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Attorney General Mike Hilgers Files Lawsuit Against Change Healthcare for Critical Failures to Protect Consumer Data and Prevent Against Harm from a Widespread Cyberattack
Office of the Nebraska Rhode Island
Attorney General Neronha offers information on how to protect yourself following a data breach
Office of the Rhode Island Attorney General
Nevada attorney general refiles charges against 2020 fake electors
Marshall Cohen, CNN
Judge blocks Kroger-Albertsons merger following AG Ferguson challenge
Office of the Attorney General of Washington State
Hello, We’ve Been Trying to Reach You: Attorney General Bonta Continues Fight Against Robocalls
Office of the California Attorney General
Expecting challenges, blue states vow to create ‘firewall’ of abortion protections
Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline
Arkansas AG funds $1 million partnership to digitize historical state constitution documents
Mary Hennigan, Yahoo News
AG wants to force LA County to address ‘serious ongoing deficiencies’ in juvenile halls
Jason Henry, The Orange County Register
32 state attorneys general call on Congress to pass Kids Online Safety Act
Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill
State Regulators Know Health Insurance Directories Are Full of Wrong Information. They’re Doing Little to Fix It.
Max Blau, ProPublica
Attorney General James Secures $45 Million and Delivers Major Reforms to Four Nursing Homes Following Significant Financial Fraud and Resident Neglect
Office of the New York State Attorney General
Nebraska Attorney General Sues Social Media Influencer and Florida Company Over Deceptive "Passive Income" Schemes
Izabel Modano, Lawyer Monthly
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul launches unit to investigate innocence claims
Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune
Judge tosses abortion reversal treatment provider’s claims against California attorney general
Sam Ribakoff, Courthouse News Service
Arizona AG: ‘No intention’ of dropping ‘fake electors’ case
Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill
Mich. Attorney General files lawsuit against St. Joseph County paper mill
Liz Shepard, Sturgis Journal
Attorney General James and Governor Hochul Commit to Protecting the Fundamental Freedoms of All New Yorkers as President-Elect Trump Prepares to Take Office
Office of the New York State Attorney General
Prepared for Trump’s Comeback, California’s Attorney General Is Ready To Fight
Molly Castle Work, California Healthline
REPORT: New Details from OAG Investigation into Meta’s Failure to Combat Misinformation Online
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Colombia
Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Announces Significant Updates in Multistate Litigation Against Generic Drug Manufacturers Over Conspiracies to Inflate Prices and Limit Competition
Danna Hayes, Office of the Maine Attorney General
Pennsylvania attorney general sues Prospect Medical alleging ‘corporate greed’
Susanna Vogel, Health Care Diver
Attorney General: Here Are The Top 10 Ways To Protect Hawaii From Wildfires
Thomas Heaton, Honolulu Civil Beat
New Mexico Attorney General calls for tougher penalties for shooting threats
Jessica Salinas, KRQE
SC Attorney General’s Office awards $26M to help crime victims
Julia Keener, WSPA
California attorney general issues bulletin on vote-by-mail ballot laws
Brian Day, Victorville Daily Press
AG Brian Schwalb Claims the Well-Connected Menkiti Group Participated in Title Insurance Kickback Scheme
Washington City Paper, Alex Koma
Maine attorney general warns consumers of misleading solar power ads
Portland Press Herald, Stephen Singer
Attorney General Bonta Announces $7.5 Million Settlement with Walmart for Illegal Disposal of Hazardous Waste and Medical Waste
Office of the California State Attorney General
Attorney General Kwame Raoul Leads Coalition Advocating for HUD's Rule to Combat Homeowners Insurance Discrimination
hoodline Chicago, Damon R. Sheffield
Attorney General Schwalb Sues Fort Myer Construction Company for Polluting District Waterways
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Amazon Pays $400,000 to Settle Violation of Online Sales Ban of Vaping Products
Office of the Vermont Attorney General
Attorney General Bonta Issues Consumer Alert Reminding California Workers of Their Rights
Office of the California Attorney General
Attorney General Phil Weiser issues advisory on legal protections for voters, polling centers ahead of 2024 election
Office of the Colorado Attorney General
AG Campbell Announces $52 Million Settlement With Marriott For Breach Of Guest Reservation Database
Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General
States sue TikTok, alleging platform is addictive, harms kids’ mental health
Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill
Attorney General Mayes Launches Campaign to Combat Housing Discrimination
Office of the Arizona Attorney General
Attorney General James Takes Action to Shut Down Monroe County Nonprofit for Financial Mismanagement
Office of the New York Attorney General
Attorney General Platkin Leads Multistate Coalition to Defend Healthcare Access for Nation’s Dreamers
Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey
Catholic hospital in California illegally denied emergency abortion, state attorney general says
Janie Har, The Associated Press
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin files lawsuit against Google, YouTube, parent company, claims deceptive trade practices
Alex Kienle, KARKn,
AG Campbell Co-Leads Multistate Coalition Supporting Federal Gun Trafficking Regulations
Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General
Attorney general demands major reform of State Police
Colleen O'Dea, Taylor Jung, NJ Spotlight News
State AG sues Exxon for plastic pollution, alleged deception about recycling
Joe Taglieri, HeySoCal
State attorney general accuses Pittsburgh toy maker of 'widespread failure' to fulfill orders
Patrick Varine, TribLIVE
Attorney General Mayes Files Amicus Brief Supporting Hualapai Tribe in Case to Protect Critical Water Supply
Office of the Arizona State Attorney General
Attorney General James and HCR Return Over 300 Affordable Housing Units to New York City
Office of the New York State Attorney General
Attorney General Bonta Secures Preliminary Injunction Against MV Realty, Benefiting Nearly 1,500 Homeowners
Office of the California State Attorney General
Division on Civil Rights Issues 25 Notices of Violation to Housing Providers for Failing to Comply with the Fair Chance in Housing Act
Office of the New Jersey State Attorney General
AG Campbell Announces Fair Labor Settlement With Construction Company On Margaritaville Project
Office of the Attorney General for Massachusetts
Attorney General Platkin, Labor Commissioner Asaro-Angelo File Suit Against JTTT Truck Driving School for Misclassifying Instructors
Office of the Attorney General for New Jersey
Attorney General Schwalb Sues District Slumlord for Egregious Housing Code Violations, Disregarding Stop Work Orders & Defrauding Rapid Re-Housing Program
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Attorney General Kris Mayes Urges Federal Intervention Over Power Failures at San Carlos Irrigation Project
Steve Wilson, hoodline
Attorney General Bonta Announces Nearly $2 Million Settlement with Mead Johnson Regarding Lead in Infant and Toddler Formula
State of California Office of the Attorney General
Attorney General James Takes Action to Hold Militant Anti-Abortion Group in Contempt for Blocking Access to Abortion Care
New York State Attorney Office
State Attorney General sues national software company for allegedly conspiring to raise rental costs
By Kasey Safford, NCW Life
DOJ, 17 states and DC file interest in lawsuit by former Cobb teacher fired over LGBTQ+ book lesson
Sam Sachs, WSBTV
Letitia James Celebrates Victory in Voting by Mail Case
Matthew Impelli, Newsweek
10 more states join DOJ antitrust case against Live Nation, Ticketmaster
Julia Shapero, The Hill
AG Nessel Partners with National Labor Relations Board to Strengthen Worker Protections
Michigan Department of the Attorney General
Attorney General Schwalb Secures $186,000+ for Hotel Restaurant Workers & DC
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
AP African American Studies added back to state-funded course catalog after attorney general weighs in
Atlanta News First
Attorney General Bonta Joins Multistate Coalition in Support of Biden’s Administration’s CHNV Parole Program for Migrants Fleeing Violence
State of California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General
Nevada SOS, attorney general, ask state Supreme Court to hear election certification case
Natalia Mittelstadt, Just the News
Washington Attorney General alleges Regeneron inflated Medicaid prices
Andru Zodrow, Nonstop Local
Washington, D.C., attorney general sues StubHub, alleging deceptive pricing
Jessica Golden, CNBC
Minn. AG Keith Ellison asks appeals court to review state’s age limit for carrying handguns in public
Stephen Montemayor, Star Tribune
Meta agrees to $1.4B settlement with Texas in privacy lawsuit over facial recognition
Nadia Lathan, AP News
Attorney General Schwalb Secures $3.75 Million in District's Largest-Ever Workers' Rights Enforcement Action
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Nevada AG appeals to state high court in effort to revive fake electors case
Rio Yamat, Associated Press
Washington Attorney General Secures $37.7 Million In Chicken Price-Fixing Case
The Seattle Medium
New Mexico attorney general launches probe of patient care at private equity-run hospital
Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News
Will community regain control of Sharon Regional Medical Center? Attorney general sets stage
Kris B. Mamula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
New York attorney general, NYCLU challenge county’s transgender athlete ban
Brooke Migdon, The Hill
Attorney General Schwalb Secures More Than $525,000 for Restaurant Workers & DC in Wage Theft Lawsuit
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Attorney General petitions for federal disaster recognition for Arizona’s extreme heat, wildfire smoke
Mitchell Koch, AZ Family
New York Attorney General Steps in To Defend State Voting Rights Act in Local Redistricting Suit
Madeleine Greenberg, Democracy Docket
NM attorney general sends cease and desist letters to hotels on price gouging
Megan Kamerick, KUNM News
Attorney General Bonta Urges DHS To Extend Deferred Action in Workers Witness Cooperation Cases
Office of the California Attorney General
Wisconsin Attorney General visits law enforcement agencies awarded grants from State Opioid Settlement Funds
Wisconsin Law Journal Staff
Attorney General Schwalb Sues 5 Construction Companies and Labor Brokers for Widespread Illegal Worker Misclassification Scheme
Office of the Attorney General For the District of Columbia
Federal appellate panel sends Michigan pipeline challenge to state court
Todd Richmond, The Associated Press
New Jersey power broker is charged with racketeering in waterfront redevelopment case
Mike Catalini, The Associated Press
Attorney General Josh Stein Leads 43 Bipartisan Attorneys General in Reaching $700 Million Talc Settlement with Johnson & Johnson
Office of the Attorney General of North Carolina
ATTORNEY GENERAL KWAME RAOUL LEADS 32-STATE COALITION URGING SUPREME COURT TO CONSIDER STATE RIGHTS IN PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER REGULATION CASE
Richard M. Sullivan, Hoodline Chicago
Attorney General Bonta Secures Victory in Prohibiting Firearms and Ammunition Sales on State Property
Office of the California Attorney General
Arizona attorney general to investigate Gov. Hobbs for alleged ‘pay to play’
Dennis Welch and Zach Prelutsky, AZ Family
14 state attorneys general urge DOJ to investigate Garrett Foster killing
CBS Austin
Arizona House Republicans call for impeachment of Democratic AG
Joe Duhownik, Courthouse News Service
Attorney General Schwalb Leads Coalition Opposing Law That Would Disenfranchise Voters With Disabilities
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Attorney General James Sues Live Nation and Ticketmaster for Monopolizing Live Events and Overcharging Consumer
New York State Attorney General Office
ATTORNEY GENERAL CAMPBELL REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH EASYPAY OVER ALLEGED RENT-A-BANK SCHEME, SECURES RESTITUTION AND CEASES LENDING IN THE COMMONWEALTH
Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General
Arizona Attorney General sues health care facility over illegal secrecy clause, elder abuse
Serena O'Sullivan, KTAR News
Attorney General Schwalb Urges Congress to Vote Against DC Crimes Act
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
AG Kris Mayes files lawsuit against Amazon claiming unfair and deceptive business practices
Hector Gonzales, ABC Arizona
Minnesota AG Sues Contract-for-Deed Seller Who Allegedly Targeted Muslim Community
Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica
Colorado attorney general shares concerns over election security
Esteban L. Hernandez, AXIOS Denver
Michigan attorney general probing death of Black man hit by unmarked police car
Tesfaye Negussie and Ivan Pereira, ABC News
Michigan former clerk and attorney charged after alleged unauthorized access to 2020 voter data
Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press
California gets appellate OK to share gun owners’ data with university researchers
Sam Ribakoff, Courthouse News Service
NY attorney general suing anti-abortion organizations, accusing them of false advertising
Racquel Stephen, WXXI News
Attorney General Schwalb Leads Coalition Urging US Supreme Court to Uphold Principles of Due Process in Death Penalty Case
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Attorney General Bonta Announces Service Corporation International, Nation’s Largest Funeral Service Provider, to Pay $23 Million Penalty and Consumer Restitution for Consumer Protection Law Violations
Office of the California Attorney General
New York, Florida and DC join lawsuit against NCAA
Gabriel Tynes, Courthouse News Service
Michigan AG executes search warrants on Google and X in ongoing 2020 fake electors probe
Marshall Cohen, CNN
State AG demands answers about Meta AI chatbot’s false accusations
Rebecca Lewis, City & State New York
AG Kris Mayes went hard after Arizona's fake electors. Why didn't former AG Mark Brnovich?
