Since the start of President Trump’s second administration, some State Attorneys General (AGs) have actively responded to executive orders and policy directives, including by initiating legal challenges in federal courts. Now…
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/ Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, International Law & Trade
In the twelve weeks since Inauguration Day, President Trump has issued dozens of executive orders, a number of which are designed to reverse the nation’s momentum on clean energy and climate action. He has sought to upend…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On Monday, March 3, 2025, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell finalized new regulations under the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act, Chapter 93A, restricting the use of hidden or surprise fees at the end of a…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection
The first month of the second Trump Administration has been marked by a deluge of executive orders and federal agency directives aimed at implementing the new administration’s policy priorities. State Attorneys General have…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
As we warned in a January 29 client alert, President Trump’s Executive Orders and the subsequent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandum ordering federal agencies to “temporarily pause” any and all funding disbursements…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Energy & Utilities, Government Contracting
In the wake of the recent presidential election, State Attorneys General on both sides of the aisle are evaluating how a new Trump administration will potentially reshape their activities over the next four years. As previously…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
On July 25, 2024, Governor Healey signed “an Act Modernizing Firearm Laws” (“Chapter 135” or the “Act”), a new comprehensive gun law that makes several key changes to existing Massachusetts’ gun laws, including banning “ghost…
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/ Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Elections & Politics
United States Attorney General Merrick Garland, giving remarks about the lawsuit, highlighted public criticism over Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s “exorbitant fees and technological failures” and stated that this lawsuit is “what…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Consumer Protection
State Attorneys General play a significant role in shaping health care policy across the country. While the national debates over health care policy in Congress and the federal government receive significant media attention,…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Government Contracting, Health
When Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022) was decided, the issue of abortion regulation was returned to the states. This gave rise to a patchwork of new restrictive state abortion laws leading to inevitable…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
While State Attorneys General are limited to enforcing laws within their respective states, their enforcement activities often implicate businesses located elsewhere but whose business activity crosses state lines. One area…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Criminal Law
Last month, we recapped the recent activity of state Attorneys General in the artificial intelligence (AI) space, including relevant enforcement actions, state legislative and policy development, and coalition letters to…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
This is the first in our 2024 AGO in Action series examining Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s strategic goals and her progress throughout the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts
The evolving use of artificial intelligence (AI) across different industries has thrust states into a difficult and rapidly developing regulatory arena. State Attorneys General have and will continue to play an essential role in…
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/ Consumer Protection, Science, Computers, & Technology
Attorneys general across the country have joined in litigation related to mifepristone, a drug used for medication abortions. A case currently before the Supreme Court, FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, could affect…
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/ Civil Procedure, Science, Computers, & Technology
