AGs Say AI is Risky Business, Requires Government Oversight

A bipartisan coalition of 23 AGs responded to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s request for comment on artificial intelligence system accountability measures and policies.
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Illumina-ting AG Arguments in Support of Biotech Merger

A group of 12 Republican AGs filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to allow a merger to proceed between DNA sequencing company Illumina, Inc. and multi-cancer early detection test maker GRAIL, Inc.
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Stakes Are High for Unregistered Cryptocurrency Sales

Maryland AG Anthony Brown filed an action against cryptocurrency company Coinbase, Inc. and its parent company alleging that the company violated the Maryland Securities Act through the sale of unregistered crypto asset staking offerings.
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Keep on Trucking in California, Say Republican AGs

Nineteen Republican AGs filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit over an Environmental Protection Agency final action that granted two California Air Resource Board requests for waivers of Clean Air Act preemption for regulations of heavy-duty on-road vehicles and engines.
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Busted! Dave & Buster’s Pays Up for Alleged Labor Violations

Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell settled with Dave & Buster’s of Massachusetts, Inc. to resolve allegations that the company violated the Commonwealth’s labor laws relating to meal breaks and child labor.
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Can This Debt Collector Rise from the Ashes? Phoenix Pays $1.67 Million to CFPB

The CFPB issued a consent order against medical debt collector Phoenix Financial Services, LLC for allegedly violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 by continuing attempts to collect on debts after patients had disputed the validity of the debts.
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