Search and Payment Platforms Urged to Address Deepfake Nonconsensual Intimate Imagery (NCII)

Major search engines and payment platforms are urged to implement stronger measures to combat the spread of deepfake nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII).

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Joint Letter to AI Industry Leaders on Child Safety

A bipartisan letter to major AI companies urging them to protect children from harmful chatbot interactions, citing recent reports of inappropriate and sexualized content involving minors.

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50 State and Territory Attorneys General Urge DOJ Action on Illegal Offshore Gambling

This letter urges the Department of Justice to prioritize enforcement efforts targeting unlawful online sports betting and gaming platforms that operate outside the bounds of U.S. law.

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41 State and Territory Attorneys General Urge Enhanced Cooperation from National Human Trafficking Hotline Operator

The letter urges the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure better cooperation with local law enforcement from the next operator of the National Human Trafficking Hotline.

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Texas et al. v. BlackRock et al.

Thirteen attorneys general brought an antitrust action against three institutional investors – BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard Group.  The lawsuit alleges that defendants used their acquisition of stock to reduce competition in coal markets in violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act and state antitrust laws and that defendants agreed amongst themselves to reduce…

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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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45 State Attorneys General Join in their Ongoing Efforts to Protect Consumers from Robocalls

A bi-partisan coalition of 45 state attorneys general sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seeking to safeguard consumers from scam phone calls made by Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) service providers. The attorneys general submitted comments to the FCC on its proposal “to safeguard and secure the open Internet” (NPRM) asking it to clarify that…

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54 Attorneys General Call on Congress to Study AI and Its Harmful Effects on Children

A bipartisan coalition of 54 state and territory attorneys general urge Congress to study how artificial intelligence (AI) can and is being used to exploit children through child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The attorneys general also asked Congress to propose legislation that would protect children from those abuses. The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG)…

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Attorneys General Call on Congress to Pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act

A bipartisan coalition of 39 state and territory attorneys general called on leaders of Congress to pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act (H.R.1839/S.993). Xylazine is only approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a veterinary medicine and in humans, it is known to depress breathing and heart rate, lower blood pressure, and…

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Connecticut et al. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. et al., No. 2:19-cv-02407, (E.D. Pa. filed in MDL 05/30/2019)

44 plaintiff states filed suit against Teva Pharmaceuticals and 19 of the nation’s largest generic drug manufacturers alleging a broad conspiracy to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition and unreasonably restrain trade for more than 100 different generic drugs. The lawsuit was originally Connecticut, was transferred to the MDL court in Pennsylvania.  The lawsuit…

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