Ronald J. Hansen, azcentral
California attorney general wants final ruling in Chino Valley case
Phillip Zonkel, Q Voice News
Minnesota’s attorney general sues used-car dealership for alleged fraud
Sarah Thamer, Minnesota Public Radio
Mass. AG gives Holden until December to comply with MBTA law
Adam Bass, Mass Live
NRA promises to reform charitable arm in new settlement with DC attorney general
Nick Robertson, The Hill
Massachusetts official warns AI systems subject to consumer protection, anti-bias laws
Steve Leblance, The Associated Press
Buttigieg, Colorado AG launch effort to crack down on "deceptive" airline practices
Alayna Alvarez, Axios Denver
Attorney General Bonta, Secretary of State Weber File Lawsuit Against Huntington Beach over Unlawful Municipal Voter ID Amendment
Office of the California Attorney General
California attorney general forges new police reform agreement with city of Vallejo
Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service
Attorney General James Secures Up to $1.25 Million from Conspiracy Theorists Who Intimidated Black Voters with Threatening Robocalls
Office of the New York State Attorney General
Nevada Attorney General Expects State to See Influx of Women Seeking Abortion After Arizona Ruling
2 News Nevada
AG Kris Mayes: AZ Supreme Court ruling to ban abortion ‘changes everything’
Leah Britton, AZ Mirror
AG Ferguson’s statement on today’s ruling in Washington v. Gator’s Custom Guns
Office of the Washington State Attorney General
Nassau County can’t stop Tish James from suing over trans sports ban: judge
Tim Balk, New York Daily News
Nexus and its owners ordered to pay $811 million in massive civil lawsuit
Brad Zinn, Staunton News Leader
AG Henry Announces Six New Sates Have Joined Lawsuit Against Predatory Lender that Bilked Hundreds of Millions from Consumers in Hidden add-on fees
Pennsylvania Attorney General Office
Oklahoma court considers whether to allow the US’ first publicly funded Catholic school
Sean Murphy, Associated Press
Ohio law banning nearly all abortions now invalid after referendum, attorney general says
Samantha Hendrickson, Associated Press
Michigan Attorney General unveils new opioid resource website
Colin Jackson, Michigan Public Radio Network
N.J. attorney general found evidence that Cinnaminson school discriminated against women on parental leave
Melanie Burney, The Philadelphia Inquirer
‘We can make a difference’: NC attorney general discusses efforts to combat fentanyl crisis
WBTV Web Staff
Oregon AG seeks Providence Health documents in charity care investigation
Elliot Njus, Oregonlive.com
Minnesota AG reaches settlement with HavenBrook Homes, other landlords
Fox 9 Staff
New York sues cash-advance operation for issuing fraudulent loans with rates as high as 820%
Maysoon Kahn, Associated Press
lllinois Attorney General says targeting Mexican-style rodeos may violate anti-discrimination laws
Maria Gardner Lara, Northern Public Radio
State Attorney General’s Office will implement state hate crimes hotline
The Chronicle staff
Arizona attorney general sues RealPage, landlords; accuses them of conspiring to illegally raise rents
AZFamily Digital News Staff
N.J. attorney general OKs gun microstamping to aid investigations of gun crimes
Dana Difilippo, The New Jersey Monitor
They’re a path to becoming governor, but attorney general jobs are now a destination, too
Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press
New York suing major beef producer over environmental impact of products
Lauren Irwin, The Hill
Delaware attorney general to appeal recent ruling striking down early voting
Xerxes Wilson, Delaware News Journal
Massachusetts attorney general sues Milton for rejecting MBTA zoning law: "Compliance with it is mandatory"
Neal Riley, WBZ News
Colorado AG breaks up anesthesiology monopoly that dominated Denver and Durango health care markets
Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post
Attorney General Bonta Appeals District Court Decision Overturning a 100-Year-Old Law and Allowing "Billy Clubs"
Office of the California Attorney General.
Minnesota attorney general settles predatory lending case involving Montana tribe
Mike Hughlett, Star Tribune
Legislature seeks to bar attorney general from private law practice while in office
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com
Attorney General Bonta Announces Settlement with DoorDash, Investigation Finds Company Violated Multiple Consumer Privacy Laws
Office of the California Attorney General.
Over 200 New Jersey police officers must be retrained after attending controversial conference, state attorney general says
Tim McNicholas and Walter Smith Randolph, CBS New York
Letitia James says she's prepared to seize Trump's buildings if he can't pay his $354M civil fraud fine
ByAaron Katersky and Peter Charalambous, ABC News
Attorney General discipline targeted in amendment
Niki Kelly, Indiana Capitol Chronicle
AG Bonta announces $5M settlement with Quest Diagnostics over illegal dumping claims
Tim Fang, CBS San Francisco
Colorado sues to block grocery store merger
Amanda Pampuro, Courthouse News Service
State attorneys-general are shaping national policy, Despite not being elected to do so
The Economist
AG Kaul Leads Bipartisan Group of 42 AGs Urging Congress to Stabilize Funding to Support Victims of Crime
Wisconsin Department of Justice
AI Biden robocalls allegedly suppressing New Hampshire votes linked to Texas companies, AG says
Molly Farrar, Boston.com
Minnesota and Eli Lilly settle insulin price-gouging lawsuit. Deal will hold costs to $35 a month
Steve Karnowski, Associated Press News
Mass. AG announces opioid settlements with two companies. State to get $8 million
Michael P. Norton, Cape Cod Times
Providence will refund medical bills for thousands of patients after agreement with attorney general
Erica Zucco, KING TV Seattle
AG Days: Who’s running for Pennsylvania attorney general?
Harrison Cann and Justin Sweitzer, City & State Pennsylvania
Nevada attorney general launches go-it-alone lawsuits against social media firms in state court
Ken Ritter, AP news
Texas attorney general targets Georgia clinic in another attempt to obtain private medical records of transgender youth
Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN
Citibank failed to prevent fraud, New York AG says in new lawsuit
Andy Monserud, Courthouse News Service
Vermont Attorney General reaches $300K settlement with hotels
Keith Whitcomb, The Barre Montpelier Times Argus
Maine Governor looks to give Lewiston review board subpoena power
Daniel Kool, The Boston Globe
Arkansas attorney general certifies ballot language for proposed constitutional amendment to overturn state’s abortion ban
Neal Earley, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Washington attorney general on suing to block Kroger-Albertsons merger
Boise State Public Radio
California attorney general issues warning to school districts with forced outing policy
Tom Wait, CBS Los Angeles
Ward 8 landlord to pay $2 million for endangering tenants
Marissa Lang, The Washington Post
MA Sues Amazon Over Monopolistic Practices: AG Campbell
Chris Rhatigan, Patch.com
California Attorney General Warns Huntington Beach Against Implementing Voter ID Law
Spencer Custodio, Voice of OC
Trump Committed Fraud By Inflating His Assets, Judge Rules
Alison Durkee, Forbes
State of Colorado penalizes Broomfield nursing home for cybersecurity breach
Logan Smith, CBS Colorado
'I want to send a message’: Arizona attorney general says she may prosecute senior care facilities
Caitlin McGlade, AZ Central
24 Attorneys General Have Signed on to Back Biden Challenge to Idaho Abortion Laws
Eva Surovell, The Messenger
California’s lawsuit says oil giants downplayed climate change. Here’s what to know
Juliana Kim and Michael Copley, NPR
Wisconsin AG sues after Republicans vote to fire state elections chief
Will McDuffie, ABC News
Attorney General James Protects Abortion Access at Jefferson County Jail
Office of the New York State Attorney General
Kelso gun store sued by WA attorney general for selling large-capacity magazines
Matthew Esnayra, Seattle Times
New York City’s pension funds and state of Oregon sue Fox Corporation over 2020 election lies
Oliver Darcy, CNN
Kroger agrees to $1.37 billion settlement over opioid crisis role
Brianna Allison, 15 News
Minnesota attorney general investigating predatory student-loan debt-relief companies,
Kristi Miller, Twin Cities Free Press
Attorney General to Investigate School Discipline at Gallup McKinley Schools
Bryant Furlow, KUNM
Attorney General James, The Legal Aid Society, and NYCLU Announce Agreement with NYPD to Reform Policing of Protests
Office of the New York State Attorney General
Arizona AG Mayes announces formation of workers’ rights unit
Brandon Gray, KTAR News
AG Brown joins amicus brief supporting boosted wages for federal contract workers
Rachel Konieczny, The Daily Record
Aaron Ford, other AGs support restitution for those sickened by nuke tests
Susan Montoya Bryan, KOLO TV
Trump inflated net worth by $2.2 billion, NY attorney general alleges
Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee, The Hill
Federal Grant Helps Free Four Innocent Michigan Men from Prison
Kyle Kaminski, the ‘gander
Chipotle Reaches $322,000 Settlement With D.C. In Child Labor Suit
Amanda Michelle Gomez, DCist
California Attorney General Seeks to Block Transgender Notification Policy
Shawn Hubler, The New York Times
MN Attorney General investigates harmful medical billing practices
Rachel Mantos, KAALTV
Catholic parishes’ lawsuits challenging ELCRA dismissed by federal judge
Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance
D.C. Attorney General Sues Fine-Dining Restaurant Swahili Village For Wage Theft
Amanda Michelle Gomez, DCist
Troubled Migrant Contractor Faces Investigation Into Possible Wrongdoing,
Jay Root, The New York Times
Tish James signals ideological split from Hochul with unusual recusal
Emily Ngo, Nick Reisman, and Janaki Chadha, Politico
Mass. AG awards $1.5 million in grants to address maternal health inequities
Sarah Betancourt, WGBH
Attorney General Josh Stein Shuts Down Health Care Robocallers
North Carolina Department of Justice
Attorney General Bonta Leads 20 States in Opposing Anti-Transgender Laws in Tennessee, Kentucky
State of California Department of Justice
Gov. Inslee, AG Bob Ferguson say Idaho abortion travel ban ‘illegal’
KING 5 Staff, Alex Didion, KING 5 News
NC Attorney General Josh Stein won’t defend state over ‘sloppy’ abortion law
Michael Hyland, WAVY.com
Federal court upholds Attorney General Keith Ellison’s lawsuit against Fleet Farm
WCCO Staff, CBS News
Attorney General James Sues Owners and Operators of Four Nursing Homes for Financial Fraud and Resident Neglect
Office of the New York State Attorney General
New Jersey’s attorney general files civil rights complaints against three school districts alleging discrimination against LGBTQ+ students
