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 July 16-August 12, 2026:

Multistate

• A coalition of 19 attorneys general moved to intervene in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Secretary Pete Hegseth, alleging that the DoD unlawfully froze routine national security reviews of land-based wind energy projects across the country, effectively blocking more than 100 wind projects. The coalition argues that the DoD’s “Wind Freeze” violates the Administrative Procedures Act and undermines state sovereign, economic, and policy interests.
• A coalition of 20 attorneys general sent a letter to federal financial regulators to raise concerns about granting national banking charters to financial tech (“fintech”) companies without adequate safeguards to protect consumers and the financial system. The coalition warned that some fintech lenders use predatory tactics to target the financially vulnerable in violation of state laws and that extending banking privileges to cryptocurrency firms and emerging platforms could add risk to the financial system unless safeguards are implemented.