August 18, 2020 – Fourteen states and Washington, D.C., are suing the Trump administration over a new rule that would allow for the transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail, citing health and safety risks. The rule, finalized this year by the Transportation Department and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), would allow… Read more »
August 13, 2020 – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul are leading a bipartisan coalition of 44 states in urging Congress to include Edith’s Bill in Coronavirus relief legislation. Jeff Landry states, “By adding “senior fraud” as an eligible reimbursement expense under Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (VOCA) our… Read more »
August 4, 2020 – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today led a bipartisan multistate coalition urging U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use their legal authority to increase the availability of remdesivir. Remdesivir, a drug… Read more »
July 27, 2020 – Amazon.com Inc.’s policies on safeguarding workers during the pandemic are being examined by California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra, according to a court filing. The investigation was revealed Monday in the case of an employee who’s a picker in an Amazon grocery warehouse and who accused the company of not doing enough… Read more »
July 21, 2020 – Attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, alleging that new federal rules undermine their ability to protect rivers, lakes and streams within their borders. They say that new final rules issued last week by the Environmental Protection Agency alter a practice dating… Read more »
July 15, 2020 – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general urging the United States Senate to provide robust financial support for childcare providers in the next federal stimulus bill amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter sent to Senate leadership today, the coalition of attorneys general… Read more »
July 8, 2020 – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a preliminary injunction Wednesday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Eastern Division to immediately stop illegal liquor and wine shipments into Ohio, citing loss of tax revenue and loss of sales for local, family-owned suppliers across the state. Throughout May,… Read more »
July 1, 2020 – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced her candidacy to become the next Governor of the great State of Arkansas. “Today I am announcing my candidacy for Governor of Arkansas in 2022. While this announcement is much earlier than I had originally planned, we must prepare for the future of our great… Read more »
June 24, 2020 – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced on Wednesday he had filed a consumer protection lawsuit against oil companies that he claims defrauded Minnesotans about climate change. The lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Koch Industries and the American Petroleum Institute includes claims for fraud, failure to warn and separate violations of Minnesota statutes that… Read more »
June 18, 2020 – On June 1, 2020, the California Attorney General’s office released the third and final set of CCPA proposed regulations (available here). Below, we provide information about the final proposed regulations and enforcement actions. The CCPA, or the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, gives California consumers certain rights to learn about… Read more »