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Oregon AG announces Economic Justice Section and Working Families Unit to expand consumer protection
Summary
Attorney General Dan Rayfield said his office is creating an Economic Justice Section with a Working Families Unit to double consumer-protection capacity and pursue a broader range of worker and consumer claims; federal retreat by agencies like the CFPB and FTC, Sam Levine warned, increases the state's enforcement role.
Attorney General Dan Rayfield told the Senate Interim Committee on Labor and Business on Sept. 30 that the Oregon Department of Justice is creating an Economic Justice Section that will include a Working Families Unit to expand consumer and worker protection.
"We are moving portions of our unit together to form the economic justice section, which will house within it a working families unit," Rayfield said, explaining the reorganization will allow the office to pursue more day‑to‑day, high‑impact cases that previously lacked capacity.
Rayfield said the change doubles the department’s consumer-protection attorney capacity after the 2025 legislative session…
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