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Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates.

Monday, October 4, 2021

Consumer Protection

  • New Jersey Acting Attorney General Bruck announced that the Division of Consumer Affairs reached a settlement agreement for over $138,000 with five gas stations that were overcharging

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Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates.

Monday, September 27, 2021

Energy

  • New York Attorney General James announced a $6 million agreement with National Grid, resolving allegations that it knowingly provided false reports to the Long Island Power Authority

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As the world continues to settle into its new normal, regulators have so, too. Recently, State Attorneys General (AGs) are increasingly focused on several specific enforcement priorities, including (1) price gouging; (2) privacy concerns; (3) antitrust litigation; and (4) harmful substances in products and environmental issues. Many of these priorities have gained prominence in the…

Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates.

Monday, September 20, 2021

Antitrust and Competition

  • A bipartisan coalition of 30 state attorneys general, along with the attorneys general from Washington D.C. and Guam sent a letter to leaders of the U.S.

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Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates.

Monday, September 13, 2021

Disability Discrimination Protections

  • A coalition of 18 attorneys general led by Washington D.C. Attorney General Racine filed an amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court case CVS Pharmacy v. Doe

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Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates.

Monday, September 6, 2021

Federal Firearm Regulations

  • Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting federal laws restricting the commercial sale of

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Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates.

Monday, August 30, 2021

Healthcare Insurance

  • Connecticut Attorney General Tong announced the submission of comments to the Connecticut Insurance Department seeking the highest scrutiny for 11 health insurers’ rate increase requests. The comments

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Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates.

Monday, August 23, 2021

Medicaid Fraud

  • Arkansas Attorney General Rutledge announced a lawsuit against Conway Eye Care/Todd Eye Clinic and associated individuals for allegedly fraudulently billing the state Medicaid program by falsifying documents.

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Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates.

Monday, August 16, 2021

Airlines

  • Colorado Attorney General Weiser sent a letter announcing his support for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (“USDOT”) airline refund proposal and its attempt to simplify the refund process.

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Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates.

Monday, August 2, 2021

Consumer Protection

  • Arizona Attorney General Brnovich announced a program in partnership with the Arizona Food Marketing Alliance and public utilities to combat utility gift card scams through the placement

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