Current Status of COVID-19 Vaccines Rollout Nationwide: July 2022 Update for the Attorney General Community
On July 13, the U.S. reached over 222.6 million persons (67.1% of the total U.S. population) having received their primary COVID-19 vaccine series (i.e., having received either one shot of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine or two shots of either the mRNA Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccines). Nearly 400,000 children under five years of age have…
Center for Ethics and Public Integrity Newsletter: July 2022
Discover the latest consumer protection updates from your state or territory attorney general from May 2022.
Supreme Court Report: MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC, 21-1270
Volume 29, Issue 21 This Report summarizes cases granted review on June 27 and 30, 2022 (Part II). Case Granted Review: MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC, 21-1270 MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC, 21-1270. The question presented is whether during bankruptcy proceedings 11 U.S.C. §363(m) limits appellate jurisdiction over any…
Supreme Court Report: Ciminelli v. United States, 21-1271
Volume 29, Issue 21 This Report summarizes cases granted review on June 27 and 30, 2022 (Part II). Case Granted Review: Ciminelli v. United States, 21-1271 Ciminelli v. United States, 21-1271. The Court will resolve “[w]hether the Second Circuit’s ‘right to control’ theory of fraud—which treats the deprivation of complete and accurate information bearing on…
Supreme Court Report: Percoco v. United States, 21-1158
Volume 29, Issue 21 This Report summarizes cases granted review on June 27 and 30, 2022 (Part II). Case Granted Review: Percoco v. United States, 21-1158 Percoco v. United States, 21-1158. At issue is whether “a private citizen who holds no elected office or government employment, but has informal political or other influence over governmental…
Supreme Court Report: Moore v. Harper, 21-1271
Volume 29, Issue 21 This Report summarizes cases granted review on June 27 and 30, 2022 (Part II). Case Granted Review: Moore v. Harper, 21-1271 Moore v. Harper, 21-1271. Petitioners ask the Court to adopt what has come to be known as the “independent state legislature” theory. Their question presented is: “Whether a State’s judicial…
DC Court of Appeals Defines Qualifications for Candidates for DC Attorney General
In a rare case addressing the qualifications for the office of attorney general, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals held that a candidate’s tenure as a city councilmember did not satisfy the D.C. Code’s requirement that the District of Columbia attorney general must have “(5) . . . been actively engaged, for at least…
Survey of Recent Challenges to Federal Agencies’ Enforcement Powers and Potential Impacts on Consumer Protection
Introduction 1 In recent years, courts have decided several cases involving both the substance and timing of constitutional challenges to federal agency enforcement proceedings. Because the Supreme Court’s decision in AMG Capital v. FTC, 2 curtailing the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) enforcement abilities, has caused the FTC to increasingly rely upon administrative enforcement actions, any…
Consumer Chief of the Month: Jason Evans, Michigan Attorney General’s Office
I joined the Michigan Department of Attorney General in 2005, after spending two years in private practice. Initially, I worked in our Public Employment, Elections & Tort Division, focusing on employment law cases and tort defense work. This assignment provided me with significant civil litigation experience. I represented multiple state agencies in state and federal…
Attorney General Consumer Protection News: June 2022
Multistate Actions Led by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, and Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, 46 Attorneys General obtained a $1.25 multistate settlement with Carnival Cruise Line stemming from a 2019 data breach. Led by Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares a bipartisan group of…
