Month: August 2023

16 Attorneys general, including Montana, alerting of SHEIN’s business practices

August 28, 2023 - Montana is leading an effort with 15 other states Monday alerting the business practices of fast-fashion retail giant SHEIN. A letter signed by the 16 attorneys general states SHEIN, founded in China in 2008, is the world's biggest fashion retailer estimated at a value of $64 billion with its mobile app ranked as the fourth most...

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Nessel joins coalition in providing comments to FTC highlighting benefits of collaboration between FTC and state attorneys general

August 16, 2023 - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a bipartisan coalition of 30 state attorneys general in providing comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) highlighting the benefits of collaboration between the FTC and state attorneys general. The comments were jointly authored by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, Illinois...

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Iowa joins probe of TikTok’s impact on youth mental health

August 8, 2023 - Iowa has joined other state attorneys general as part of an investigation into the social media company TikTok and its possible harmful effects on young users' mental health. The five-member Iowa Executive Council — comprised of the governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, secretary of agriculture and state auditor — unanimously...

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