NAAG Announces Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s Presidential Initiative: ‘Serving Those Who Serve’

Philadelphia, Penn. – The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) today officially kicked off “Serving Those Who Serve,” the 2023 Presidential Initiative advocated by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, this year’s president of NAAG. Yost’s initiative focuses on enhancing attorneys general efforts to help connect soldiers returning home with timely and relevant services for successful…

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February Consumer Protection Article of the Month: California Attorney General’s Victory in Mesh Case Becomes Final

This February, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a cert petition by Johnson & Johnson (J&J) in its appeal of a California Court of Appeals decision upholding $302 million in civil penalties for their “active, willful measures . . . to suppress information and conceal serious risk and complication information” regarding their surgically implanted pelvic mesh…

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Attorneys General Call on Congress to Improve Federal-State Cooperation to End Human Trafficking

Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sent a letter this week to Congressional leaders informing them of an issue of grave concern with the National Human Trafficking Hotline. The letter, sent on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of 36 state and territory attorneys general, requested Congress’s assistance to preserve the critical…

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Center for Ethics and Public Integrity Newsletter: February 2023

CEPI RESOURCES The U.S. Department of Justice’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS) Training Unit is offering a Financial Investigations Fundamentals Seminar Remote Series from February 28 to March 2, 2023. Nine remote webinars will cover a variety of topics. The program is available only to government attorneys and members of law enforcement. MLARS…

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Coalition of Attorneys General Urge Federal Treasury Bureau to Provide Timely Corporate Transparency Information to State, Local Entities

 The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) today called on the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to allow state, local, and tribal entities to have appropriate and timely access to corporate ownership information critical to fighting crime and terrorism. A letter, signed by 42 attorneys general, was sent yesterday to FinCEN, a bureau of the…

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Attorneys General Urge FinCEN to Provide Timely Corporate Transparency Information to State, Local Entities

The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) called on the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to allow state, local, and tribal entities to have appropriate and timely access to corporate ownership information critical to fighting crime and terrorism. FinCEN seeks comments on recently proposed requirements for access to a national database that will be created…

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Adam Teitelbaum, Consumer Protection Director, Public Advocacy Division, District of Columbia Attorney General’s Office

I have been with the District of Columbia Attorney General’s Office (DC OAG) since June 2021. I initially joined as a Senior Trial Counsel, handling a variety of DC OAG’s affirmative cases. In March 2022, I became Deputy Director of DC OAG’s Office of Consumer Protection. Soon after, when Ben Wiseman left our office to…

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Indiana Governor May Retain Counsel without Attorney General’s Consent

The Indiana General Assembly enacted a law that allowed it to call itself into emergency session and overrode the Governor’s veto. The Governor sued the legislature, challenging the law as “unconstitutionally co-opting a purely executive function.” The Governor argued that under the state constitution, only the Governor can call an emergency session, and this law,…

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California Private Attorney General Statute Does Not Usurp Attorney General Powers

A lobbying group for small and mid-sized businesses challenged California’s Labor Code Private Attorney General Act (PAGA). PAGA “allows California employees to sue their employers and pursue civil penalties on behalf of the state for violations relating not only to themselves, but also to other California employees of the same employer.”  PAGA is a qui…

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Center for Ethics and Public Integrity Newsletter: January 2023

CEPI RESOURCES State Gift Law Map and Summary Table: CEPI’s website offers an interactive map and sortable table displaying the types of statutes that govern when a public official may or may not accept a gift. The gift statutes apply to instances where a thing of value is given to an official without a clear…

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