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Virginia's Protection of Reproductive Health Information Law – Part One, Scope, Applicability, and Penalties

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In Part One of this FAQ series, we break down Virginia's Senate Bill 754, Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, etc., reproductive or sexual health information (Act), which amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Act...more

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Idaho Federal Judge Warns of Conflicts Between Restrictive Abortion Laws and EMTALA

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In a 60-page decision issued on March 20, 2025, Judge Lynn Winmill, a Federal District Judge for the District of Idaho, granted a preliminary injunction that enjoins Attorney General Raúl Labrador and his officers, employees,...more

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Idaho’s Defense of Life Act and EMTALA: For Now, a Federal Court Permits an Idaho Health System to Stabilize Pregnant Patients...

An Idaho federal court has resolved the tension between that state’s restrictive abortion law and the federal Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) in favor of a hospital system’s obligation to stabilize pregnant...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Challenges to EEOC regs keep on coming

Pregnancy regs, harassment guidance under fire. Not long ago, I reported that a number of state attorneys general had filed suit seeking to block the final regulations interpreting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Their...more

Foley Hoag LLP - State AG Insights

State Attorneys General Weigh in Amidst Supreme Court Case That Could Restrict Access to Abortion Drug Mifepristone

Attorneys general across the country have joined in litigation related to mifepristone, a drug used for medication abortions. A case currently before the Supreme Court, FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, could affect...more

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MoFo’s State + Local Government Enforcement Newsletter - May 2023

Morrison Foerster’s State + Local Government team is pleased to provide our bimonthly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general across the country, with links...more

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Democratic AGs Partially Successful in Amicus Effort to Obtain Stay of Mifepristone Decision Pending Appeal

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A coalition of 24 Democratic AGs filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, urging the court to stay pending the appeal of a district court’s ruling that, if allowed to take full effect, would...more

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The State AG Report – 2.23.2023

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •FTC Targets Ringless Voicemail Robocalls for Violations of...more

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CVS and Walgreens Receive Opposing AG Letters Regarding Plans to Offer Medication Abortion

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A group of 23 Democratic AGs sent a letter to CVS Heath and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., sharing their support for the companies’ recent announcements that they would become certified to sell mifepristone and misoprostol,...more

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The State AG Report – 2.16.2023

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •AGs Support EPA’s Efforts to Lower Oil and Gas Sector’s...more

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Republican and Democratic AGs Face Off in Texas in Latest Medication Abortion Row

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Forty-four AGs, evenly split into two groups of 22, have filed briefings in a Texas lawsuit in which a conservative group is challenging the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, the drug used in medication abortions....more

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State Attorneys General Flex in a Post-Dobbs world – can complying with federal regulatory guidance constitute racketeering...

Are State Attorneys General expanding their reach in this Post-Dobbs world? On February 1, 2023, twenty state Attorneys General signed letters to both CVS and Walgreens warning the giant retail pharmacies against mailing...more

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The State AG Report – 10.13.2022

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Here are this week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •James Leads Coalition of AGs Winning...more

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AG Coalition Supports VA Abortion Services Rule Change

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A multistate coalition of 23 AGs, led by California AG Rob Bonta, sent a letter to Under Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Dr. Shereef Elnahal “enthusiastically supporting” an interim final...more

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For California Electronic and Computing Services Companies, New Processes Required Before Responding to Warrants, Subpoenas and...

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In response to the Dobbs decision, California enacted legislation intended to enhance data privacy and block record requests by other states concerning alleged abortion-related offenses that are lawful in California. In...more

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The State AG Report – 9/29/2022

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Here are this week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Democratic AGs Align Against Texas Abortion...more

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Democratic AGs Align Against Texas Abortion Law

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Democratic AGs from 20 states and the District of Columbia, led by California AG Rob Bonta, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in support of the plaintiffs’ motion for...more

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State Attorneys General on the Abortion Frontlines

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, state attorneys general are, not surprisingly, joining the frontlines of the ensuing state-by-state debate on abortion rights. ...more

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Texas Trigger Law Takes Effect on Aug. 25

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​​​​​​​On July 26, the United States Supreme Court issued its final judgment in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. As a result, Texas’ trigger law, the Human Life Protection Act, takes effect on Aug. 25 - the 30th...more

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Congresswoman says no to ADPPA, citing preemption of California law, reproductive health loophole

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Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) voted against American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA), citing preemption of California law and a concern about reproductive privacy health in the wake of Dobbs....more

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State AG Pulse | Winner Takes All in Kansas

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Three candidates, two moderates and one more closely aligned in voters’ minds with Trump, are battling it out for the Republican nomination in Kansas. Lori, Bernie and native Kansan Meghan Stoppel consider whether the...more

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Florida Reexamines Abortion Rights Under Its State Constitution Post-Dobbs

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According to statistics published in U.S. News & World Report, Florida has the fifth-highest rate of abortions performed per 1,000 women among all 50 states, and it trails only California and New York in the actual number of...more

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Supreme Court Decides Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center

On March 3, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, No. 20-601, holding that the Sixth Circuit erred in prohibiting Kentucky’s attorney general from intervening to defend an abortion law...more

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The Supreme Court - March 3, 2022

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United States v. Zubaydah, No. 20-827: Respondent Abu Zubaydah claims that following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the CIA held him in a detention site in Poland and subjected him to “enhanced interrogation”...more

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Supreme Court Hears Argument on a State Attorney General’s Authority to Defend State’s Laws

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On October 12, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, P.S.C., an appeal from the Sixth Circuit. Plaintiff abortion providers (collectively, “EMW”) initiated this case,...more

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