Tag: Price gouging

New York Attorney General Letitia James today proposed rules to protect consumers and small businesses from corporate profiteering. These rules will not only protect...

Turkey’s official anti-trust watchdog expects to impose a new raft of fines on some of the country’s top retailers and wholesalers after an investigation...

With increased shortages of baby formula due to recalls and supply chain disruptions, New York Attorney General Letitia James today warned retailers that price gouging...

As the world enters the third year of battling COVID-19, lawmakers are saying that regulators must do more to stop price gouging and scams...

By: Leo Caseria (Sheppard Mullin) California Penal Code § 396 prohibits price gouging in California during a state of emergency. California enacted a few amendments to...

Shortages resulting from natural disasters invariably lead to allegations of price gouging. By themselves, price gouging laws exacerbate rather than alleviate shortages by preventing...

Allegations of price gouging are ubiquitous in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the late 1970s, 40 U.S. states have enacted price-gouging laws...

Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the legal landscape surrounding price gouging has changed rapidly and dramatically. Attorneys general and state governors...

The purpose of price gouging laws is to prevent excessive pricing and profiteering in a state of emergency. But price gouging laws in the...

The COVID-19 outbreak has generated a surge of consumer complaints and governmental investigations about excessive pricing and price gouging. Anti-price gouging laws seek to...