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On April 16, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a $12 million settlement through a consent decree with Direct Energy Services LLC (Direct Energy). Direct Energy is an alternative retail electric supplier (ARES)...more
A bipartisan coalition of 43 AGs has entered into a Final Judgment and Consent Decree with Johnson & Johnson to resolve alleged violations of consumer protection laws related to its marketing of talc-based baby powder, which...more
Maryland AG Brian Frosh and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) reached a settlement with poultry processor Valley Proteins, LLC to resolve allegations that Valley Proteins illegally discharged pollutants into a...more
New York AG Letitia James and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation reached a settlement with robocall company Message Communications, Inc. and its president (collectively “Message Defendants”) along with any...more
Texas AG Ken Paxton and the U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement with barge owner Kirby Inland Marine, LP (“Kirby”) to resolve allegations that Kirby caused environmental damage due to an oil spill from one of its...more
Texas AG Ken Paxton and the U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement with chemical companies E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. and Performance Materials NA, Inc. (collectively “DuPont”) to resolve numerous allegations of...more
Democratic AGs Seek Review of Sweeping U.S. Postal Service Changes - Two A group of 20 Democratic AGs, led by New York AG Letitia James and Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro, filed a complaint with the Postal Regulatory Commission...more
New Jersey Acting AG Andrew Bruck reached a settlement with healthcare provider Diamond Institute for Infertility and Menopause, LLC (“Diamond”) to resolve allegations stemming from a 2016 data breach that compromised the...more
Here are last week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: Greyhound Will No Longer Allow Suspicionless CBP...more
Washington AG Bob Ferguson reached a settlement with timeshare exit company Reed Hein & Associates LLC (“Reed Hein”) to resolve allegations that it used deceptive practices to market its timeshare exit services and to...more
Washington AG Bob Ferguson reached a settlement with intercity bus company Greyhound Lines Inc. (“Greyhound”) to resolve allegations that Greyhound allowed U.S. Customs & Border Protection (“CBP”) agents to conduct...more
California drafts safe limits for PFOA and PFOS in drinking water - Chemical & Engineering News – July 23 - A July 22 draft report from the California Environmental Protection Agency would set a science-based safe...more
2022 AG Elections- Kansas Attorney General Eyes Governor’s Mansion- •Kansas AG Derek Schmidt announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Governor in 2022. •Schmidt, who first assumed the AG’s office in...more
At both the state and federal level, antitrust enforcement agencies continue to pursue successful challenges to physician practice transactions. This article summarizes two recent enforcement actions, as well as a new state...more
On March 25, 2019, the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP), Pennsylvania’s largest hospital association, filed a motion in the Middle District of Pennsylvania to intervene in University Pittsburgh...more
Although there have been a number of issues raised by the Pennsylvania Attorney General in the UPMC/Highmark situation, including UPMC’s status as a charitable institution, the primary issue in the Attorney General’s lawsuit...more