Penalty Amount
$1,000,000
Connecticut Attorney General secured a $1 million multistate settlement with TFG Holding, Inc. for deceptive VIP membership program marketing and billing practices. The company must improve disclosures, obtain explicit consent, provide easy cancellation, and offer restitution to affected consumers.
TFG must clearly disclose VIP program terms including recurring charges and cancellation rights, obtain express consent before enrollment, provide a simple online cancellation mechanism, honor cancellations promptly, offer refunds for recent charges, cease billing for old enrollments, and pay $1 million to jurisdictions.
In-house legal teams should review contracts for clauses related to automatic enrollment in membership programs, ensure clear disclosure of all material terms including recurring charges and cancellation rights, verify that explicit consent is obtained before enrollment, and include provisions for easy cancellation and refund processes to avoid deceptive practices.
Entity
TFG Holding, Inc.
Also known as: TFG Holding
Industry
Retail"TFG Holding, Inc."
"$1 million"
"Automatically enrolling consumers, without their consent, into a Membership Program that included a recurring charge without consumers’ knowledge, consent, or authorization"
"Implementing and maintaining cancellation policies and practices that frustrated consumers’ ability to cancel the VIP Membership Programs into which they were enrolled"
"Failing to adequately disclose material facts to consumers, including that by purchasing products they will be enrolled in the VIP Membership Program"
$29.6M
Attorney General Jennifer Davenport joined a coalition of 48 states and territories in a $29.6 million settlement with Glenmark, a generic drug manufacturer, for allegedly conspiring to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition, and restrain trade for numerous generic prescription drugs. The settlement includes cooperation in ongoing litigations and internal reforms to ensure fair competition.
$29.6M
Attorney General William Tong led a coalition of 48 states and territories in a $29.6 million settlement with Glenmark, a generic drug manufacturer, to resolve allegations of a widespread conspiracy to artificially inflate prices, reduce competition, and unreasonably restrain trade for numerous generic prescription drugs. The settlement includes cooperation from Glenmark in ongoing multistate litigations and internal reforms to ensure fair competition and compliance with antitrust laws.
$18.0M
Attorney General William Tong led a coalition of 42 attorneys general in a settlement with the bankruptcy trustee for 23andMe, resolving allegations from a 2023 data breach that compromised the genetic data of 6.9 million customers. The settlement includes $150 million in allowed claims, with $18 million paid from bankruptcy funds, and requires enhanced data security measures for the new entity holding the data.
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$45.0M
Attorney General Tong announced a $45 million multistate settlement with Block, Inc., the company behind Cash App, for misleading consumers about the safety of the platform, failing to protect users from fraud, and not providing promised fraud protection and resolution services. The settlement requires Block to implement major reforms including real customer support, transparent communications, and security commitments, and reaffirms Block's commitment to distribute between $75 million and $120 million to compensate consumers as part of a separate CFPB settlement.