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The Pennsylvania Department of Banking will require Internet payday lenders and other out-of-state companies that make consumer loans to Pennsylvania residents to be licensed by the Department of Banking and comply with state laws.
A Nassau County auto dealer will pay consumers for persistently using misleading promotions intended to lure them into the dealership. The consumers, once baited into the dealership, were also subject to other fraudulent and unfair sales practices.
New York Attorney General has settled with the tax preparation company H&R Block regarding two sweepstakes promoted by the company to induce consumers to utilize its tax preparation services.
The First Amendment's constitutional protection of speech loomed large in a recent Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision.