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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.

Meet the New North Dakota Attorney General – Drew Wrigley

  • On February 8, 2022, Governor Doug Burgum appointed former U.S. attorney and lieutenant governor Drew Wrigley to serve out the remainder of Attorney

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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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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, June 28, 2021

CFPB 

  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued amendments to the federal mortgage servicing regulations to reinforce economic recovery as foreclosure moratoria expire. The rules, which become effective on

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Oklahoma Attorney General Hunter has announced his resignation for personal reasons. Attorney General Hunter’s resignation is effective Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Following Hunter’s resignation, Oklahoma Governor Stitt will appoint his successor until a new attorney general is elected for the next term.

Today, New Mexico State Auditor Brian Colón announced his candidacy for State Attorney General. He hopes to follow the footsteps of former state auditor, now Attorney General Hector Balderas who is in his second term and term limited.

The former chairman of the New Mexico Democratic Party is now the first person to enter 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, May 3, 2021:

CFPB

  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Acting Director Uejio and Federal Trade Commission Acting Chairwoman Slaughter sent notification letters to the U.S.’s largest apartment landlords reminding them of federal protections

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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, April 26, 2021:

Covid-19

  • New Jersey Attorney General Grewal announced that Shamrock Beef and Ale, which was charged with violating COVID-19 restrictions on bars and restaurants, has agreed to have its license

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