Consumer News Releases

2010 Consumer News Releases

September 2010

9-8-10 Miller Offers Help for Iowans as State Foreclosure Rate Hits Record 

9-1-10 Miller: “Grandparent Scam” Again Targets Older Iowans

August 2010

8-24-10 Miller Calls on Craigslist to Pull "Adult Services" Ads  

8-24-10 Redefault Rates on Loan Modifications Improving, Says State Foreclosure Prevention Working Group 
8-18-10 Buying Club Agrees to Comply with Iowa Laws, $225,000 Payment to State 

July 2010

7-29-10 Attorney General Renews Call for Charitable Solicitations Act 

7-29-10 Miller Forces Indiana Professional Fundraiser to Stop Calling Iowans 

7-29-10 Attorney General Seeks Court Enforcement Against Wisconsin Fundraiser 

7-29-10 Attorney General Shuts Down Professional Iowa Fundraiser 

June 2010

6-24-10 Computer Chip Makers to Pay $173 Million to Resolve Antitrust Allegations by 33 States  

6-17-10 “Operation Stolen Dreams”  

6-8-10   Iowa A.G.: Beware of Medicare Scams 

May 2010

5-14-10 A.G. Suit Alleges Deceptive Auto Sales Ads  

April 2010

4-30-10 New Law to Protect Consumers Whose Cars are “Held Hostage” by Repair Shopss 

4-7-10   Valero agrees to prevent tobacco sales to kids 

March 2010

3-23-10 Court: Vertrue Violated Iowa Consumer Fraud Laws in “Sales” to 497,000 Iowanss 

3-01-10 State AGs Push for a Strong federal Consumer Financial Protection Agencys 

February 2010

2-26-10 Toyota Assures States that it will Accommodate Customers Nationwide who are Subject to Recallss 

2-22-10 New Protections for Credit Card Consumerss 

2-12-10 State Treasurer and Attorney General Settle with Sprint over Iowans’ Uncashed Rebate Checkss 

January 2010

1-25-10 Ticketmaster Merger OK’d – But With Conditions to Bolster Competition in Ticket Business s 

1-22-10 Price-Gouging Rule in Effect in Storm-Damaged Countiess