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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 August 13-19, 2026:

Multistate

  • A multistate coalition of 21 attorneys general sued the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the Department of Homeland Security, challenging a federal directive seeking access to the Commercial Driver’s License Information System, a database of CDL holder records maintained by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA). The lawsuit alleges that the agencies improperly threatened to terminate all federal grants and contracts with the AAMVA if the organization refused to provide the data. The complaint seeks declaratory and injunctive relief for alleged violations of multiple federal privacy laws and the Administrative Procedure Act.
Continue Reading State AG News: Data Privacy, Consumer Protection, Administrative Law (August 13-19, 2026)

On August 19, 2026, the FTC issued a press release outlining the agency’s proposed Enforcement Policy Statement on personalized pricing putting businesses on notice that using consumers’ personal data to set individualized prices without clear and conspicuous disclosures — including the fact of personalization, its basis, and the data used — may constitute a deceptive…

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 2-8, 2026:

Multistate

  • A multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general submitted a comment letter urging the Trump Administration to withdraw a proposed information collection request associated with Executive Order 14398, “Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors.” The proposed collection would impose reporting, recordkeeping, and information-sharing obligations on federal contractors and subcontractors in connection with a new prohibition to be included in federal contracts related to DEI activities. The coalition argued that the proposed collection would violate the Paperwork Reduction Act, that the public notice did not provide enough information for meaningful public comment and underestimated the burden on contractors, and that the proposal does not establish adequate protections for sensitive and personally identifiable information.
Continue Reading State AG News: Food Distributors, Pet Stores, Healthcare (July 2-8, 2026)

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 25-July 1, 2026:

Multistate

  • A multistate coalition of 17 attorneys general settled with egg producers Cal-Maine Foods, Centrum/Versova, and Hickman’s Egg Ranch, alleging that the companies conspired to coordinate their bidding activities to artificially inflate daily egg prices published by Urner Barry, a benchmark pricing service. The settlement requires the egg producers to donate more than 53 million eggs and make non-penalty, monetary payments totaling $3.3 million to the states for consumer protection enforcement.
Continue Reading State AG News: Antitrust, Voting, Affordable Housing (June 25-July 1, 2026)

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 18-24, 2026:

Arkansas

  • Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced the 2026 Fraud and Consumer Protection Summit, to be held September 28–29 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. The summit will cover topics including common scams, price gouging, Medicaid fraud, and robocall awareness. Admission is free but registration is required.
Continue Reading State AG News: Data Privacy, Pricing, Environmental Regulation (June 18-24, 2026)

At the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ (IAPP) annual conference March 30-31, 2026, enforcement officials from California, Connecticut, Indiana, and Delaware shared their current and upcoming enforcement priorities under U.S. state consumer privacy laws. This alert summarizes the key themes from the panel and offers practical guidance for companies navigating the evolving enforcement landscape. Click…

Toni Michelle Jackson and Tiffany Aguiar, attorneys in our State Attorneys General group, recently authored a piece in Law360 examining Minnesota’s shifting data privacy enforcement landscape. In their article, AG Watch: Minn. Enters New Era Of Data Privacy Enforcement, they explore what this new era means for businesses operating in the state and beyond.

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 February 5-11, 2026:

Multistate

  • A multistate coalition of 48 attorneys general obtained a settlement with Lannet Company, Inc., Bausch Health US, LLC, and Bausch Health Americas, Inc. totaling $17.85 million. The coalition alleged that the drug manufacturers entered into a price fixing scheme that inflated prices on generic drugs.
  • A multistate coalition of 21 attorneys general, four cities, and one county, put forward a comment letter opposing the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s proposed rule that would weaken fuel economy standards and remove the CAFE credit trading program. The coalition argues that the new rule is illegal and would harm consumers and the EV industry.
Continue Reading State AG News: Consumer Fraud, Federal Funding, Civil Penalties (February 5-11, 2026)

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 January 29-February 4, 2026:

Multistate

  • A bipartisan coalition of 23 state attorneys general submitted a comment letter opposing two proposed rules by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that would preempt state laws requiring minimum interest payments on mortgage-escrow accounts by national banks. The letter asserts that the proposed rules are an improper attempt to circumvent congressional limits on bank preemption under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and would interfere with the states’ constitutional authority to protect consumers.
Continue Reading State AG News: Data Privacy, Housing, Consumer Protection (January 29-February 4, 2026)