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Attorneys General Join Together to Fight Robocalls
December 7, 2018 - Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has joined a group of attorneys general to fight robocalls. The bipartisan group is comprised of 40 state attorneys generals. Their goal is to stop or reduce annoying and harmful robocalls. The group is reviewing the technology that major telecom companies are pursuing to combat illegal robocalls....
U.S. Congress Shouldn’t Preempt California Privacy Law: State Official
November 28, 2018 - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra warned on Wednesday that the U.S. Congress should not pass a relatively weak online privacy bill to protect consumer data and use it to take precedence over a new California law. Big tech companies are pushing for a federal bill to preempt California’s law, which Governor Jerry Brown signed...
5 are Vying for Post of Attorney General in Maine
November 19, 2018 - Five people are interested in succeeding Janet Mills as Maine's attorney general now that she's been elected governor. Lawmakers are expected to pick the new attorney general on Dec. 5. They'll also fill treasurer and secretary of state posts. The five candidates for attorney general are Mike Carpenter, himself a former attorney...
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry to run for re-election, not governor
November 15, 2018 - Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said Wednesday that he won’t challenge Gov. John Bel Edwards in next year’s governor’s race, choosing instead to run for re-election as the state’s chief legal officer after significantly raising the profile of the job. The Republican attorney general ended speculation about his 2019 election plans...
State Treasurer Eric Schmitt to become Missouri Attorney General after Hawley’s election to U.S. Senate
November 13, 2018 - Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday announced that state Treasurer Eric Schmitt would become Missouri attorney general when current Attorney General Josh Hawley resigns in January to become a U.S. senator. Schmitt, a Republican, earned his law degree from the St. Louis University School of Law in 2000. He served two terms in the state Senate...
Indiana Attorney General, U.S. Attorney in Kentucky Settle with Dental Firms
November 5, 2018 - Indiana’s attorney general and a federal prosecutor in Kentucky have reached a nearly $5.2 million settlement with two dental firms accused of Medicaid fraud. Attorney General Curtis Hill announced the settlement Monday with U.S. Attorney Russell M. Coleman of the Western District of Kentucky. The settlement resolves claims that...
Online Sales Tax Case That Brought South Dakota to the U.S. Supreme Court Reaches Settlement
October 31, 2018 - The sales tax lawsuit that brought South Dakota all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court has been settled, Gov. Dennis Daugaard's office said Wednesday. South Dakota v. Wayfair pitted the state against three major online retailers who challenged South Dakota's sales tax on e-retailers. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 in favor of...
Wells Fargo Agrees to $65 Million Settlement with New York Attorney General over Cross-Selling
October 22, 2018 - Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to pay a $65 million fine to settle claims brought by the New York Attorney General’s office that the bank misled investors about its cross-selling tactics. The fine is the most-recent penalty the bank has faced over its sales practice scandal, where bank employees made as many as 3.5 million “potentially...
Washington Attorney General Ferguson says opioid abuse a frequent factor in child-welfare cases
October 10, 2018 - The nationwide opioid epidemic is becoming a common factor in child-welfare cases across Washington, according to new internal data from the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. Nearly half of the office’s child-dependency cases, which involve children who are abused, neglected or abandoned, involve opioid abuse, according to a...
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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.