Jennifer Cotter
Jennifer Cotter is the Deputy Criminal Bureau Chief at the Office of the Attorney General. Attorney Cotter assists the Bureau Chief in the oversight of 120 staff members including assistant attorneys general, paralegals, financial investigators, victim witness staff, administrative assistants, and law enforcement. Prior to that role, she was the Chief of the Criminal White-Collar…
James Sweeney
Jim Sweeney is State Trial Counsel for the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. In that role, he consults, advises and works on litigation across the Office, both affirmative and defensive. He has been an Assistant Attorney General for over 30 years, serving for many years in the Office’s Trial Division, handling primarily defensive civil litigation. He…
Harley Kirkland
A native South Carolinian, Harley Littleton Kirkland attended Wofford College and the University of South Carolina School of Law. She is admitted to the South Carolina Bar, the South Carolina Federal District Court, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2014, Harley began working for Deloitte as a Litigation Technology Specialist. She provided technical…
David Wilkins
David Wilkins serves as an Assistant Attorney General and as the Director of Transit Law for the Utah Attorney General’s Office. A section within the Office’s Highways & Utilities Division, David represents the Utah Transit Authority, a large public transit district which serves riders in six counties. In his role, David serves as the transit…
Attorney General Remedies Under Iowa Consumer Fraud Act Are Equitable, Not Legal, Do Not Require Jury Trial
The Iowa supreme court recently analyzed the state’s consumer protection statute and found that the attorney general’s enforcement of the statute does not require a jury trial because they are equitable, rather than legal. The Iowa attorney general sued several companies, alleging false and misleading claims in violation of Iowa’s Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) and…
Illinois Attorney General Must Produce Documents from Non-Party State Agencies
The state of Illinois sued Monsanto and several other companies alleging that they contaminated the environment by producing toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and caused environmental harm to the state’s air, water, wildlife and natural resources. Monsanto sought discovery from state agencies, arguing that that Illinois attorney general has a legal right to obtain those documents…
Alkesh Patel
Alkesh currently serves as a Senior Assistant Attorney General at the Georgia Attorney General’s Office. Alkesh brings a decade of experience practicing in contracts, commercial law, construction and real estate. He currently is the Section Chief of Business and Finance in the Commercial Litigation Division at the Georgia Attorney General’s Office. In this role, he…
Supreme Court Report: Volume 31, Issue 5
December 18, 2023 Volume 31, Issue 5 This Report summarizes cases granted review on December 13, 2023 (Part I). Part I: Cases Granted Review FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, 22-235; Danco Laboratories, L.L.C. v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, 22-236. The Court will review a Fifth Circuit ruling holding “that respondents—doctors…
D.C. Court of Appeals Issues Decision on the Stored Communications Act and Attorney General Investigations
The D.C. Court of Appeals issued a detailed decision about the interplay between the Stored Communications Act (SCA), 18 U.S.C. §§ 2701 to 2711, and a subpoena issued by the D.C attorney general pursuant to the D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act (CPPA) (D.C. Code §§28-3901-3913). The District of Columbia attorney general issued a subpoena to…
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