12 Mar 2019

Arby's, Little Caesars, Five Guys, and Dunkin' to End Use of No-Poach Pacts

By Lynn Hicks

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 12, 2019) — Four national fast food franchisors will cease using “no-poach” agreements in a multistate settlement with a coalition of 14 attorneys general, including Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller. The agreements restrict the right of fast-food workers to move from one franchise to another within the same restaurant chain.

28 Feb 2019

Attorney General Tom Miller Seeks to Close Telemarketing Firms Accused of National Advertising Scam

By Lynn Hicks

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 29, 2019) — The Iowa Attorney General’s Office is asking a judge to shut down several Quad Cities-based advertising companies that are accused of continuing to defraud small businesses across the nation.

05 Feb 2019

Companies Barred from Sending Deceptive Mailers to Iowans Offering "Free Benefits"

By Lynn Hicks

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 5, 2019) — Older Iowans who receive official-looking mailers with “FREE government benefits” in large print should beware: A private company might be fishing for your information and trying to sell you insurance.

23 Jan 2019

Florida Man Again Accused of Violating Iowa Law over Telemarketing Calls

By Lynn Hicks

DES MOINES, IA (January 23, 2019) — The Iowa attorney general alleges that a Florida man associated with a telemarketing company has again run afoul of Iowa’s Consumer Fraud Act, seven years after being banned from soliciting Iowans.

23 Aug 2018

Miller urges Congress to close deadly fentanyl loophole

By Lynn Hicks

Des Moines -- Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, as part of a bipartisan group of 52 state and territory attorneys general, called on Congress today to help end the opioid epidemic and close a loophole that allows those who traffic deadly fentanyl to stay a step ahead of law enforcement.

21 Aug 2018

Iowa attorney general defends Clean Power Plan

By Lynn Hicks

Coalition of states and local governments oppose EPA’s new pollution rules

DES MOINES -- Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller released the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s proposed plan to dismantle the Clean Power Plan, the first-ever national limits on climate change emissions from existing fossil-fuel power plants:

20 Apr 2018

Iowa receives $50.9 million tobacco payment

By Lynn Hicks

Since 1999, state has received more than $1.2 billion through agreement

DES MOINES – Tobacco companies involved in the 1998 landmark settlement transferred about $50.9 million to the state treasury on Thursday.

11 Apr 2018

Governor Reynolds signs AG’s bill to end credit freeze fees

By Lynn Hicks

Miller's legislation follows Equifax data breach

11 Apr 2018

Tom Miller joins lawsuit to block Census Bureau from demanding citizenship information

By Lynn Hicks

Group of 18 attorneys general, six cities challenge Trump administration

DES MOINES — Attorney General Tom Miller — part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, six cities and the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors — filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from demanding citizenship information in the 2020 decennial Census.

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