Polo Sandoval, CNN
Attorney General Bonta Joins Landmark FTC Lawsuit Challenging ‘Dangerous’ Pharmaceutical Merger
California Office of the Attorney General
Attorney General Campbell Co-Leads Call for Target To Support LGBTQ+ Community
Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General
24 State Attorneys General Confirm Support for Stronger HIPAA Protections for Reproductive Health Data
Steve Alder, HIPAA Journal
Attorney General Kwame Raoul asking for more transparency in AI regulations
Julia Rosier, KHQA
California AG requests information from Florida authorities on migrant flights
Julia Mueller, The Hill
Attorney General Platkin Announces the Launch of the “Criminal Justice Data Dashboard”
New Jersey Office of the Attorney General
Kaul, Democrats reintroduce gun safety bills after a year of unprecedented violence
Tyler Katzenberger, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
New York AG hits anti-abortion group with lawsuit for blocking access to health care clinics
Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill
AG Campbell pushes for wariness of child labor exploitation, especially among immigrants
Sarah Betancourt, GBH News
Fox Corp. board under investigation by Oregon’s attorney general for violating its fiduciary duties
Jordan Valinsky, CNN
Platkin Announces Primary Election Safeguards to Protect the Right to Vote
Insider NJ
New Mexico Attorney General files lawsuit against companies for use of “forever chemicals”
Isaac Cruz, KRQE
Mass. attorney general gets green light to enforce right-to-repair law
Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe
WA AG sues PFAS manufacturers, seeks money for cleanup of drinking water
Isabella Breda and Manuel Villa, Seattle Times
Distributor of Lysol products pays $100k for price gouging during pandemic
Rob Abruzzese, Brooklyn Eagle
District Dogs among companies settling DC wage complaints
Jeff Clabaugh, WTOP
Catholic clergy sexually abused Illinois kids far more often than church acknowledged, state finds
Kathleen Foody and Michael Tarm, AP
AG Platkin Announces Filing of Civil Rights Complaint and Application Seeking to Immediately Prohibit Implementation of Hanover Township Board of Education’s LGBTQ+ Parental Notification Policy
NJ Office of the Attorney General
Arizona AG takes back opinion favoring election hand counts
Bob Christie, KAWC
Ostrom Mushroom Farms to pay $3.4 million for discrimination
Johana Bejarano, Northwest Public Broadcasting
Pine Valley Golf Club settles gender-bias complaint. What’s going to change?
Jim Walsh, Cherry Hill Courier-Post
New York attorney general sues manufacturer over magazine lock used in Buffalo store massacre
Maysoon Khan, WOKV
Campbell optimistic new Police Accountability Unit will foster ‘systemic conversations’
Hannah Loss, GBH News
Backed by State AG Letitia James, Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Combat Deed Theft
Samantha Maldonado and George Joseph, The City
CA Attorney General intervenes in Amah Mutsun lawsuit
Josue Monroy, SanBenito.com
Attorney general proposed as gatekeeper of Minnesota health care mergers
Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune
New Mexico Attorney General submits brief challenging municipal abortion laws
Tom Joyce, The Center Square
Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition Urging U.S. Supreme Court To Protect Public Safety and Victims of Domestic Abuse
Office of the Illinois Attorney General
DC attorney general pens support of proposal to ban employee noncompete clauses
Abigail Constantino, WTOP News
Attorney General challenges Consumers Energy rate hike
Rick Pluta, WKAR News
Attorney General Mayes Announces Fair Housing Act Settlement between LGBTQ Customers and Mortgage Company
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes
Here’s how Mass. AG Andrea Campbell is changing the office she now runs
Luis Fieldman, Masslive.com
What you need to know after Maryland lawmakers greatly expanded Maryland Attorney General’s power
Matt Bush, WYPR News
Trump arrives in Manhattan for NY attorney general’s deposition
Jahnavi Nidumolu, Reuters
Juul agrees to major settlement with six states; California will get $175.8 million
Karen Matthews, LA Times
Attorney General Dana Nessel introduces Job Court Pilot Program in Marquette
Annette Giachino, Upper Michigan Source
‘Devastating consequences’: NC attorney general challenges Texas abortion pill ruling
Teddy Rosenbluth, The News & Observer
Illinois Attorney General backs controversial New Jersey gun law
CBS Chicago Team, CBS Chicago
Judge in Washington orders feds to keep abortion pill access
Associated Press, KOMO News
Washington State Attorney General Gets $35M so far in Chicken Price-Fixing Lawsuit
Brett Davis, The Center Square
Report shows ‘astonishing’ depravity in sexual abuse of more than 600 in Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese
Lee O. Sanderlin and Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun
