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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 September 18-24, 2025:

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  • A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general from 22 states and the District of Columbia, plus Chief Legal Officers of seven city and county governments, submitted a comment letter opposing the U.S. EPA‘s proposed roll back of its 2009 finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare because they contribute to climate change. The AGs and Chief Legal Officers write that their constituents are experiencing substantial harm arising from climate change and other public health impacts of greenhouse gas emissions, including from motor vehicles.

Continue Reading State AG News: Environment, Consumer Protection, Energy, FTC September 18-24, 2025

On June 25, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the agenda for its July 9, 2025 Workshop exploring the characterization of gender-affirming health care as involving consumer deception or unfair trade practices. Health care providers, plans, and related businesses should anticipate that investigations and lawsuits related to gender-affirming care will follow under federal unfair…

On May 22, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (the “U.S. Antitrust Agencies”) filed a Statement of Interest supporting thirteen states’ claims that asset managers violated antitrust and consumer protection law through their environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) activities. The Statement, which opposes the asset managers’ motion to dismiss the…

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 April 17th to 23rd.

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• A bipartisan coalition of 40 State Attorneys General published an open letter to the Congressional Committee on Appropriations expressing support for the continued funding of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). The LSC, a nonprofit organization established by Congress, is the largest provider of civil legal aid in the country. The coalition argues that the LSC is essential to many Americans’ access to justice. Continue Reading State AG News: Civil Rights, Tariffs, Healthcare, FTC April 17-23, 2025

State Attorneys General are targeting unfair trade practices in automobile sales, including many of the sales tactics that would have been prohibited under the FTC’s now-vacated CARS Rule. Click here to continue reading the full version of this alert.

Key takeaway #1 Expect State Attorney General antitrust enforcement to increase in the coming four years.

Key takeaway #2 Both Democratic and Republican AGs will be active, separately and on a bipartisan basis.

Key takeaway #3 AGs likely to focus on tech, healthcare, consumer goods, labor, and ESG and DEI initiatives.

With the coming of the new presidential administration, state antitrust enforcement is poised to intensify. We expect both Republican and Democratic Attorneys General (AGs) to actively pursue antitrust investigations and litigation. They will fill in where the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission reduce focus but are also sure to work, including on a bipartisan basis, with their federal counterparts. Below, we explore how state AGs are likely to shape the antitrust landscape in the coming four years, and the areas where we anticipate significant enforcement activity.Continue Reading State Antitrust Enforcement: A Continued Focus on Competition During the New Administration

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. Here are last week’s updates.Continue Reading State AG Updates: December 26-January 1, 2025

Last week the New Jersey State Attorney General (AG) Matthew J. Platkin announced the creation of a new division: the Antitrust Litigation and Competition Enforcement Section (ALCES) within the Division of Law (DOL). The permanent and stand-alone section is based out of the DOL’s Newark office and is intended to reinforce the state’s capacity for robust antitrust protection. This marks yet another effort by a state AG to increase antitrust resources and focus on both large and small antitrust issues to promote fair and competitive markets.Continue Reading New Jersey Bolsters Competition Enforcement with New Antitrust Section

Crowell attorneys attended the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) 2024 Consumer Protection Spring Conference in San Francisco, California on May 15. As usual, the conference included receptions and other networking events allowing the Crowell attorneys in attendance to engage with multiple attorneys general and a host of their respective staff members. The Consumer Protection Spring Conference included a panel session titled Developments at the FTC: Rulemakings.  Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth Blackston, Illinois Attorney General’s Office, moderated the panel of two speakers: Thomas Dahdouh, Staff Attorney (former attorney advisor to Commissioner Chopra), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Lartease Tiffith, Executive Vice President for Public Policy, Interactive Advertising Bureau.  Below please find some key takeaways:Continue Reading State Attorney General Perspectives on FTC Partnership and Rulemakings