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September 2, 2020 - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a bipartisan coalition of 23 attorneys general in signing a letter urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prohibit use of the publication “Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluation” – commonly known as the Orange Book – to block competition. The Orange Book...

August 27, 2020 - Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against Instacart, a grocery delivery service, for charging District consumers millions of dollars in deceptive service fees and for failing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in District sales tax. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) alleges that for a span of 18 months,...

August 18, 2020 - Fourteen states and Washington, D.C., are suing the Trump administration over a new rule that would allow for the transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail, citing health and safety risks. The rule, finalized this year by the Transportation Department and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), would...

August 13, 2020 - Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul are leading a bipartisan coalition of 44 states in urging Congress to include Edith’s Bill in Coronavirus relief legislation. Jeff Landry states, "By adding "senior fraud" as an eligible reimbursement expense under Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (VOCA) our...

August 4, 2020 - Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today led a bipartisan multistate coalition urging U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use their legal authority to increase the availability of remdesivir....

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,...