New York state investigators found T-Mobile was throttling download speeds to 600Kbps after customers used 50GB on its $15 fixed wireless broadband plan for low-income households, violating the state's Affordable Broadband Act. Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James announced on November 9 that T-Mobile agreed to remove the cap, along with fixing eligibility restrictions and search-engine visibility issues that made the discounted plan hard to find. The company has 120 days to comply.
techspot.com
· 2026-11-12
New York Attorney General Letitia James found T-Mobile violated the state's Affordable Broadband Act by capping low-cost home internet plans at 50GB before throttling speeds to 650 kbps, limiting availability to areas with 5G coverage, and hiding plan details from search engines. T-Mobile has agreed to remove the data caps, expand the plans to all areas where it offers home internet, and make plan information searchable online.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-11
T-Mobile has reached a settlement with New York Attorney General Letitia James after an investigation found the carrier raised prices on its 'Price Guarantee Plans' in 2024, despite earlier promising rates would never increase. The hike affected roughly 252,957 lines, and the deal includes a $98,000 payment to the state plus consumer relief valued at about $38 million.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-22
New York AG Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of roughly 40 state attorneys general filed a notice in Character.AI's bankruptcy case, warning that any sale or transfer of its assets must address consumer protection and privacy concerns. Character.AI filed for Chapter 11 this week and is selling some assets to Disney. The filing discloses that several states had been investigating the company since 2024 over child safety and privacy issues, following a lawsuit tied to a 14-year-old's suicide after interacting with the chatbot.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-14
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul filed suit against Polymarket, alleging the prediction-market platform operates without a required gambling license and fails to pay state taxes. The suit, filed in Manhattan under Executive Law 63(12), also claims Polymarket markets its products to users aged 18 to 20, below the state's 21-year minimum for mobile sports betting. It follows a similar lawsuit against rival platform Kalshi filed roughly two months earlier.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-26
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul filed a lawsuit against Polymarket's domestic arm, alleging it operates as an unlicensed gambling business and permits underage betting. The suit follows similar actions James has brought against Kalshi, Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-24
New York attorney general Letitia James filed a lawsuit against prediction market Polymarket, alleging it is operating an unlicensed gambling business in violation of state law. The suit seeks a court order barring Polymarket from operating in New York, along with fines and forfeiture of profits, and follows a similar suit against rival Kalshi filed roughly a month earlier. Polymarket's chief legal counsel Neal Kumar disputed the claims, saying the company tried to engage directly with the state before the suit was filed.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-24
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