JUNEAU, Alaska, Oct. 10 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor announced today that a coalition of 50 Attorneys General has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of an investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. The Federal Trade Commission, which has been coordinating closely with the states throughout this investigation, has  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 10 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Oct. 9, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing Arkansas will receive $804,965 as part of a settlement between Marriott International, Inc. and a coalition of 50 attorneys general for a large multi-year data breach: "With Cybersecurity Awareness Month in full swing, this settlement is yet another reminder how widespread data breaches are, a  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 10 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Attorney General Tong announced today that a coalition of 50 attorneys general, co-led by Connecticut, has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of an investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. The Federal Trade Commission, which has been coordinating closely with the states throughout this  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 10 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general, today has reached an agreement in principle with Marriott International Inc. as the result of an investigation into a large multiyear data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. Under the proposed settlement, Marriott has agreed to strengthen its data security practices, provide   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 10 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that a bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general has reached a settlement with Marriott International, resolving a years-long investigation into a data breach of its guest reservation database. The Federal Trade Commission reached a separate settlement with Marriott. Marriott has agreed to strengthen its data security practices, offering its gue  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 10 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today co-led a bipartisan coalition of states in urging Congress to pass the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act, a bill that will add federal district judges to keep up with increasing national demand. Small and large states alike have a stake in creating new judicial seats to prevent a backlog of cases. The bill   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 9 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on Oct. 8, 2024: Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill today joined a bipartisan coalition of 14 attorneys general in filing separate enforcement actions against TikTok for violations of state consumer protection laws. Attorney General Murrill action alleges that TikTok exploits and harms young users and deceives the public about the social media platform's dangers. "TikTok is targeting youth wi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 10 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: * * * Follows Co-led 50-state Investigation into Data Breach of More Than 130 Million Guest Records; Massachusetts to Receive $1.6 Million * * * Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced today a multistate settlement with Marriott International, Inc. following an investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of the hotel's guest reservation d  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 10 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: * * * Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced today that his office, along with a coalition of 49 other attorneys generals' offices, has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of an investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. Along with a coalition of other states, Maryland co-led the inv  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 10 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: * * * Marriott Agrees to Strengthen Policies, New Jersey to Receive $1.3 Million View Complaint (https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases24/2024-1009_Marriott-Complaint-as-filed.pdf) | View Consent Order (https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases24/2024-1009_Marriott-Final-Consent-Judgment-as-filed.pdf) * * * Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs today an  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 10 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: * * * Marriott Data Breach Affected Millions of New York Customers, Settlement Requires Hotel to Improve Data Security and Pay Penalties * * * New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a $52 million multistate settlement with Marriott International, Inc. (Marriott) over a multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. A multistate investigat  more

SALEM, Oregon, Oct. 10 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Today Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced that a coalition of 50 states, led by Oregon along with eight other states, has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. over a massive 4-year long data breach of its Starwood system databases. The Federal Trade Commission, which has coordinated closely with the states, has reached a parallel settlement with Ma  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Oct. 10 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Oct. 9, 2024: Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that a coalition of 50 attorneys general has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of an investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. The Federal Trade Commission, which has been coordinating closely with the states throughout this investigation, has   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Oct. 9 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Oct. 8, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson today joined a bipartisan coalition of 14 attorneys general in filing separate enforcement actions against TikTok for violations of state consumer protection laws. Attorney General Wilson's action alleges that TikTok exploits and harms young users and deceives the public about the social media platform's dangers. "TikTok is knowi  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 10 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Oct. 9, 2024: Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced today that a coalition of 50 Attorneys General has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of an investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. The Federal Trade Commission, which has been coordinating closely with the states throughout this investigation, h  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * In August 2024, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, had the lowest unemployment rate, 1.9 percent. The next lowest rates were in Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont; Madison, Wisconsin; and Rapid City, South Dakota, 2.1 percent each. El Centro, California, had the highest rate, 20.2 percent. A total of 238 areas had August jobless rates below the U.S. rate  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 10 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares announced today that a coalition of 50 Attorneys General has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of an investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. Under the settlement with the Attorneys General, Marriott has agreed to strengthening its data security practices   more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Oct. 10 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: * * * Nationwide multistate settlement amounts to $52 Million * * * Attorney General Charity Clark announced today that a coalition of 50 attorneys general has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. after an investigation into a large multi-year data breach of one of Marriott's Starwood guest reservation databases. Under the settlement, Marriott has agreed  more