November 29, 2022 - Attorneys general from 18 states are calling on UPS and FedEx to clarify their policies on shipping guns amid concerns about the companies being able to track gun owners without a warrant. The states are requesting the leaders of two shipping companies to respond within 30 days to their letters expressing concern over new policies they...
17 Democratic AGs defend use of ESG factors to make investment decisions
November 22, 2022 - Seventeen Democrat attorneys general told Congress this week that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are critical to understanding the true value of a company, and thus should continue to be used as guides for both companies and investors. Attorneys general led by Karl Racine, of Washington, D.C., and Rob Bonta, of...
Google reaches record $392M privacy settlement over location data
November 15, 2022 - Google agreed to pay $391.5 million to 40 states to settle an investigation into its location tracking practices, a coalition of state attorneys general announced Monday. The investigation had centered on what Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum (D), one of the state law enforcement officers who led the probe, called misleading and...
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announces $16 million settlement over T-Mobile and Experian data breaches
November 8, 2022 - Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Monday that a settlement has been reached with Experian concerning a data breach. Along with a coalition of other attorneys general, two multistate settlements were settled concerning the 2012 and 2015 data breaches that compromised the personal information of 484,147 Pennsylvanians. An additional...
Texas could get $276 million from opioid settlement with CVS Pharmacy
November 2, 2022 - Texas has joined a multibillion-dollar, multistate opioid settlement with CVS Pharmacy — the latest development in numerous lawsuits regarding the roles of manufacturers, distributors and consultants in the opioid crisis. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday that the state is signing on to a $5...
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