December 27, 2023 - Attorney General Alan Wilson announced recently that South Carolina has joined a multi-state settlement with Robinhood Financial LLC, which will pay up to $10.2 million in penalties for operational and technical failures that harmed investors. “This agreement reflects the ongoing efforts by state securities regulators to protect...
Attorney General Bonta Joins Bipartisan Amicus Brief to U.S. Supreme Court Defending States’ Rights to Enforce State Consumer Financial Protection Laws
December 18, 2023 - California Attorney General Bonta joined a bipartisan multistate coalition of attorneys general in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court defending states’ rights to enforce state consumer financial protection laws against both state and national banks. In the brief filed in Cantero v. Bank of America, the coalition urges the Supreme...
AG Yost Leads multistate lawsuit against NCAA over anti-competitive transfer eligibility rule
December 7, 2023 - Led by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, seven states filed a federal antitrust lawsuit today challenging the NCAA’s transfer eligibility rule as an illegal restraint on college athletes’ ability to market their labor and control their education. The rule requires college athletes who transfer among Division I schools to wait one year...
Meta sued by states claiming Instagram and Facebook cause harm in children and teens
November 27, 2023 - Dozens of states are suing Meta, alleging the tech giant has deliberately engineered its social media platforms Instagram and Facebook to be addictive to children and teens. Attorneys general from states ranging from California to Wisconsin filed federal and state lawsuits on Tuesday, accusing Meta of intentionally turning kids into...
Attorney General Bonta Leads a Multistate Comment Letter in Support of Agricultural Workers
November 20, 2023 - California Attorney General Rob Bonta, leading a coalition of 11 attorneys general, announced filing a multistate comment letter in support of a proposed rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regarding changes to the H-2A program. The H-2A program allows agricultural employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers to...
Morgan Stanley fined for putting customer personal data at risk in computer purge: New York AG
November 16, 2023 - Morgan Stanley agreed to pay a fine of $6.5 million to a coalition of six states for compromising the personal data of millions of customers while decommissioning computers at the financial services giant, New York’s attorney general said Thursday. Morgan Stanley as part of the settlement agreed to adopt provisions “that better protects...
Attorney General Bonta Joins Multistate Coalition in Support of Fair Wages for Salaried Exempt Workers
November 7, 2023 - California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter supporting a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that updates a rule exempting executive, administrative, and professional (EAP) employees from the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) minimum wage and...
Arizona attorney general leads lawsuit against telecom company over robocalls
November 1, 2023 - Arizona joined 47 other states in a lawsuit filed Tuesday against a telecommunications company accused of facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to people on the National Do Not Call Registry. The legal action stems from the nationwide Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force made up of attorneys general from all 50 states as...
Meta sued by 42 attorneys general alleging Facebook, Instagram features are addictive and target kids
October 24, 2023 - A bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general is suing Meta, alleging that features on its Facebook and Instagram social media platforms are addictive and are aimed at kids and teens, the group announced Tuesday. The support from so many state attorneys general of different political backgrounds indicates a significant legal challenge to...
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