Numerous federal and state laws in the U.S. are designed to protect consumers from unscrupulous companies, ensure that customers get the products or services they pay for and punish false advertisers.

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Starting this year, there are a swath of new state and federal consumer protection laws that have already or will soon go into effect, impacting a broad range of businesses across industry types.

An attorney for a New York consumer-protection advocacy coalition asked lawmakers to advance a fifth proposal, the Consumer and Small Business Protection Act, which didn't make it out of committee.

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CHICAGO Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a coalition of attorneys general in suing the Trump administration to stop ...