D.C. Attorney General sues two companies for voucher discrimination
Justin Moyer, The Washington Post
Attorney General James Leads Multistate Coalition to Protect Transgender Students’ Rights
Office of the New York State Attorney General
Attorney Generals call to end existing LGBTQ+ blood donation policy
CBS Chicago Team, CBS News
California attorney general’s letter asks feds to ensure access to asylum
Ria Roebuck Joseph, The Center Square
Maine attorney general files suit against ‘forever chemical’ manufacturers
Kevin Miller, Maine Public
Big title insurer settles New York attorney general ‘no-poach’ claims
Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
Dem AGs clash with Biden admin over abortion pill restrictions
Alicia Miranda Ollstein, Politico
N.J. Attorney General Seizes Control of Paterson Police Department
Tracey Tully, The New York Times
Attorney General Bonta: Credit Card Companies Should Honor Their Pledge to Protect Public Safety
California Department of Justice
Arizona AG Kris Mayes & 22 other attorneys general defend DACA
Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Mirror
Attorney General To Host West Village Drag Story Hour Marathon
Peter Senzamici, Patch.com
Digging into Colorado’s top consumer complaints, from the death of robocalls to incompetent contractors
Tamara Chuang, The Colorado Sun
Wyden, Rosenblum vow to fight expected ruling this week against abortion pill
Lynne Terry, Oregon Capital Chronicle
AG James proposes rule to set price gouging as above 10 percent, guidelines to ride-sharing
Joshua Solomon, The Times Union
‘We will prosecute death threats’: Arizona’s new attorney general fights to protect election workers,
Rachel Leingang, The Guardian
Attorney General Bonta Leads Coalition of 21 States in Fight to Protect Retirement Savings of American Employees
California Department of Justice
AG pushing for largest environmental fine in Washington history
KUOW Staff, KUOW
Oregon, Washington lead coalition of 12 states in suing FDA over abortion pill restrictions
Ben Botkin, Oregon Capital Chronicle
AG Campbell Secures Tax Evasion Charges in Major Black-Market Marijuana and Tobacco Trafficking Investigation
Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General
Pa.’s acting attorney general leads coalition urging stronger PFAS regulations
Zoë Read, WESA
Attorney General Bonta Announces $215 Million Settlement Against Healthcare Company Centene
California Department of Justice
Attorney General James Successfully Defends New York’s Rent Stabilization Laws
New York State Office of the Attorney General
AG Campbell Files Briefs in Support of Common Sense Gun Laws
Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General
NJ Attorney General Announces Civil Rights Investigation Into Judge’s Discrimination Claims
Colleen Murphy, Law.com
Illinois Attorney General sues 3M, other makers of ‘forever chemicals’
Brett Chase, Chicago Sun Times
New York AG asks judge to sanction Trump team for “false” denials in lawsuit
Sri Ravipati, Axios
RI Reaches $700K Settlement With Landlords Over Lead Violations: AG
Jimmy Bentley, Patch.com
Campbell announces new abortion hotline for patients and providers seeking legal advice
Sonel Cutler, Boston Globe
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes: No more ‘political lawsuits’
Kevin Stone, KTAR
Why Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is pausing the death penalty
Lauren Gilger, Fronterasdesk.org
Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall’s lawyer expulsions may have been breaking the law for years, New York AG says
Karen Matthews and The Associated Press, Fortune
The Pa. Attorney General is probing ABC Capital, a former Philly real estate firm accused of scams
Ryan W. Briggs and Samantha Melamed, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit Against Google for Monopolization of Ad Tech Markets
California Department of Justic
State attorney general to push back against county abortion bans
Scott Brown, KRQE News
Raoul leads AG coalition supporting New York’s gun industry liability law
Angela Mulka, The Telegraph
Attorney General Joins U.S. Supreme Court Brief in Support of the Biden Administration’s Student Debt Cancellation Plan
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This is the third piece in a month-long blog series that celebrates Black History Month.
Many lawyers may be unfamiliar with a source of law that nonetheless plays an important role in how their governments function: state Attorney General opinions. In most states, the Attorney General has a duty to give formal legal opinions, on request, usually addressing unsettled questions of state law. These opinions generally are not binding on courts, but courts often treat them as persuasive authority, and they provide guidance to state government officials in areas where courts have not yet spoken. However, like other forms of law, Attorney General opinions can cause harm or reinforce inequity.
