News & Events

July 27, 2020 - Amazon.com Inc.’s policies on safeguarding workers during the pandemic are being examined by California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra, according to a court filing. The investigation was revealed Monday in the case of an employee who’s a picker in an Amazon grocery warehouse and who accused the company of not doing enough to protect staff,...

July 21, 2020 - Attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, alleging that new federal rules undermine their ability to protect rivers, lakes and streams within their borders. They say that new final rules issued last week by the Environmental Protection Agency alter a practice dating back more than...

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 called on...

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,...

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 State. I remain committed to...

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...

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...

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...

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...