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November 4, 2021 - Attorneys general in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee sued the Biden Administration Thursday over the vaccine mandate for employees of federal contractors. The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, asserts the Biden administration’s mandatory vaccination requirement is unlawful and...

October 27, 2021 - Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch and twenty other attorneys general from across the country sent a joint letter to President Biden, challenging what they call his administration’s evolving mandatory COVID vaccination requirement for federal contractors. The attorneys general pointed to the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force...

October 22, 2021 - Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now listed as a defendant on a privacy lawsuit filed by District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine. According to CNBC, the lawsuit was first filed in 2018. However, Racine did not initially list Zuckerberg as a defendant. The amendment marks the first time that Zuckerberg has been...

October 15, 2021 - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is among a group of 20 state attorneys general opposing a federal proposal that would allow the IRS to monitor bank accounts with more than $600. The plan is part of Democrats' $3.5 trillion spending bill being considered in Congress. The attorneys general sent a letter to President Joe Biden and U.S....

October 7, 2021 - Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a bipartisan coalition of 52 attorneys general expressing strong support for the hearings being conducted by the U.S. Senate Committee addressing protection and safety of kids and teens using social media. Attorneys general have been watchful and concerned over the impacts of social media on youth. Those...

September 28, 2021 - Hawaiʻi Attorney General Clare Connors is leading a coalition of 14 states and their attorneys general that is supporting the efforts of two local counties suing major oil companies for their contribution to climate change. The City and County of Honolulu and the County of Maui sued ExxonMobil, Chevron, and BP for knowingly misleading...

September 25, 2021 - The state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta this week joined the Department of Justice and seven other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit involving California airports against American Airlines and JetBlue. The suit challenges what they call an anticompetitive joint venture known as the Northeast Alliance, that will affect high-traffic...

September 15, 2021 - New York state Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday led a coalition of 20 fellow state attorneys general from around the country calling on Congress to included funding for environmental and climate change fighting efforts in a major domestic spending bill now under negotiation. The James-backed coalition of state AGs called for...

September 10, 2021 - State Attorney General Letitia James notched another settlement in her ongoing pursuit of justice against opioid manufacturers. This time, she announced a $50 million settlement against Endo International, a specialty pharmaceutical company. Endo settled three cases pending in Suffolk County Supreme Court. Plaintiffs in these cases...