September 6, 2024 - New Mexico’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the company behind Snapchat, alleging that site’s design and policies foster the sharing of child sexual abuse material and facilitate child sexual exploitation. Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed the lawsuit against Snap Inc. Thursday in state court in Santa Fe. In addition to...
August 30, 2024 - Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, alongside 23 other attorneys general, has taken steps to address potential concerns regarding the fiduciary responsibilities of the nation’s top asset managers. The group has sent a letter to 25 of these asset managers, questioning whether they are fulfilling their duties to clients by supporting...
August 19, 2024 - The Tennessee Attorney General, Jonathan Skrmetti, joined the United States Department of Justice in welcoming 10 other states into the lawsuit of Ticketmaster-Live Nation. Attorneys General of Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Vermont have joined the bipartisan lawsuit, bringing...
August 15, 2024 - A group of Republican state attorneys general is demanding answers from the Chinese e-commerce company Temu, alleging "disturbing" collection of U.S. consumer data and illegal forced labor practices. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, along with 19 of his GOP colleagues, sent a letter to Temu on Thursday seeking information on the...
August 7, 2024 - Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers and Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird joined two farmers and state agricultural officials Wednesday in drawing a line in fertile soil. The two ag-led states were among 11 states urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop a patchwork of state labeling efforts on farm chemicals. Attorneys...
July 30, 2024 - Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over allegations that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission, officials said Tuesday. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the settlement is the largest secured by a single state. In 2021, a judge approved a $650 million...
July 27, 2024 - Attorney General Michelle Henry, along with Attorneys General from 29 other states, has announced a settlement with Baron, Inc., operating as Cameo, over violations of consumer protection laws. The settlement addresses Cameo’s failure to ensure consumers were aware that certain promotional videos were paid endorsements. Cameo allows...
July 18, 2024 - A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked President Joe Biden's administration from continuing to implement a new student debt relief plan designed to lower monthly payments for millions of Americans. The St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by seven Republican-led states to put on hold parts of the U.S....
July 11, 2024 - Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R-MS) and Attorney General Aaron Ford (D-NV) filed a bipartisan, multistate amicus brief earlier this month. The brief, submitted to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, defends state laws that hold web-based companies accountable for online consumer protection violations. A federal district court in California...
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