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Tennessee Attorney General’s Office Launches New Civil Rights Enforcement Division: What Employers Need to Know

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/22/2025

On July 1, 2025, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced the launch of the Civil Rights Enforcement Division (CRED), a newly established unit within the Attorney General’s Office. This significant structural...more

State AGs, and Mark Twain, Hold Companies Accountable for AI Use

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 7/15/2025

This week, two state attorneys general on very different ends of the political spectrum announced separate actions related to purported discrimination by AI services. Missouri sent inquiry letters to four Big Tech companies...more

Massachusetts Attorney General Settles with Student Loan Lender for Unlawful Practices Related to the Use of AI

Goodwin on 7/14/2025

This Thursday, July 10, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $2.5 million settlement with a company that offers education financing products based in Delaware. ...more

Maryland Ramps Up Fair Housing Enforcement

Troutman Pepper Locke on 6/17/2025

Maryland Attorney General (AG) Anthony G. Brown recently announced three settlements with real estate and property management companies, resulting in more than $310,000 in combined civil penalties and restitution. Brown...more

Maryland Announces Fair Housing Settlements and Enforcement Actions

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 6/2/2025

The Maryland Attorney General’s Office recently announced a series of fair housing enforcement actions, resulting in several major settlements with housing providers across the state....more

What K-12 Leaders Need to Know About the Trump Administration's New Executive Order on School Discipline

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 5/7/2025

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) is developing significant changes to how school discipline is addressed at the federal level. An executive order from President Donald Trump in late April requires the DOE to issue new...more

MoFo’s State + Local Government Enforcement Newsletter (February 2025)

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/24/2025

Morrison Foerster’s State and Local Government Task Force is pleased to provide our bimonthly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general (State AGs) across the...more

U.S. and State Attorneys General Indicate Readiness to Bring DEI Enforcement Actions

Snell & Wilmer on 2/20/2025

In the latest developments in the DEI policy chronicles, on the same day she was sworn into office, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum entitled “Ending Illegal DEI and DEIA Discrimination and Preferences.”...more

California AG Issues AI Advisories

WilmerHale on 1/30/2025

On January 13, 2025, the California AG’s Office (“AGO”) issued two legal advisories regarding the application of existing California law to AI generally as well as the use of AI specifically in healthcare....more

Ten State Attorneys General Launch Inquiry into Major Financial Institutions’ DEI & ESG Programs

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/30/2025

The Attorneys General of ten states have issued a letter challenging the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs at six major financial institutions in the United...more

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