On March 4, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that prohibits the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or “the Agency”) from setting qualitative limits based on the condition of the “receiving waters” that the…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
2024 was an action-packed year for followers of federal and state laws and regulations governing the disclosure of fees, or so-called “junk fee” laws…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
This week, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement with app developer Saturn Technologies (Saturn) following an investigation into privacy practices that promised teens an exclusive community but allegedly…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Education Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Tariffs of 25% on steel and aluminum mill products from all sources, imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, went in effect at 12:01 this morning..…
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/ Administrative Law, Construction Law, Elections & Politics, Government Contracting, International Law & Trade
What’s going on with Michigan’s consumer protection statute? How does the Michigan Attorney General’s Office operate? And what are its enforcement priorities?…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Many state Attorneys General are celebrating Consumer Protection Week this week by releasing their top consumer complaint categories, summarizing their past year’s successes, and/or providing consumer education. As the AG press…
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/ Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
The tariff news of the last day has been coming at full speed. Whether a small manufacturer or part of a multinational group company; a firm that manages cross-border supply chains on a daily basis or one that rarely thought…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Elections & Politics, International Law & Trade
In recent months, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has stepped firmly into a role as the nation’s leading data broker regulatory and enforcement agency…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
While several states, including Minnesota, Rhode Island, and Maine, have moved to ban per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in cookware products, no state has yet established specific limits for PFAS levels in food. This…
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/ Agriculture, Environmental Law, Toxic Torts
Green marketing is very much in vogue, and so is suing companies over their green marketing. If you want to avoid those suits, you should generally start by looking at the FTC’s Green Guides. But a lot has changed since the…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, Environmental Law
On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that it would not enforce penalties or fines associated with beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Constitutional Law, Finance & Banking
The Certified Angus Beef organization (or “CAB”) is a nonprofit organization that certifies high-quality Angus beef. CAB encourages beef producers to participate in the Beef Quality Assurance (or “BQA”) program, claiming that…
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/ Agriculture, Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection
If you have been following our blogs, it should be no surprise that the Attorneys General remain focused on combatting Organized Retail Crime (ORC) using available state and federal tools…
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/ Consumer Protection, Criminal Law
Top Themes of 2025 – What to Expect from State Attorneys General -
Comprehensive state privacy laws are the “new normal.” Comprehensive state privacy legislation is unlikely to slow down any time soon. In the first few weeks…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Privacy
Last week, a coalition of all 23 democratic attorneys general filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland warning against efforts by the Trump Administration to defund and disband the Consumer…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
