Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. See our State Attorneys General page for more insights. Below are the updates from May 8-14, 2026:

Multistate

  • A coalition of 11 attorneys general submitted a letter opposing the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) proposal to extend and expand its collection of data regarding backup power generation. The coalition argues that EIA’s cited authority does not authorize it to gather the requested information and the proposal imposes a significant administrative burden on state air agencies.
Continue Reading State AG News: Deceptive Practices, Privacy Violations, Antitrust Lawsuit (May 8-14, 2026)

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Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. See our State Attorneys General page for more insights. Below are the updates from April 30-May 7, 2026:

Multistate

  • A bipartisan coalition of 45 state attorneys general submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor urging the agency to impose new transparency requirements on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — third-party intermediaries that administer prescription drug benefits on behalf of insurers and exercise control over which drugs are covered and how much they cost for nearly all Americans with health insurance. The coalition called on the Labor Department to mandate that PBMs disclose how they generate revenue on a biannual basis and to allow employers that fund health insurance plans to conduct independent audits of PBM operations. The attorneys general also urged the Department to clarify that any new federal transparency rule would not preempt existing state PBM regulations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) — a federal statute that PBMs have previously invoked in efforts to avoid state oversight.
Continue Reading State AG News: Pharmaceuticals, Infrastructure, Fraud Schemes (April 30-May 7, 2026)

Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. See our State Attorneys General page for more insights. Below are the updates from April 23-29, 2026:

Multistate

  • A coalition of 38 attorneys general filed an amicus brief in support of Massachusetts’ lawsuit against the prediction market platform Kalshi for offering illegal sports betting in violation of Massachusetts’ gambling laws. Primarily a sports gambling platform, Kalshi argues that the bets it offers are financial instruments that should be regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), thus preempting state regulations and legalizing the operations nationwide. State attorneys general assert in their brief that behaviors of prediction markets like Kalshi are subject to states’ gambling laws, noting that this is a vital consumer protection issue.
Continue Reading State AG News: Sports Betting, Credit Agencies, Grocery Stores (April 23-29, 2026)

In mid-April 2026, a bipartisan coalition of 45 State Attorneys General (AG) submitted a formal letter to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) expressing their collective support for a proposed rule (Improving Transparency into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure, or RIN 1210-AB37). If enacted as drafted, the rule will require pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) to disclose their compensation arrangements to plan sponsors as a condition of satisfying the “reasonableness” requirement of ERISA’s prohibited transaction exemption — effectively embedding fee transparency into routine pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) contracting procedures. Click here to continue reading the full version of this alert.

Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. See our State Attorneys General page for more insights. Below are the updates from April 16-22, 2026:

Multistate

  • A multistate coalition of 45 attorneys general presented a comment letter supporting a proposed U.S. Department of Labor rule that would require greater transparency from pharmacy benefit managers that service employer-funded health plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The proposed rule would require PBMs to disclose information about their compensation to fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans subject to ERISA.
Continue Reading State AG News: Immigration, Labor and Employment, Deceptive Practices (April 16-22, 2026)

Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. See our State Attorneys General page for more insights. Below are the updates from April 2-8, 2026:

Colorado

  • Attorney General Phil Weiser announced a settlement with Baron Property Services. The matter, brought under the Colorado Consumer Protection Act, Colo. Rev. Stat. § 6-1-101 et seq., and related Colorado landlord-tenant laws, targets alleged unfair and deceptive rental practices, including improper fees and charges imposed on renters. The settlement requires Baron Property Services to pay $7,300 in restitution to tenants who were charged improperly, and $67,635 to the state.
Continue Reading State AG News: Deceptive and Unfair Practices, Consumer Protection (April 2-8, 2026)

Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. See our State Attorneys General page for more insights. Below are the updates from April 9-15, 2026:

Multistate

  • A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys generalurged the Federal Trade Commission to address alleged “junk fee” practices under the FTC Act. The coalition raised concerns regarding hidden fees and surcharges by major businesses that purportedly mislead and overcharge consumers.
  • A coalition of state attorneys general announced a $110,000 settlement with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings. The settlement addresses allegations of misleading marketing practices and unfair cancellation policies during the COVID-19 pandemic, pursuant to the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 et seq., and Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45, that purportedly resulted in financial harm to consumers who were denied refunds.
Continue Reading State AG News: Hidden Fees, Consumer Protection (April 9-15, 2026)

On April 10, 2026, Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court, the Commonwealth’s highest court, allowed a lawsuit brought by the attorney general of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts against Meta to proceed, stating that Section 230 does not immunize the company from claims that the design of their platforms injure children. Click here to continue reading the full version of this alert.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released its Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2026–2030, setting out the agency’s enforcement priorities and operational objectives for the next five years under Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson. The plan reaffirms the FTC’s commitment to vigorously enforcing the nation’s antitrust and consumer protection laws “without fear or favor.” Critically for businesses, the plan returns the phrase “without unduly burdening legitimate business activity” to the agency’s mission statement, signaling a commitment to ending what the agency characterizes as overregulation of businesses that compete fairly and deal honestly with consumers. Despite this business-friendly framing, the plan signals robust enforcement across consumer protection, antitrust, and emerging technology — areas that will directly affect in-house counsel’s compliance planning over the coming years. Expect vigorous consumer protection enforcement — especially in tech, privacy, and children’s online safety. Click here to continue reading the full article.