November 22, 2021 – Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt led a coalition of 12 states in sending a letter to Unilever and its subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc., urging them to reverse their decision to boycott the State of Israel. “Today I was proud to lead a 12 state coalition in calling on… Read more »
November 18, 2021 – A bipartisan group of 10 state attorneys general have launched an investigation into Meta, the social media company formerly known as Facebook, focused on the potential harms of its Instagram platform on children and teens. The announcement follows extensive reporting on a trove of internal documents leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen…. Read more »
November 11, 2021 – Attorney General William Tong has taken a co-leadership role in a coalition of 43 attorneys general calling on Congress to pass the Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2021. According to a letter sent to congressional leaders, Tong and his fellow attorneys general stated the bipartisan legislation would end the concept of… Read more »
November 4, 2021 – Attorneys general in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee sued the Biden Administration Thursday over the vaccine mandate for employees of federal contractors. The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, asserts the Biden administration’s mandatory vaccination requirement is unlawful and unconstitutional. Ohio Attorney General Dave… Read more »
October 27, 2021 – Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch and twenty other attorneys general from across the country sent a joint letter to President Biden, challenging what they call his administration’s evolving mandatory COVID vaccination requirement for federal contractors. The attorneys general pointed to the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force issuing guidance imposing a vaccination… Read more »
October 22, 2021 – Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now listed as a defendant on a privacy lawsuit filed by District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine. According to CNBC, the lawsuit was first filed in 2018. However, Racine did not initially list Zuckerberg as a defendant. The amendment marks the first time… Read more »
October 15, 2021 – Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is among a group of 20 state attorneys general opposing a federal proposal that would allow the IRS to monitor bank accounts with more than $600. The plan is part of Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending bill being considered in Congress. The attorneys general sent a letter… Read more »
October 7, 2021 – Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a bipartisan coalition of 52 attorneys general expressing strong support for the hearings being conducted by the U.S. Senate Committee addressing protection and safety of kids and teens using social media. Attorneys general have been watchful and concerned over the impacts of social media on youth…. Read more »
September 28, 2021 – Hawaiʻi Attorney General Clare Connors is leading a coalition of 14 states and their attorneys general that is supporting the efforts of two local counties suing major oil companies for their contribution to climate change. The City and County of Honolulu and the County of Maui sued ExxonMobil, Chevron, and BP… Read more »
September 25, 2021 – The state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta this week joined the Department of Justice and seven other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit involving California airports against American Airlines and JetBlue. The suit challenges what they call an anticompetitive joint venture known as the Northeast Alliance, that will affect high-traffic air markets… Read more »