Lincoln— Attorney General Doug Peterson announced today that the Lancaster County District Court approved a $6 million, 42 state settlement with Encore Capital Group Inc. and its subsidiaries Midland Credit Management, Inc. and Midland Funding, LLC, one of the nation’s... read more
Consumer News
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1/15/2019
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1/11/2019
LINCOLN—Today, the Nebraska Attorney General announced the Neiman Marcus Group LLC has agreed to pay a $1.5 million settlement and implement a number of policies. This results from an investigation by 43 states and the District of Columbia into the 2013 breach... read more
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1/9/2019
LINCOLN – For-profit education company Career Education Corp. (CEC) has agreed to reform its recruiting and enrollment practices and forgo collecting approximately $493.7 million in debts owed by 179,529 students nationally, in a settlement with Nebraska Attorney... read more
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Attorney General Peterson Joins 50 States, District of Columbia, in $575 Settlement with Wells Fargo
12/28/2018Attorney General Peterson announced today that Wells Fargo Bank N.A. will pay $575 million to resolve claims that the bank violated state consumer protection law. Nebraska’s share of the settlement is $5,210,423.
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12/12/2018
Attorney General Doug Peterson announced today that his office has reached a ... read more
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12/3/2018
Attorney General Peterson announced that he, along with attorneys general from ten other states and commonwealths, has filed a Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana against Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc. and NoMoreClipboard, LLC, (collectively “MIE”) a web-based electronic health record company headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
