service that gives assistance to individuals and communities impacted by hate, regardless of whether the incident… View Article

Posted in Hate and Bias Crimes, Media Release, News on March 12, 2019

AG Rosenblum Announces Large Settlement with Pfizer for Misleading Drug Pricing Coupons

Oregon has recouped over $10 million in civil settlements from Pfizer since 2003 Attorney General Rosenblum today announced a $975,000 settlement with the pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, for distributing misleading marketing materials and coupons to Oregon consumers. The coupons distributed by Pfizer were designed to help consumers afford copays or deductibles associated with brand-name drugs. A… View Article

Posted in Media Release on March 11, 2019