California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta is leading a coalition of 22 Democratic states and the District of Columbia, to defend the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule that sets stringent greenhouse gas emissions...more
‘Dear Mary,’ is Troutman Pepper’s Incidents + Investigations team’s advice column. Here, you will find Mary’s answers to questions about anything and everything cyber-related – data breaches, forensic investigations, how to...more
Private equity firms can breathe a sigh of relief after a federal judge dismissed claims that threatened to establish a precedent for holding private equity firms liable for certain actions by their portfolio companies....more
The Circuit Court of Cleburne County, Arkansas, denied TikTok and its parent company ByteDance’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin. In the complaint, the AG alleges that TikTok...more
5/31/2024
/ Communications Decency Act ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Minors ,
Mobile Apps ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Section 230 ,
Social Media ,
State Attorneys General ,
TikTok ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
On May 17, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law Senate Bill 24-205, the Colorado Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, making Colorado the first U.S. state to enact comprehensive legislation regulating the use and...more
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina have reached a $500,000 settlement with Sharon Raynes Halliday and RAPHA Healthcare Services LLC, resolving a...more
Earlier this month, the office of the Attorney General of Connecticut announced that the state had reached a settlement with HighBazaar over allegations that the organization allowed the unlicensed sale of cannabis, and the...more
5/28/2024
/ Agribusiness ,
Cannabis Products ,
Cannabis-Related Businesses (CRBs) ,
Cease and Desist Orders ,
Connecticut ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Injunctions ,
Licensing Rules ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Retail Market ,
State Attorneys General ,
Vendors
A coalition of Republican attorneys general representing 25 states has sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to block a new rule issued by the Biden-Harris administration as part of a suite of standards promulgated...more
Nebraska Attorney General (AG) Mike Hilgers is leading multi-state coalitions in two lawsuits aimed at challenging the Biden Administration and the State of California’s electric vehicle mandates on truck owners and operators...more
5/22/2024
/ Automotive Industry ,
Biden Administration ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
National Emissions Standards ,
State Attorneys General ,
Statutory Authority ,
Supply Chain ,
Trucking Industry
A new Connecticut law expands the authority of the state’s attorney general to enforce certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act)....more
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. (Spirit), a subsidiary of a company that produces fuselages for Boeing’s 737 jets, has filed a lawsuit against Texas in response to the attorney general’s (AG) recently initiated investigation into...more
5/16/2024
/ Airlines ,
Airplane Accidents ,
Aviation Industry ,
Boeing ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Final Rules ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Industry Examinations ,
Judicial Review ,
Manufacturing Defects ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
State Attorneys General ,
Texas
A state attorney general (AG) and a major American corporation recently battled over the scope and applicability of the government contractor defense....more
On May 8, attorneys general (AG) from 14 states and the District of Columbia sent a letter to Congressional leadership opposing provisions of the recently proposed federal American Privacy Rights Act (APRA). In addition to...more
On Wednesday, attorneys general (AG) for the states of Florida, New York, and the District of Columbia announced that they are joining Tennessee and Virginia in a multistate coalition challenging the National Collegiate...more
5/9/2024
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
College Athletes ,
Colleges ,
Competition ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Recruitment Policies ,
School Sports ,
Sherman Act ,
State Attorneys General ,
Student Athletes ,
Universities
On April 23, Rhode Island Attorney General (AG) Peter Neronha, approved the merger of Rhode Island PBS and The Public’s Radio....more
On April 11, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court of the State of California arguing that policyholders should be able to assert claims under the state’s Unfair Competition...more
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently announced an Airline Passenger Protection Partnership with state attorneys general (AGs), marking a significant expansion of AGs’ regulatory reach. This partnership, formed...more
4/29/2024
/ Airlines ,
Consumer Complaint Management ,
Consumer Complaint System ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Preemption ,
Regulatory Authority ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General
Washington Attorney General (AG) Bob Ferguson prevailed in his lawsuit against a plastic surgery practice, Allure Esthetic, and its owner, Dr. Javad A. Sajan (collectively, the company), alleging violations of the federal...more
Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Andrea Joy Campbell issued an advisory to provide guidance on how state consumer protection, anti-discrimination, and data security laws apply to artificial intelligence (AI). The advisory...more
On April 12, New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James announced that her office has reached a settlement with Northwell Health, New York’s largest health care network, related to allegations of misleading billing...more
Recently, a matter involving the North Carolina Attorney General (AG) Josh Stein made headlines when it was announced that Affiliated Monitors Inc. would take over monitorship of HCA Healthcare. This relates to HCA’s...more
Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton has announced an investigation into Boeing supplier, Spirit Aerosystems, for alleged manufacturing defects, which are believed to have caused various “concerning incidents, some of which...more
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein led a bipartisan coalition of eight state AGs, including Arkansas, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, and Texas, in requesting the District Court in the Southern...more
California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta and the California Air Resources Board (the Board) have reached a $46 million agreement with engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. to settle alleged violations of California’s engine...more
3/26/2024
/ Air Pollution ,
Automotive Industry ,
California ,
California Air Resources Board ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Certification Requirements ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Clean Air Act ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Violations ,
Motor Vehicles ,
Settlement ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General
New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James is suing JBS USA Food Company and JBS USA Food Company Holdings under New York’s consumer protection laws for allegedly attempting to boost consumer sales by making sustainability...more
3/19/2024
/ Climate Change ,
False Advertising ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Greenwashing ,
Meat Processing Plants ,
NAD ,
Net Zero ,
New York ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State and Local Government ,
State Attorneys General ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices