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ARTICLE · 19 OCTOBER 2023

What We Learned From … Illinois

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Our State AG webinar series continues. After spending time in the Centennial State, we went east to the Land of Lincoln. We met with Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Susan Ellis, Consumer Protection Division Chief...

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Our State AG webinar series continues. After spending time in the Centennial State, we went east to the Land of Lincoln. We met with Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Susan Ellis, Consumer Protection Division Chief, and Lyle Evans, Chief of Investigations, to learn about the office, their priorities, and more about Organized Retail Crime and the INFORM Consumers Act. Highlights of what we learned are recapped below.

Background and Priorities of the Office

Illinois' primary consumer protection statute is the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (CFA). The state also has a Uniform Deceptive Trade and Practices Act but it is bootstrapped into the CFA. The CFA is primarily a civil law with some criminal penalties, and is enforced by the AG and county state attorneys. There is also a private right of action.

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