July 15, 2020 – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general urging the United States Senate to provide robust financial support for childcare providers in the next federal stimulus bill amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter sent to Senate leadership today, the coalition of attorneys general… Read more »
July 8, 2020 – Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a preliminary injunction Wednesday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Eastern Division to immediately stop illegal liquor and wine shipments into Ohio, citing loss of tax revenue and loss of sales for local, family-owned suppliers across the state. Throughout May,… Read more »
July 1, 2020 – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced her candidacy to become the next Governor of the great State of Arkansas. “Today I am announcing my candidacy for Governor of Arkansas in 2022. While this announcement is much earlier than I had originally planned, we must prepare for the future of our great… Read more »
June 24, 2020 – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced on Wednesday he had filed a consumer protection lawsuit against oil companies that he claims defrauded Minnesotans about climate change. The lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Koch Industries and the American Petroleum Institute includes claims for fraud, failure to warn and separate violations of Minnesota statutes that… Read more »
June 18, 2020 – On June 1, 2020, the California Attorney General’s office released the third and final set of CCPA proposed regulations (available here). Below, we provide information about the final proposed regulations and enforcement actions. The CCPA, or the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, gives California consumers certain rights to learn about… Read more »
June 10, 2020 – Alleging “a massive fraud on the American people,” 51 states and territories, led by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, are suing generic drug companies for price collusion. The nearly 600-page complaint, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Hartford, accuses 26 corporate defendants and 10 individuals of engaging in a broad… Read more »
June 2, 2020 – Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is saying “Sorry Charlie’’ to StarKist tuna and the former CEO of competitor Bumble Bee, suing both for price-fixing he contends bilked consumers of millions of dollars. The lawsuit, filed in King County Superior Court, alleges a three-company price-fixing scheme between 2004 and 2015 cost… Read more »
May 29, 2020 – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate significant price swings in the cattle and beef markets to determine whether any illegal market manipulation has occurred, the attorney general’s office announced today. In a letter sent today to U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, Schmidt joined… Read more »
May 20, 2020 – Thirty-four attorneys general announced a $550 million settlement Tuesday with auto loan financing company Santander over allegations it knowingly targeted consumers who were likely to default on its loans. Consumers who defaulted on their loans from the company as of last year will be allowed to keep their car if it… Read more »
May 13, 2020 – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined 20 other state attorney generals to ask Congress to enact liability protections from frivolous Covid-19 related lawsuits. Marshall, along with 20 other AG’s, sent a letter on May 11 to Congressional leaders describing legal ramifications. The letter states: in the wake of this unprecedented… Read more »