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October 18, 2023 - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 49 other attorneys general recently announced a $49.5 million settlement with Blackbaud, Inc. over the software company’s data-security practices and its response to a breach in 2020 that exposed the personal information of millions of consumers. Ohio will receive nearly $1.3 million from the...

October 11, 2023 - Massachusetts has recently implemented a law that bans states from selling or shipping pork to the Commonwealth if they do not meet strict hog-housing restrictions. However, 13 states are fighting this new law stating it will cost pork producers hundreds of millions of dollars. The law, An Act to Prevent Cruelty to Farm Animals, went...

October 5, 2023 - Attorney General Todd Rokita announced a $49.5 million multistate settlement with software company Blackbaud, Thursday. “Nonprofits doing their great work rely and depend on vendors like Blackbaud to protect sensitive and private information,” Attorney General Rokita said. “This type of leak is unacceptable, and we fought back on behalf...

September 28, 2023 - Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum joined a lawsuit with nine other attorneys general against the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to regulate wood stove emissions, the attorney general announced Wednesday. “This is a serious public health, environmental, and consumer protection issue all wrapped into one!” Rosenblum...

September 20, 2023 - In a significant move to strengthen merger oversight and prevent excessive corporate power, New York Attorney General Letitia James has led two groups of attorneys general in supporting proposed revisions to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Merger Guidelines. These guidelines determine...

September 14, 2023 - Google will pay California $93 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing the search engine company of misleading consumers about its location tracking practices. The settlement announced on Thursday by California Attorney General Rob Bonta resolves claims that the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) unit deceived people into believing they maintained...

September 6, 2023 - Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has joined a coalition in sending a letter urging Congress to study how artificial intelligence (AI) can and is being used to exploit children through child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and to propose legislation to protect children from those abuses. The letter states, “AI is also being used to...

August 28, 2023 - Montana is leading an effort with 15 other states Monday alerting the business practices of fast-fashion retail giant SHEIN. A letter signed by the 16 attorneys general states SHEIN, founded in China in 2008, is the world's biggest fashion retailer estimated at a value of $64 billion with its mobile app ranked as the fourth most...

August 21, 2023 - A plan from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to curb the nation’s plastic pollution is drawing criticism from Democratic and Republican attorneys general, including Oregon’s Ellen Rosenblum. Currently in draft form, the National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution sets out steps for ending plastic waste in oceans and U.S....