Democratic lawmakers are calling on the FTC to investigate reports of price-gouging falsely blamed on Trump tariffs. Prices that are raised in anticipation of tariffs should be lowered if the tariffs ...

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta accused real estate agent Iman Shaghyan this week of increasing the price of a Beverly Hills rental by more than 30% in the days after the Jan. 7 fires. It’s the fourth ...

Attorneys general from more than a dozen states are calling on Congress to make price gouging illegal. A federal law against price gouging would outlaw companies raising prices to boost their profits ...

L.A. City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto says she’s already evaluating 650 complaints. By Gary Baum Senior Writer In a statement, the newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman, ...

Los Angeles County supervisors want to raise the stakes for post-wildfire price gouging, hammering landlords who dramatically hike rents with fines of up to $50,000. Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and ...

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 ...

Fifteen attorneys general called on congressional leaders to support a national ban on price gouging in a letter sent Wednesday. The letter — addressed to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ...

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 and ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) signaled she’s not only concerned by the sweeping tariffs President Trump ordered on imports from world trade partners, but also by the opportunity it creates for ...

The California Energy Commission voted on Friday to suspend its ability to impose a profit cap on gasoline refiners for the next five years. The ability to set this cap, sometimes described as a price ...

As Hurricane Milton approached landfall in western Florida on Wednesday, the Biden administration warned consumers and businesses of the heightened risk of potential fraud, price gouging and collusion ...