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Consumer debt and identity theft generated the lion's share of more than 27,000 complaints to the Illinois Consumer Protection Division in 2010, Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today.
Lisa Murray Madigan [1] (born July 30, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party , she served as Attorney General of the U.S. state of Illinois from 2003 to 2019, being the first woman to hold that position.
It is a time to help people understand their consumer rights and avoid frauds and scams. This year the campaign theme is National Consumer Protection Week Speaks Your Language. The overall message ...
A notorious online marketing scam that billed the credit and debit cards of thousands of unsuspecting consumers without their approval has been shut down by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
Attorney General Lisa Madigan created the Public Access Counselor position in 2004. Attorney General Lisa Madigan established the Public Access and Opinions Division in December 2004, and appointed Terry Mutchler as the first Public Access Counselor. [5] The PAC could mediate disputes and write letters to encourage public bodies to comply with ...
Madigan, 2013 IL App (4th) 120662, 992 N.E.2d 629 (2013), is a case decided by the Illinois Appellate Court in 2013 concerning the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The court ruled that messages sent and received by elected officials during a city council meeting and pertaining to public business are public records subject to ...
Illinois Public Access Opinion 16‑006 is a binding opinion of the Illinois Attorney General pursuant to the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Issued in 2016 in the aftermath of the police murder of Laquan McDonald, the opinion addressed a public records request from Cable News Network (CNN) for private emails by officers of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) related to the incident.
Last week, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate possible “systemic violations” by the cops, citing racial disparity in complaint dismissal rates. “Trust in the Chicago Police Department is broken, especially in communities of color in the City of Chicago,” she wrote.