December 29, 2024 - A U.S. law that would force the Chinese parent company of social media giant TikTok to either sell the service or face a U.S. ban is constitutional, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled Friday. In this 2020 photo illustration, the TikTok app is displayed on an Apple iPhone. (Photo Illustration by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Following...
December 17, 2024 - Grubhub Inc., an online food ordering and delivery platform, will pay $25 million to settle a dispute over alleged deceptive business practices with the Illinois attorney general and the Federal Trade Commission, officials said Tuesday. Attorney General Kwame Raoul said he launched an investigation into the 20-year-old operation after...
December 10, 2024 - Attorney General Alan Wilson announced he is warning phone companies to stop allowing robocalls to bombard South Carolina residents. Attorney General Wilson is a member of a 51-bipartisan collective of state attorneys general Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, which has been investigating the providers. The group sent a...
December 3, 2024 - Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, alongside South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, is spearheading a multistate coalition urging the U.S. Senate to confirm former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as the 87th U.S. Attorney General. Bondi, Florida’s first female attorney general, served in the role for eight years and has...
November 25, 2024 - Several states have reached a settlement with two pharmaceutical companies accused of jacking up prices in the generic drug market. The Kansas Attorney General’s Office says anyone who purchased a generic drug manufactured by Heritage Pharmaceuticals or Apotex between 2010 and 2018 could be eligible for compensation. Connecticut led 50...
November 19, 2024 - Attorney General Letitia James is rallying the troops – 32 state attorneys general, to be precise – to urge Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). In a bipartisan battle cry for the safety of kids online, the coalition seeks to create a digital environment that considers the mental and emotional wellbeing of America's...
November 14, 2024 - A bipartisan group of 47 attorneys general, including North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, are coming together to ask the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to do more when it comes to reducing robocalls. The attorneys general are specifically asking the FCC to strengthen the Robocall Mitigation Database, which could clearly...
November 5, 2024 - Led in part by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, a coalition of 51 United States attorneys general has called for a peaceful presidential election; a bipartisan joint statement highlighted the importance of safeguarding democratic principles and the rule of law. Tong is joined by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Oregon Attorney...
October 31, 2024 - Americans have seen natural disasters hit every corner of the country over the last year. In the wake of the catastrophic events, there's always the warning of price gouging on what could be essential items. Now, more than a dozen attorneys general are calling on the federal officials to ban price gouging with New York’s Letitia James...
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