November 27, 2023 - Dozens of states are suing Meta, alleging the tech giant has deliberately engineered its social media platforms Instagram and Facebook to be addictive to children and teens. Attorneys general from states ranging from California to Wisconsin filed federal and state lawsuits on Tuesday, accusing Meta of intentionally turning kids into...
Attorney General Bonta Leads a Multistate Comment Letter in Support of Agricultural Workers
November 20, 2023 - California Attorney General Rob Bonta, leading a coalition of 11 attorneys general, announced filing a multistate comment letter in support of a proposed rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regarding changes to the H-2A program. The H-2A program allows agricultural employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers to...
Morgan Stanley fined for putting customer personal data at risk in computer purge: New York AG
November 16, 2023 - Morgan Stanley agreed to pay a fine of $6.5 million to a coalition of six states for compromising the personal data of millions of customers while decommissioning computers at the financial services giant, New York’s attorney general said Thursday. Morgan Stanley as part of the settlement agreed to adopt provisions “that better protects...
Attorney General Bonta Joins Multistate Coalition in Support of Fair Wages for Salaried Exempt Workers
November 7, 2023 - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter supporting a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that updates a rule exempting executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) employees from the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) minimum wage and...
Arizona attorney general leads lawsuit against telecom company over robocalls
November 1, 2023 - Arizona joined 47 other states in a lawsuit filed Tuesday against a telecommunications company accused of facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to people on the National Do Not Call Registry. The legal action stems from the nationwide Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force made up of attorneys general from all 50 states as...
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