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Attorney General Raoul Leads 44 States In Demanding Companies End Predatory AI Interactions With Kids
August 25, 2025 - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today co-led a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general warning major artificial intelligence (AI) companies to stop hurting kids. The letter, sent to Anthropic, Apple, Chai AI, Google, Luka Inc., Meta, Microsoft, Nomi AI, Open AI, Perplexity AI, Replika and xAI addresses alarming reports of AI chatbots...
Arizona Attorney General Leads 37-State Coalition Urging Instagram to Boost Location Privacy Protections for Users
August 16, 2025 - Attorney General Kris Mayes of Arizona joined forces with a bipartisan group of 37 attorneys general, urging Instagram to step up its game on location privacy protections. The group, co-led by New Mexico's AG Raúl Torrez and Georgia's AG Chris Carr, is putting pressure on the Facebook-owned social network following the rollout of a...
New York AG joins 50-state coalition to crack down on illegal robocalls
August 7, 2025 - New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined a coalition of 50 attorneys general in a concerted effort to halt the flow of illegal robocalls. The coalition has issued warning letters to 37 voice service providers, demanding they cease routing fraudulent robocalls through their networks. In a release, a multistate investigation...
50 attorneys general ask DOJ to step up against illegal online gambling
August 5, 2025 - Utah Attorney General Derek Brown, along with a bipartisan coalition of 49 other attorneys general, requested that the U.S. Department of Justice assist in their efforts to address what they described as a “rampant spread of illegal offshore gaming operations” across the country. In a letter addressed to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi,...
Attorney General Raoul Announces More Than $200 Million Settlement With Gilead Sciences Over Illegal Kickbacks To Providers For Prescriptions
July 16, 2025 - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 49 attorneys general, announced a $202 million multistate settlement agreement with Gilead Sciences Inc. (Gilead), for running an illegal kickback scheme to promote its HIV medications. Gilead violated federal law by illegally providing incentives to health care providers to...
Attorneys General reach settlements with eight drugmakers over opioids
July 10, 2025 - Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that a number of Attorneys General have secured $720 million nationwide in settlements with eight drug makers that manufactured opioid pills and worsened the nationwide opioid crisis. North Carolina could receive up to $23 million. Based on the overwhelming participation by Attorneys General across...
Minnesota AG Ellison says antitrust lawsuit against Apple will proceed
July 3, 2025 - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and a bipartisan coalition of 19 other Attorneys General, along with the U.S. Department of Justice, successfully countered Apple's attempt to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed on March 21, 2024, accuses Apple of restricting competition by making it difficult to leave the iPhone...
Bipartisan coalition calls for legislation to curb contraband cell phones in prisons
June 26, 2025 - Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined a bipartisan coalition of 30 attorneys general, calling on Congress to pass federal legislation allowing states to deploy cell phone jamming systems in prisons. The bill aims to disrupt inmates’ ability to orchestrate crimes from behind bars using smuggled cell phones. “Giving states the authority...
Miyares Leads Coalition of 52 AGs to Protect Veterans’ Education Benefits
June 16, 2025 - Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares led a bipartisan coalition of 51 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, standing in support with military veterans and their families who were denied full G.I. Bill education benefits by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). “Our...
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2023 AGA Annual Meeting: An Ethics Conversation With the “Wise Ones” Panel
Bruning Law Group Partner Katie Spohn participated in a panel of former Deputy Attorneys General at the June 2023 Attorney General Alliance Annual Meeting in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. She was joined by Paul Connell (WI), Stephen Cobb (VA), and Kyle George (NV) to discuss Attorney Generals’ Offices’ opinions and ethical guidelines.
Bruning Lecture Series: District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine spoke at this year’s Attorney General Jon Bruning Lecture Series at the University of Nebraska College of Law. AG Racine’s presentation, “Using the Law in Public Interest,” discussed his nearly 30-year legal and leadership career and how current and aspiring lawyers can use the law to uplift vulnerable residents.
The Bruning Lecture Series offers students an opportunity to consider the significance of dedicating one’s legal career, wholly or in part, to public service.