A bill signed into law by Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on June 22 amended state law to prohibit foreign adversary nations or agents from purchasing, owning, leasing, or acquiring any substantial interest in real property in the state.

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation announced on July 7 that nearly 3,000 consumers, mainly from Filipino, Chinese, and Hispanic communities, will receive checks totaling over $7 million in restitution for securities fraud.

The office of Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance James Brown was able to save Montanans more than $18 million in Fiscal Year 2025-2026 by denying insurance rate increases, according to an announcement by Brown’s office.

A bill has been introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives that would, if enacted, require the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator to create an online flood insurance information tool relating to the National Flood Insurance Program.

A dispute between California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Consumer Watchdog was settled on June 30, when a court order upheld Lara’s recent efforts to stabilize the state’s insurance market through two recent bulletins.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on July 1 that Rohit Chopra, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, had been sworn in as secretary of the newly-created California Business and Consumer Services Agency.

Lawmakers in Alaska have passed a comprehensive bill to update the terminology, definitions and procedures governing secure transactions and electronic records in the state, including delivery of electronic documents of title.

California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation announced on July 1 that five financial companies were being compelled to return more than $1.3 million to customers charged excessive commissions.

A New York jury has rendered a guilty verdict against a 63-year-old man for using fake deeds to steal two brownstones in Harlem valued at about $4.7 million, according to the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James.