November 30, 2021 - On Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed comments, along with several other state attorneys general, advocating to rescind the Trump era Habitat Exclusion Rule that is allegedly unlawful and could lead to numerous vulnerable habitats from no longer being protected by federal law. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)...
Missouri Attorney General Leads 12 State Coalition in Urging Ben and Jerry’s to Reverse Boycott of Israel
November 22, 2021 - Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt led a coalition of 12 states in sending a letter to Unilever and its subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc., urging them to reverse their decision to boycott the State of Israel. “Today I was proud to lead a 12 state coalition in calling on Unilever and Ben & Jerry’s to reverse their...
State attorneys general launch investigation into Meta-owned Instagram’s impact on kids
November 18, 2021 - A bipartisan group of 10 state attorneys general have launched an investigation into Meta, the social media company formerly known as Facebook, focused on the potential harms of its Instagram platform on children and teens. The announcement follows extensive reporting on a trove of internal documents leaked by whistleblower Frances...
AG Tong co-leads coalition seeking passage of Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act
November 11, 2021 - Attorney General William Tong has taken a co-leadership role in a coalition of 43 attorneys general calling on Congress to pass the Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2021. According to a letter sent to congressional leaders, Tong and his fellow attorneys general stated the bipartisan legislation would end the concept of “forum shopping”...
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee sue Biden over COVID vaccine mandate
November 4, 2021 - Attorneys general in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee sued the Biden Administration Thursday over the vaccine mandate for employees of federal contractors. The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, asserts the Biden administration’s mandatory vaccination requirement is unlawful and...
Fitch, AGs challenge federal contractor vaccine mandate
October 27, 2021 - Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch and twenty other attorneys general from across the country sent a joint letter to President Biden, challenging what they call his administration’s evolving mandatory COVID vaccination requirement for federal contractors. The attorneys general pointed to the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force...
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