California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta at a press conference in Sacramento in September. (Paul Kuroda/For The Times) ...
Detroit — Allegations of parking lot price gouging for important sporting events is a time-honored tradition in Detroit, where a court fight over the latest accusation of predatory pricing ended ...
A city effort to shut down three privately-managed parking lots for alleged price gouging in advance of Saturday's Detroit Lions playoff game failed in court Friday. The city of Detroit claimed ...
With disasters come scammers and the Attorney General's Office is cracking down on price gouging to protect victims of the Los Angeles wildfires. As thousands remain evacuated from the Palisades ...
who noted that his own office had yet to be presented by its law enforcement counterparts with price gouging cases, nevertheless explained that it would seek maximum punishment for such offensives ...
Price gouging refers to sellers trying to take unfair advantage of consumers during an emergency or disaster by greatly increasing prices for essential consumer goods and services, according to ...
Los Angeles landlords are being accused of price gouging, but some say they’re just keeping up with the demand from desperate, deep-pocketed people who are making over-the-top offers in order to ...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Thursday his office is actively investigating and preparing criminal charges against landlords, real estate agents and other businesses that have raised ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom extended price gouging protections on rental housing Thursday, while the state’s top law enforcement official vowed to crack down on landlords who are ignoring the rules ...
Landlords decide to raise them — and there’s evidence that’s happening all over LA right now, despite laws designed to prevent them from price-gouging during an emergency. See here ...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday announced his office has opened investigations into reports of price-gouging in the Southern California areas ravaged by devastating wildfires.
As many as 12,000 homes, businesses and other structures are estimated to have been destroyed the Los Angeles County wildfires. At least 25 people have died.