Supreme Court Report: Ramirez v. Collier, 21-5592
April 11, 2022 Volume 29, Issue 11 This Report summarizes opinions issued on March 23, 24, and 31, and April 4, 2022 (Part I); and cases granted review on March 28, 2022 (Part II). Opinion: Ramirez v. Collier, 21-5592 Ramirez v. Collier, 21-5592. By an 8-1 vote, the Court held that a prisoner facing execution…
Press Invited to Attend Second Half of Attorney General Meeting in Austin
WHO: The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) invites members of the press to attend the second half of its Attorney General Symposium, one of NAAG’s biggest events of the year. Attorneys general scheduled to speak include: Tom Miller, NAAG President and Iowa Attorney General Dave Yost, Ohio Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum, Oregon Attorney…
Current Status of COVID-19 Vaccines Rollout Nationwide: March 2022 Update for the Attorney General Community
On March 24, the U.S. reached 255.1 million persons (76.8% of the total U.S. population) having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 217.3 million persons (65.4% of the total U.S. population) being fully vaccinated (i.e., having received either one shot of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine or two shots of either…
Korean Company Has Sufficient Nexus with State to Permit Gas Price Manipulation Suit by California Attorney General
A recent decision by the California Court of Appeal clarified that, to demonstrate the court’s personal jurisdiction over a defendant in an antitrust case, the attorney general must simply establish that a defendant’s activities directed at the California market have a direct nexus with the anticompetitive conduct alleged in the complaint. SK Trading International Co….
Attorney General Consumer Protection News: March 2022
Multistate Actions A bipartisan coalition of attorneys general announced a nationwide investigation of TikTok to determine whether the company violated state consumer protection laws that put the public, especially young children and young adults, at risk. The investigation is led by attorneys general from California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Vermont. On…
Consumer Chief of the Month, Shannon Halijan, Deputy Attorney General, Arkansas Attorney General’s Office
I was named Deputy Attorney General for the Public Protection Department (PPD) of the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office (AR AGO) on September 1, 2021. I began my career with the AR AGO in January 2019 as an Assistant Attorney General after several years of serving the Arkansas Department of Human Services as an assistant director…
Federal Consumer Protection News: March 2022
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau entered into a $1 million Consent Order with student-loan servicer Edfinancial Services, for allegedly making deceptive statements to student loan borrowers and misrepresenting their forgiveness and repayment options. Edfinancial allegedly deceived borrowers with Federal Family Education Loan Program loans about their eligibility for Public Service Loan…
Discussing Privacy Fallacies: Concluding Thoughts
Third in a Series Talking about privacy is like trying to hug an octopus. The concept covers a wide array of practices and technologies, including targeted advertising, surveillance, artificial intelligence and predictive analytics, biometrics and facial recognition, social media platforms and mobile apps, and online and geolocation tracking, to name just a few. Understanding all…
Supreme Court Report: Haaland v. Brackeen, 21-376; Cherokee Nation v. Brackeen, 21-377; Texas v. Haaland, 21-378; Brackeen v. Haaland, 21-380
March 23, 2022 Volume 29, Issue 10 This Report summarizes opinions issued on March 3, 4, and 7 2022 (Part I); and cases granted review on February 28, 2022 (Part II). Opinion: Haaland v. Brackeen, 21-376; Cherokee Nation v. Brackeen, 21-377; Texas v. Haaland, 21-378; Brackeen v. Haaland, 21-380 Haaland v. Brackeen, 21-376; Cherokee Nation…
Supreme Court Report: Wooden v. United States, 20-5279
March 23, 2022 Volume 29, Issue 10 This Report summarizes opinions issued on March 3, 4, and 7 2022 (Part I); and cases granted review on February 28, 2022 (Part II). Opinion: Wooden v. United States, 20-5279 Wooden v. United States, 20-5279. Without dissent, the Court held that petitioner’s burglary of ten units in a…
