United States and Plaintiff States v. American Airlines et al. (D. Mass. 1:21-cv-11558)

Seven states and the U.S. Department of Justice brought a lawsuit alleging that a joint venture between American Airlines and JetBlue, the Northeast Alliance, violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act.  The plaintiff states and DOJ alleged that the defendants combined their operations at four airports, eliminating competition between them on routes involving those airports…

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United States and Plaintiff States v. Real Page (M.D.N.C. 1:24-CV-00710)

Nie attorneys general have joined the U.S. Department of Justice in a lawsuit against Real Page, Inc.  In a January 2025 amended complaint, the plaintiff states and the DOJ added six large landlords as defendants. The lawsuit alleges that RealPage facilitates the anticompetitive information exchange of nonpublic, competitively sensitive information about rental rates and other…

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United States and Plaintiff States v. Live Nation Entertainment et al (S.D.N.Y. 1:24-CV-03973-AS)

Forty attorneys general joined the U.S. Department of Justice in a lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster L.L.C.  The lawsuit alleges that Live Nation has undertaken anticompetitive conduct in various markets across the live concert ecosystem to maintain its monopoly positions in the markets for primary ticketing services for major concert…

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United States and Plaintiff States v. Agri Stats (D. Minn. 0:23-CV-03009-JRT-JFD)

Six attorneys general joined the U.S. Department of Justice in a lawsuit against Agri Stats.  The lawsuit states that Agri Stats collects information from meat processors and creates and distributes comprehensive reports detailing competing processors’ pricing, margins, inventories, and operations.  Plaintiffs allege that by providing this information only to processors – and not the processors’…

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State and Territory Attorneys General Urge FDA to Take Action Against Counterfeit and Illegally Sold GLP-1 Drugs

Washington, D.C.– The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sent a letter on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of 38 state and territory attorneys general which calls on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take decisive action against the unlawful sale and distribution of counterfeit and illegally sold GLP-1 drugs, including Mounjaro, Zepbound, Ozempic, and…

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A Bipartisan Coalition of 47 Attorneys General Call on the FCC to Strengthen the Robocall Mitigation Database

To strengthen the Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) so that providers understand what information they need to submit and have deadlines to submit this information

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Bipartisan Coalition of 44 State and Territory Attorneys General Endorse the Child Exploitation and Artificial Intelligence Expert Commission Act of 2024

The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sent a letter to Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) and U.S. House leadership on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of 44 state and territory attorneys general endorsing the Child Exploitation and Artificial Intelligence Expert Commission Act of 2024.

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Attorneys General Urge Congress to Appropriate Funding in the FY2025 Budget for Legal Services Corporation

A bipartisan coalition of 39 state and territory attorneys general urge leaders of the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees to allocate robust funding for the nonprofit Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in the FY2025 budget. LSC supports equal access to justice by awarding grants to nonprofit organizations that provide civil legal services to those in…

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U.S. and Plaintiff States v. Apple, Inc., No. 2:24-cv-04055 (D.N.J. Mar. 21, 2024)

Sixteen states and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple for monopolization or attempted monopolization of smartphone markets in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act. The complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleges that Apple illegally maintains a monopoly over…

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Coalition of 43 States Urges FTC to Strengthen Online Privacy and Safety Protections for America’s Youth

The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of 43 state attorneys general to urge the federal government to update and strengthen the rules technology companies must follow under the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Among other things, the…

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