Jury Orders Egg Suppliers to Pay $17.7M in Damages for Price Gouging in 2000s December 4, 2023 By Isabella Volmert A federal jury in Illinois ordered $17.7 million in damages – an amount tripled to more than $53 million under...
San Antonio Hotel Accused of Price-Gouging in Storm March 21, 2021 A San Antonio hotel owner has been sued and accused the operator of price-gouging during last month’s storm that left...
Alaska Files $1B Lawsuit Against 21 Poultry Businesses March 9, 2021 Alaska has sued 21 businesses involved in the poultry industry, claiming the businesses operated a cartel and illegally inflated the...
Fake Claims, Price Gouging, Bogus Contractors: How Fraudsters Steal Disaster Aid August 23, 2019 By Natalie Anderson, Jake Goodrick and Peter Nicieja As the scale and frequency of major disasters escalate, millions of dollars in federal, state and insurance payments intended for...
Texas AG Sues 3 Businesses for Price Gouging During Hurricane Harvey September 13, 2017 Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed lawsuits against three Texas businesses, accusing them of unlawful price gouging while consumers were...
Texas Mutual: Judge Upholds State Regulation of Air Ambulances December 30, 2016 A Texas district court judge in Austin has upheld the state’s right to regulate fees paid to air ambulances for...
New Jersey Hotel to Pay $65K in Sandy Price Gouging Case August 21, 2014 A hotel in southern New Jersey has agreed to pay nearly $65,000 to settle allegations of price gouging in the...
25 New York Gas Stations Settle Post-Sandy Price-Gouging Claims May 3, 2013 Twenty-five gas stations have settled price-gouging claims made against them immediately after Superstorm Sandy hit New York, state Attorney General...
2 N.J. Gas Stations Settle Suit Over Alleged Price Gouging After Sandy April 18, 2013 Two gas stations in New Jersey will pay a combined $46,000 to settle claims they gouged gas prices following Superstorm...