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General, at the direction of former Attorney General Brian Frosh, recently took an important step to address that inequity by formally overruling racially discriminatory and now-rejected legal principles found in certain past Attorney General opinions.[i]
The Maryland Constitution requires the Attorney General to “[g]ive his opinion in writing . . . on any legal matter or subject” upon request.[ii] Since 1916, our Office has collected and published these opinions in annual bound volumes, creating a permanent record of the views of Attorneys General spanning more than a century. State and local officials across Maryland sought these opinions, and relied on them in determining what the law required of them.[iii] Unfortunately, some of these opinions relied on, promoted—or at the very least unquestioningly accepted—racially discriminatory legal principles that we now recognize as unconstitutional.[iv] In particular, a number of opinions accepted the idea of segregation in public facilities and public education under the doctrine of “separate but equal,” repudiated in Brown v. Board of Education (1954).[v] Another line of opinions adhered to the notion that the State could bar individuals from marrying on the basis of their race, a doctrine rejected in Loving v. Virginia (1967).[vi]
Of course, nobody reading those opinions today could believe that the discriminatory legal principles they cite, or implicitly accept, are consistent with the Constitution. But those statements remain in our volumes of opinions, volumes that we still cite for other principles of law, and lawyers and members of the public can still find them in law libraries throughout the State and on our Office’s website.
That’s why Attorney General Frosh (inspired by a similar project of former Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring[vii]) recognized the importance of identifying and formally repudiating these outdated opinions to the extent they relied on racially discriminatory legal principles. Our Office, with the invaluable assistance of two summer law clerks, conducted a thorough review of each volume of our past opinions dating back to 1916: a time when Maryland’s primary and secondary schools were fully segregated; when none of the State’s public institutions of higher education admitted Black students; when Baltimore City was still defending in court an ordinance that segregated the City’s neighborhoods by race; and when attempts to add a disenfranchising “grandfather clause” to the State constitution were still in recent memory.[viii]
Our research identified 22 opinions, with dates as recent as 1967, that cited, relied on, or accepted without question one of the two racially discriminatory legal principles mentioned above. Based on that research, we were able to release a new opinion, this past November, that formally overruled the unconstitutional legal principles contained within those 22 opinions. As Attorney General Frosh put it in the official opinion:
Although, as a practical matter, those aspects of the opinions were long ago rendered unenforceable by changes in the law, we recognize that the opinions continue to serve as a reminder of the history of racial injustice perpetuated through the legal institutions of our State government. We thus formally overrule the portions of those opinions that upheld or relied on the erroneous view that the State could prohibit interracial marriages and impose the segregation of public facilities under the doctrine of “separate but equal.” Renouncing these unfortunate opinions cannot change the past, but we hope that it will serve to reinforce our Office’s current commitment to equality under the law.[ix]
Maryland’s current Attorney General, Anthony Brown, who is also our State’s first Black Attorney General, has said that “[t]he pursuit of equity and justice is where we in the Office of Attorney General stand every day.”[x] The first step toward promoting equity in the law is to recognize and confront the ways in which our legal institutions have bolstered, and continue to bolster, inequity. Thus, even though nobody would think the discriminatory principles in those old opinions were still good law, explicitly rejecting them still served an important purpose.
For us to rest on the idea that others have pointed out our errors, as the U.S. Supreme Court implicitly did in Brown and Loving, would not be good enough. We owed it to history and to the State we represent to acknowledge those errors ourselves.
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[i] 107 Md. Op. Att’y Gen. 140 (2022).
[ii] Md. Const., Art. V, § 3(a)(4).
[iii] See, e.g., 46 Md. Op. Att’y Gen. 44, 44-48 (1961) (advising the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Harford County that he should continue to enforce the State’s ban on marriage between a white person and a Black person), overruled by 107 Md. Op. Att’y Gen. 140.
[iv] See, e.g., id.; see also, e.g., 41 Opinions of the Attorney General 120, 127-29 (1956) (advising, even after Brown v. Board of Education, that “training schools,” a type of juvenile correctional institution, should remain segregated), overruled by 107 Md. Op. Att’y Gen. 140.
[v] 347 U.S. 483.
[vi] 388 U.S. 1.
[vii] Va. Op. Att’y Gen. No. 21-103, 2022 WL 173637 (2022).
[viii] See 107 Md. Op. Att’y Gen. at 141 & n.2, 147; see also Garrett Power, Apartheid Baltimore Style: The Residential Segregation Ordinances of 1910-1913, 42 Md. L. Rev. 289, 313 (1983).
[ix] 107 Md. Op. Att’y Gen. at 152.
[x] Anthony G. Brown, Prepared Swearing-In Remarks (Jan. 3, 2023), https://www.agtransition23.com/transition-updates/prepared-swearing-in-remarks.
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