2022 AGO Staff-Only Training

This training is a closed session for attorneys general and attorney general staff only.
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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.

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NAAG State Solicitors General & Appellate Chiefs Conference

September 15-16, 2022 San Francisco, California The conference will provide a forum in which state solicitors general and appellate chiefs can exchange ideas and obtain information that will help improve each state’s appellate practice. Among the expected speakers are Judges Leondra Kruger and Jeffrey Sutton, and Jeffrey Fisher, Pamela Karlan, Orin Kerr, Erin Murphy, and…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Review of the 2021 Supreme Court Term

Wednesday, July 27 at 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET United States Supreme Court decisions directly affect attorney general offices’ ability to enforce state laws and defend government officials’ conduct. In this program, NAAG’s Center for Supreme Court Advocacy will host two of the nation’s leading U.S. Supreme Court practitioners to discuss the Supreme Court’s recently…

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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…

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