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[Webinar] Nevada Attorney General’s Office: Consumer Protection and Other Priorities - July 14th, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

Join Kelley Drye for an important webinar, “Nevada Attorney General’s Office: Consumer Protection and Other Priorities.” This session will feature Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford and Chief Deputy of the Consumer...more

2025 AGA Annual Meeting Wrap-Up: Day 3

In the last post of our three-part series, we discuss the final day of sessions at the 2025 Attorney General Alliance (AGA) Annual Meeting, which explored novel approaches for law enforcement collaboration, effective ways to...more

2025 AGA Annual Meeting Wrap-Up: Day 2

In part two of this three-part series on the Attorney General Alliance (AGA) 2025 Annual Meeting, we highlight panelists’ discussions on the safety and regulation of GLP-1 medications and the role of attorneys general in...more

Missouri Attorney General Introduces New Rule Requiring Social Media Companies to Offer Competitor Content Moderators

Utilizing regulatory powers under its UDAP law, the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (the ​“MMPA”), Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced a new rule, codified as 15 C.S.R § 60-19, that would prohibit social...more

Florida Sues Snap Using New Social Media Law and Old UDAP Theories

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued Snap, Inc., the operator of the social media platform Snapchat, last week for violations of Florida’s HB 3 (§§ 501.1736–.1738, Fla. Stat. (2024)) and the Florida Deceptive and...more

New Jersey Attorney General Sues Discord Over Youth Privacy Practices

Last week, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced a lawsuit against Discord, Inc., a popular messaging application provider, for allegedly misleading parents about the efficacy of its safety controls and...more

AGs Aren’t Kidding about KOSA

Led by Tennessee Attorney General Skrmetti, 32 attorneys general (AGs) sent a bipartisan letter (19 Republicans and 13 Democrats) to both houses of Congress this week, supporting the passage of the Kids Online Safety Act...more

TikTok Faces New Challenges from State AGs

No, that is not a clock you hear – it’s just TikTok in the news again, as several states filed lawsuits or other legal challenges last week against the platform, alleging harmful and exploitative tactics affecting the mental...more

Texas AG Sues TikTok in First Lawsuit Brought Under SCOPE Act

Earlier this week, we described Texas’s new youth privacy law, the Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act, and previewed that the Texas Attorney General is likely to use it to target social media...more

Attorneys General Support Social Media Warning Labels

42 state attorneys general joined forces in a bipartisan National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) letter to Congress, backing the United States Surgeon General’s recent call for Congress to require a surgeon general’s...more

N.A.A.G. 2024 Presidential Initiative Summit Wrap Up

Last week we attended the National Association of Attorneys General 2024 Presidential Initiative Summit in Portland Oregon, titled ​“America’s Youth: AGs Looking Out for the Next Generation.” Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum...more

State AGs Focus on Social Media and its Impact on Youth

As we have discussed, the NAAG President, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, formally announced her 2024 Presidential Initiative focusing on America’s youth. As we noted, this was consistent with a broader priority for...more

Diagnosis: Fake Reviews = Refunding Copays, Destroying Patients on Social Media, and Everything in Between

Like we previously reported, reviews matter. The New York Attorney General (NY AG) announced a $100,000 settlement out of its Bureau of Internet and Technology with a Manhattan-based orthopedic doctor for manipulating patient...more

It May Be Time for TikTok to Change its Ways if State AGs Have Any Say

While State Attorneys General have been clear that social media companies are generally on their radar for a variety of consumer protection concerns, TikTok has been the latest to make headlines in recent weeks. For example,...more

Insights into Texas’ Content Moderation Law

On May 31, the US Supreme Court reinstated an injunction first implemented in December 2021 regarding HB 20, the Texas law prohibiting social media companies from certain content moderation based on viewpoints. Its decision...more

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