The Oregon Department of Justice and Grocery Delivery E-Service USA, Inc. d/b/a HelloFresh (HelloFresh), recently filed an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) in Oregon Circuit Court to resolve allegations by the...more
12/11/2025
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Consumer Protection Laws ,
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On November 21, Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings’s Investor Protection Unit (IPU) announced a $995,180 penalty against Kovack Advisors, Inc. (Kovack) for a series of violations of the Delaware Securities Act. The...more
12/11/2025
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Consent Order ,
Delaware ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investor Protection ,
Misleading Statements ,
Penalties ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Registered Investment Advisors ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities Regulation ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Securities Regulators
The Texas attorney general (AG) announced a $41.5 million settlement with Pfizer and Tris Pharma related to allegations that the companies provided adulterated pharmaceutical products to children and manipulated testing to...more
12/10/2025
/ Compliance ,
Data Integrity ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicaid ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Quality Control Plan ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Settlement ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General
On November 13, North Carolina Attorney General (AG) Jeff Jackson and Utah AG Derek Brown, along with the Attorney General Alliance, announced a task force in conjunction with generative artificial intelligence (AI)...more
11/25/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Innovative Technology ,
Microsoft ,
New Legislation ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
State Attorneys General
A unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit revived a suit against certain pharmaceutical distributors brought under West Virginia public nuisance law. The panel held that the effects of...more
11/21/2025
/ Appellate Courts ,
Causation ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
Damages ,
DEA ,
Distributors ,
Life Sciences ,
Opioid ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Public Health ,
Public Nuisance ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State and Local Government ,
Statutory Interpretation
On November 6, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta, Connecticut AG William Tong, and New York AG Letitia James announced a $5.1 million settlement with Illuminate Education, Inc. (Illuminate), an educational technology...more
11/19/2025
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
EdTech ,
Educational Institutions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
School Districts ,
Settlement ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Student Digital Privacy Act ,
Student Privacy ,
Students ,
Third-Party
On November 10, New York’s Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act officially took effect, requiring businesses that use individuals’ personal data to set prices to comply with the act’s disclosure requirements. New York Attorney...more
On October 20, a coalition of 21 state attorneys general (AG), led by Iowa AG Brenna Bird, submitted a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester M. Peirce in response to her February statement...more
11/11/2025
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Consumer Protection Laws ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
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State Attorneys General ,
UDAP
The digital age presents a complex challenge: protecting children online while also allowing free speech to continue to be a thriving marketplace of ideas.
Originally published in Law360 - August 4, 2025....more
11/6/2025
/ Communications Decency Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
COPPA ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Free Speech Coalition Inc v Paxton ,
Internet ,
Minor Children ,
Minors ,
New Legislation ,
Online Safety for Children ,
SCOTUS ,
State Legislatures ,
Verification Requirements ,
Websites
Of the 43 elected state attorneys general (AG), Virginia was the only state to hold an AG election in 2025. Democratic candidate Jay Jones was elected to his first term, defeating incumbent Republican Jason Miyares by a 6.6%...more
On October 13, Vermont Attorney General (AG) Charity R. Clark announced a settlement with Angi, Inc., (Angi), resolving allegations related to misleading marketing practices....more
On September 18, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) and the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General (AG) announced that Lyft had paid $19,435,087.06 for allegedly misclassifying its...more
10/27/2025
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Gig Economy ,
Independent Contractors ,
Lyft ,
Misclassification ,
New Jersey ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Settlement ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
On September 22, a group of 28 state AGs led by Iowa filed an amicus brief in Vapor Technology Association v. Wooten in support of North Carolina’s state directory law that prohibits the sale of electronic nicotine delivery...more
10/22/2025
/ Amicus Briefs ,
Appeals ,
E-Cigarettes ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Government Agencies ,
Preemption ,
Public Health ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State Attorneys General ,
Statutory Interpretation
On September 26, 2025, Minnesota Attorney General (AG) Keith Ellison announced a $800,000 settlement with Shipt, Inc. (Shipt). The settlement resolves allegations that the company was misclassifying its workers (referred to...more
10/21/2025
/ Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Freelance Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
Independent Contractors ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
On-Demand Services ,
Settlement ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workers’ Compensation
On October 10, 2025, Illinois Attorney General (AG) Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit on behalf of Ann Gillespie, director of the Illinois Department of Insurance (the Department), against four different entities, all within the...more
10/21/2025
/ Consumer Insurance Products ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Document Productions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Failure to Produce ,
Government Agencies ,
Industry Examinations ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Insurance Regulations ,
Premiums ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Farm ,
State Insurance Administrations
On September 29, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 53, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, into law. The bill will go into effect on January 1, 2026. The act builds upon the...more
10/17/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
California ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Machine Learning ,
New Legislation ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
State and Local Government ,
Whistleblowers
On October 7, 2025, Kalshi, a platform specializing in prediction market trading, filed a lawsuit against the Ohio Casino Control Commission (OCCC) and Ohio attorney general (AG), alleging that their regulatory actions...more
10/15/2025
/ Cease and Desist Orders ,
CFTC ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Gambling ,
Injunctions ,
Jurisdiction ,
Lack of Authority ,
Licensing Rules ,
Marketing ,
Preemption ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Securities Contracts ,
State and Local Government ,
Stock Trades
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 20 states reached a settlement with Kars-R-Us.com, Inc. (Kars) and its operators, Michael Irwin and Lisa Frank, related to an alleged national charity fraud scheme....more
10/13/2025
/ Advertising ,
Charitable Donations ,
Charitable Organizations ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Advertising ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Misrepresentation ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Settlement Agreements ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On October 2, New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James announced that, in accordance with the “Stop Hiding Hate” Act, social media companies are now required to report their content moderation policies to her office, with...more
10/6/2025
/ Enforcement Actions ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
Online Platforms ,
Penalties ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Social Media ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Transparency
In this episode of our special Regulatory Oversight: Solicitors General Insights series, RISE Counsel Jeff Johnson, a former deputy solicitor general in the Missouri Attorney General's office, welcomes Michigan Solicitor...more
9/2/2025
/ Appeals ,
Appellate Courts ,
Bipartisan Agreement ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Federalism ,
Judicial Authority ,
Oral Hearings ,
Popular ,
Public Policy ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General
At the end of a blockbuster term, the Supreme Court sharply limited the power of federal courts to issue so-called universal injunctions against government actors. The decision in Trump v. CASA (and related cases) did not...more
In this episode of our special Regulatory Oversight: Solicitors General Insights series, Jeff Johnson is joined by District of Columbia Solicitor General Caroline Van Zile and Washington Solicitor General Noah Purcell to...more
In this episode of our special Regulatory Oversight: Solicitors General Insights series, Jeff Johnson is joined by Iowa Solicitor General Eric Wessan and Indiana Solicitor General James Barta to discuss their roles and...more
In Tennessee v. EEOC, the Eighth Circuit reversed a district court’s decision and reinstated a lawsuit by 17 states (led by the Tennessee and Arkansas attorneys general (AG)), holding that these states have standing to sue...more
Missouri’s attorney general (AG) announced on X.com (formerly Twitter) that he is “issuing a rule requiring Big Tech to guarantee algorithmic choice for social media users.” [X.com post (January 17, 2025, roughly 3:35 p.m....more