Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. See our State Attorneys General page for more insights. Below are the updates from April 23-29, 2026:
Multistate
- A coalition of 38 attorneys general filed an amicus brief in support of Massachusetts’ lawsuit against the prediction market platform Kalshi for offering illegal sports betting in violation of Massachusetts’ gambling laws. Primarily a sports gambling platform, Kalshi argues that the bets it offers are financial instruments that should be regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), thus preempting state regulations and legalizing the operations nationwide. State attorneys general assert in their brief that behaviors of prediction markets like Kalshi are subject to states’ gambling laws, noting that this is a vital consumer protection issue.
- A coalition of 24 attorneys general authored a letter questioning the lawfulness of the environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) policies of three top credit rating agencies, Fitch Ratings, Moody’s, and S&P Global Ratings. These companies have vowed to incorporate ESG considerations into credit ratings, threatening to both downgrade credit ratings of fossil-fuel companies and undermine States’ bond ratings. The letter alleges that the ratings agencies’ policies create a conflict of interest by artificially increasing demand for ESG consulting services and potentially constitute an antitrust violation and violation of unfair and deceptive trade practices laws.
- A coalition of 11 attorneys general filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief in the Northern District of California against the EPA for failure to enact the 2024 Clean Air Act rule regulating soot pollutants in the air. Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA is required to set standards for a variety of pollutants, including soot, at a level that protects public health and welfare. The complaint references the considerable amount of scientific evidence that soot in the air increases the risk of mortality, decreases life expectancies, and has a whole slew of harmful health impacts.
District of Columbia
- Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit against Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. and its subsidiaries, the owners of an apartment complex in Ward 2 in the District of Columbia, claiming they charged illegal junk fees, including illegal processing fees in reviewing lease applications, monthly “community fees,” and “roommate release fees”; misled tenants with deceptively low rent advertisements; and hid the existence of certain fees from prospective tenants. The suit requests injunctive relief as well as restitution for tenants and civil penalties and costs to the District.
Texas
- Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Blue Cube Operations LLC for violations of Texas state law, alleging the company endangered Texans’ health and safety by releasing chlorine gas and other toxic chemicals, citing at least eleven separate instances of unauthorized emissions between 2022 and 2025. One such instance occurred in May 2025, when a Blue Cube facility emitted more than 8,000 pounds of chlorine, allegedly causing considerable damage to surrounding communities. The suit demands injunctive relief, civil penalties, and court-ordered corrective measures to prevent future harm from occurring.
Washington
- Attorney General Nick Brown filed a complaint in King County Superior Court, alleging the corporate owner of Safeway, Albertsons, and Haggen grocery stores overcharged Washington consumers in more than three million transactions over a five-year period through misleading “buy one get one free” (BOGO) deals. The complaint alleges the stores artificially hike prices of products slated for the specials during the time period leading up to the BOGO promotions, overcharging consumers who purchase items in the interim. The complaint brings claims of unfair and deceptive business practices and unfair competition against the grocery outlets and seeks injunctive relief, restitution to Washington consumers, and payment of civil penalties to the state.