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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.

Multistate

  • Several attorneys general applauded the Biden administration’s plan to expand competition in the meat processing industry. The presidential administration recently announced initiatives to increase competition, including stronger Packers and Stockyards Act rules,

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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.

Multistate

  • A multistate coalition of attorneys general sent a letter to the Federal Housing Administration, asking it to address the failure of mortgage servicers to satisfactorily implement the COVID-19 Recovery option. According to

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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, December 6, 2021

Consumer Protection

  • Washington D.C. Attorney General Racine filed an amicus brief in Superior Court of the District of Columbia case Muslim Advocates v. Facebook, which relates to allegations

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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, November 29, 2021

Charities/Non-profits

  • New York Attorney General James issued her annual fundraising report, which revealed that charities using professional fundraisers received about two thirds (73%) of the money donated in 2020,

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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, November 15, 2021

Consumer Protection

  • A coalition of 50 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) in support of its efforts to

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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, November 8, 2021

Antitrust

  • A bipartisan coalition of 26 attorneys general led by Pennsylvania Attorney General Shapiro and California Attorney General Bonta submitted a brief to the Third Circuit asking it to

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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 25, 2021

Charities

  • New York Attorney General James announced the launch of a new online filing portal charities may use to report their annual financial disclosures. The system is intended to

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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 18, 2021

Consumer Protection – Cryptocurrency

  • New York Attorney General James announced that she directed two virtual currency lending platforms to immediately stop operating in New York, and asked three others

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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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