May 3, 2021 – For months, members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin, have portrayed their bid for immunity from future opioid lawsuits as a kind of fait accompli, a take-it-or-leave it fix to a legal morass. In exchange for what amounts to a legal firewall for the Sacklers… Read more »
April 30, 2021 – Attorney General Ashley Moody, working with state and federal partners, is securing $300 million following a nationwide investigation. Attorney General Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit worked with the U.S. Department of Justice and other state MFCUs to investigate allegations that Indivior plc. and Indivior Inc., d/b/a Indivior, falsely and aggressively marketed… Read more »
April 22, 2021 – A multistate coalition of 20 attorneys general today wrote to President Joe Biden and congressional leaders to voice strong concerns, and opposition to, the recent steps towards packing the U.S. Supreme Court. Judicial independence is a core tenet of our judicial system and the bulwark upholding our rights and liberties. Recent… Read more »
April 12, 2021 – Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D-DC) and Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R-AZ) today co-led a bipartisan coalition of 22 attorneys general urging Congress to provide federal funds for state systems and technology upgrades needed to seal and expunge criminal justice records. These funds could help some of the nearly 70… Read more »
April 7, 2021 – Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has launched an investigation into whether five tech companies have engaged in business practices that are “abusive, deceptive and/or unfair.” Rokita made the announcement of the investigation Wednesday morning and indicated he’ll determine if Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Twitter potentially harmed Indiana consumers. He’ll be… Read more »
April 1, 2021 – Attorneys general from 13 states sued President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday over a rule in the federal stimulus that bars states from using relief money to offset tax cuts. The filing in U.S. District Court in Alabama asks judges to strike down the provision in the wide-ranging relief act signed… Read more »
March 24, 2021 – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, and 11 other state attorneys general filed today to block the Biden administration’s ongoing violation of the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) and Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). This reckless abuse of Presidential power threatens the livelihoods of rural Montana families… Read more »
March 8, 2021 – A coalition of 14 Republican attorneys general led by Missouri on Monday accused President Joe Biden in federal court of exceeding his powers in an executive order that restored Obama-era levels of the costs of climate change when making policy. Attorney general Eric Schmitt and his peers from states including Montana… Read more »
March 16, 2021 – Attorney General Karl A. Racine joined 23 other state attorneys general in issuing a statement expressing disappointment in a plan filed by opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma in bankruptcy court. The attorneys general expressed concern that the plan, which would resolve their lawsuits against the company and its owners, the Sackler family,… Read more »
March 4, 2021 – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, along with 38 other states, is shutting down an illegal robocall operation that used veterans, children and first responders to deceptively solicit $110 million in donations. The money was collected through a massive robocall operation by Associated Community Services, also known as ACS. ACS made 1.3… Read more »