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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.

Vermont Attorney General Donovan Announces He Will Not Run For Reelection

Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan announced that he will not run for reelection in 2022 after nearly two decades in public service…

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 18 attorneys general, led by New York Attorney General James, sent letters to major financial institutions, such as, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, U.S. Bank,

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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 23 attorneys general led by New York Attorney General James and California Attorney General Bonta filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth

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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.

Arkansas

  • Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced a lawsuit against Eastern Ozarks Regional Health System for failing to protect sensitive patient information, both personal and medical, after the hospital closed. The suit alleges

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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 coalition of nine attorneys general successfully challenged bankruptcy plan in the forty-eight state lawsuit against Purdue Pharma for deceptive advertisement of OxyContin. The bankruptcy plan was approved in Sept. 2021. The

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March 15, 2022

Though many states have either rescinded or allowed their pandemic-related declarations of emergency to expire, state attorneys general are continuing to monitor and enforce against price gouging.

For example, several state attorneys general have recently issued press releases regarding the potential price gouging of gas and oil after President Biden announced a…

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 bipartisan coalition of 49 attorneys general is asking the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to adopt a broad rule targeting impersonation scams. These scams may take a variety of forms, including government

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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

  • The Attorney General Alliance hosted a symposium, “Colorado Privacy Act: Rights, Obligations, and Next Steps,” to discuss the Act, focusing on the impact of the bill and preparation for its July 1

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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

  • Following the FDA’s comment request on new over-the-counter hearing aid rules, the National Association of Attorneys General has urged the FDA to preserve states’ authority to enforce their consumer protection laws in

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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

  • California Attorney General Bonta joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general by appealingthe dismissal of the lawsuit challenging Facebook’s allegedly anticompetitive behavior. The appeal argues that the district court’s ruling

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