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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 November 20-26, 2025:

Multistate

  • A multistate coalition of 20 attorneys general succeeded in protecting four federal agencies from elimination by Executive Order. The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island granted the coalition’s motion for summary judgement, permanently enjoining the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH).

Continue Reading State AG News: Environment, Mispriced Items, Data Exploitation (November 20-26, 2025)

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 November 13-19, 2025:

Multistate

  • A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general launched a new AI Task Force in conjunction with OpenAI and Microsoft. The task force will focus on identifying emerging AI issues that could pose a risk to the public, creating safety guidelines for AI developers to follow, and tracking new developments in AI.
  • A multistate coalition of 17 attorneys general filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in support of Defendants-Appellants in VoteAmerica, et al. v. Scott Schwab, et al. The brief argues in favor of a Kansas law prohibiting entities from sending partially or fully completed advance ballot applications for registered voters to submit.

Continue Reading State AG News: AI Task Force, Consumer Fraud, Funding (November 13-19, 2025)

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 August 14-20, 2025:

Illinois

  • Attorney General Raoul filed a lawsuit to prevent unlawful federal funding cuts that threaten Illinois’ state energy programs. The litigation asserts that the federal government’s proposed reductions would undermine vital clean energy initiatives, consumer protection efforts, and utility affordability across the state. The complaint asserts that these cuts violate statutory requirements and would hinder Illinois’ progress toward its energy and climate goals, particularly impacting vulnerable communities. The lawsuit seeks to block the federal action, preserve funding for energy programs, and ensure that federal agencies comply with legal obligations.

Continue Reading State AG News: Consumer Protection, Fraud, AI August 14-20, 2025

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 June 12-18, 2025

Multistate

  • A multistate coalition of 55 State Attorneys General, representing all US states and territories, announced a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin and other synthetic opioids, and the Sackler Family, Purdue’s owners. The settlement would resolve all pending litigation against the Sacklers and the family’s pharmaceutical company for their involvement in the opioid crisis in the United States. Most of the settlement funds are earmarked to support addiction recovery in impacted communities throughout the country. This announcement comes about year after the Supreme Court struck down the last proposed nationwide settlement with Purdue Pharma, finding that the U.S. Bankruptcy Code would not allow Purdue to shield members of the Sackler family from liability.  
  • A multistate coalition of 19 State Attorneys General filed an amicus brief in the Southern District of New York in support of Jobs Corps—a national job training and vocational program. The Jobs Corps program, which the Trump Administration attempted to dismantle last month, provides professional training and housing to thousands of young Americans who are at risk of homelessness without the program. The amicus brief supported Jobs Corps’ motion for preliminary injunction against the department of labor’s elimination of the program.  

Continue Reading State AG News: Common Scams, Inflated Costs Post-Natural Disasters, Underpaid Wages June 12-18, 2025