January 3, 2023 - Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Jan. 3 that California is part of a $5 billion multistate settlement agreement with CVS to resolve allegations that the company helped fuel the opioid crisis by failing to appropriately oversee the dispensing of opioids at its pharmacies. The settlement is expected to provide up to $469.8 million in...
Texas AG Ken Paxton wants Google and Apple to raise TikTok’s maturity rating
December 28, 2022 - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined two Montana-led letters to Apple and Google urging the tech companies to raise TikTok’s age rating in their app stores. Google Play is currently showing a “T” rating, indicating that TikTok is generally appropriate for those aged 13+, while Apple is showing an age rating of “12+”. Paxton said...
Tong calls for traveler protection from flight delays, cancellations ahead of holiday weekend
December 19, 2022 - Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is leading the charge, calling on the federal Department of Transportation to give people like himself power and authority to hold airlines accountable for delays and cancellations. In Monday's announcement, Tong, alongside Republican and Democratic Attorney Generals across the country,...
NC’s Stein joins 51 attorneys general demanding action from FCC on robotexts
December 13, 2022 - North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is one of 51 attorneys general pushing for action from the FCC to cut down on robotexts. He said scammers stole more than $86 million through text scams in 2020 alone. The group is supporting the FCC’s proposal to require that phone companies block texts from invalid, unassigned or unused...
Indiana Sues TikTok for Security and Child Safety Violations
December 7, 2022 - Indiana’s attorney general on Wednesday sued the Chinese-owned app TikTok for deceiving users about China’s access to their data and for exposing children to mature content, in the first state lawsuits against the popular video service. Todd Rokita, the attorney general, claimed that TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company...
Attorneys general from 18 states call on UPS and FedEx to clarify gun-purchase tracking policies
November 29, 2022 - Attorneys general from 18 states are calling on UPS and FedEx to clarify their policies on shipping guns amid concerns about the companies being able to track gun owners without a warrant. The states are requesting the leaders of two shipping companies to respond within 30 days to their letters expressing concern over new policies they...
17 Democratic AGs defend use of ESG factors to make investment decisions
November 22, 2022 - Seventeen Democrat attorneys general told Congress this week that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are critical to understanding the true value of a company, and thus should continue to be used as guides for both companies and investors. Attorneys general led by Karl Racine, of Washington, D.C., and Rob Bonta, of...
Google reaches record $392M privacy settlement over location data
November 15, 2022 - Google agreed to pay $391.5 million to 40 states to settle an investigation into its location tracking practices, a coalition of state attorneys general announced Monday. The investigation had centered on what Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum (D), one of the state law enforcement officers who led the probe, called misleading and...
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announces $16 million settlement over T-Mobile and Experian data breaches
November 8, 2022 - Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Monday that a settlement has been reached with Experian concerning a data breach. Along with a coalition of other attorneys general, two multistate settlements were settled concerning the 2012 and 2015 data breaches that compromised the personal information of 484,147 Pennsylvanians. An additional...
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