Alaska Attorney General’s Common Law Powers Do Not Allow Suit Against Legislature
The reach of the Alaska attorney general’s common law powers was the central focus In Taylor v. Alaska Legislative Affairs Agency, No. 3AN-21-0639ICI (July 29, 2021). On June 16, 2021, the Alaska Legislature passed an appropriations bill to fund Alaska government for the year. The bill included a provision giving it effect on June 30,…
Press Invited to Attend Public Portion of Consumer Protection Conference
WHO: The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) is holding its 2021 Consumer Protection Fall Conference. The private, nonprofit, and government sectors are invited to attend the public portion of the conference on the afternoon of Nov. 8. WHAT: The conference will address pressing and relevant issues related to consumer protection. Sessions during the public…
The Anticorruption Manual: Section II: Investigating Corruption Cases
This article is part of a series about The Anticorruption Manual: A Guide for State Prosecutors. The other articles in the series are: The Anticorruption Manual: Helping State Corruption Prosecutors Fill the Role the U.S. Supreme Court Expects Them to Play Section I: Species of Corruption Section III: Criminal Corruption Statutes Section IV: The Corruption…
COVID-19 and Its Impacts on Substance Use and Overdose
Provisional Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) data show that U.S. drug overdose deaths increased by 30% in 2020 from the prior year, reaching an all-time high. Increases in overdose deaths were reported for synthetic opioids (primarily fentanyl), natural or semi-synthetic opioids (e.g., prescription pain medications), psychostimulants (e.g., methamphetamine), and cocaine. In many ways,…
Debunking the Privacy Fallacies
This is the first in a series of articles about privacy-related issues that may be of interest to state attorneys general. When I was in law school, “privacy law” wasn’t really discussed. Today, it seems like all anyone can talk about. That might be because I work on privacy and data security matters for the…
Press Invited to Attend Annual Charities Conference
WHO: The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) is hosting a virtual charities conference in partnership with the National Association of State Charity Officials (NASCO). WHAT: The conference is the only annual event at which charity regulators and nonprofit organizations and their attorneys, accountants, fundraisers, and advisers have the opportunity to meet, hear about, and…
Attorney General Consumer Protection News: September 2021
Multistate Actions Led by Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, a bipartisan coalition of 11 attorneys general announced settlements with StubHub for refusing to refund ticketholders for COVID-19-related cancellations. StubHub had refused to provide refunds, instead providing customers a 120% credit for future events. Under the settlements, StubHub agreed to provide refunds unless customers elected to…
The Relentless Battle to Eliminate Robocalls
As attorneys general, we have made it our mission to protect the residents of Michigan and Ohio from illegal robocallers. Robocallers are like a plague of locusts, except these locusts use 21st century technology to swarm through the international telecommunications landscape where they strike in overwhelming numbers, working to scam and defraud…
