February 13, 2018 – During a time of rabid partisanship, somehow the Me Too movement has managed to bring together Democrats and Republicans (at least the ones outside the White House). On Monday, every single state attorney general ― a majority of whom are Republican ― signed a letter to congressional leaders demanding that sexual… Read more »
February 6, 2018 – Attorneys general in over a dozen states oppose a federal Department of Labor proposal to let employers control the tips of some hourly employees. The attorneys general filed comments in opposition with federal officials on Monday. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan called the proposal that rescinds a 2011 rule “outrageous” and… Read more »
February 1, 2018 – The top lawyers for a dozen coastal states want the U.S. Interior Department to cancel the Trump administration’s plan to expand offshore drilling, warning it threatens their maritime economies and natural resources. The attorneys general, all Democrats, wrote Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Thursday about his agency’s proposed five-year oil and… Read more »
January 22, 2018 – There are just over 38,000 people living in Floyd County, among the mountains of eastern Kentucky. Yet between 2010 and 2016, a San Francisco-based pharmaceutical distributor shipped more than 18 million doses of opioid painkillers there, enough for each person to have 477 pills each. Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear says… Read more »
January 16, 2018 – The legal fight against the Federal Communications Commission’s recent repeal of so-called net neutrality regulations began on Tuesday, with a flurry of lawsuits filed to block the agency’s action. One suit, filed by 21 state attorneys general, said the agency’s actions broke federal law. The commission’s rollback of net neutrality rules… Read more »
January 11, 2018 – A federal judge who’s overseeing lawsuits from around the country against the pharmaceutical industry has invited state attorneys general to join discussions and provide input. Judge Dan Polster in Cleveland is overseeing a consolidated case involving dozens of suits filed by communities against drugmakers and drug distributors. Polster told The Associated… Read more »
January 3, 2018 – Attorney General Ken Paxton and 48 other attorneys general reached a $45 million settlement Tuesday with PHH Mortgage Corporation for improperly serviced mortgage loans, according to a press release from Paxton’s office. The settlement stipulates PHH must follow certain mortgage servicing standards, run audits and furnish audit results. It also pays… Read more »
December 20, 2017 – Despite the unique and unaccountable governance structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), only the president has the legal authority to select the CFPB’s acting director, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has told a federal district court. In a brief filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the… Read more »
December 4, 2017 – A dozen states are banding together to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block a California law requiring any eggs sold there to come from hens that have space to stretch out in their cages. Missouri Atty. Gen. Josh Hawley said Monday that he plans to file a lawsuit on behalf… Read more »
December 2, 2017 – Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson is urging Congress to pass a law requiring states to recognize concealed-carry permits from all other states. He joined 22 other state attorneys general, all Republicans, in signing a letter that was sent Friday to congressional leaders. The letter urged federal representatives to pass the Constitutional… Read more »