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 access to the drug by invalidating FDA
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Paxton Whistleblower Saga Concludes in a Settlement and Apology
A little over a year after the Texas Appeals Court rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s argument that the state’s Whistleblower Act does not apply to whistleblowers reporting violations of law committed elected officials, AG Paxton has agreed to a…
State Attorneys General on the Abortion Frontlines
California AG Launches Investigation into Fossil Fuel and Petrochemical Industries for Plastic Pollution
On April 28, 2022, the California Attorney General launched an investigation into the “fossil fuel and petrochemical industries for their role in causing and exacerbating the global plastics pollution crisis.” As a first step, the CA AG issued a subpoena…
Losses Continue to Mount For ExxonMobil in its Fight to Prevent State Attorney General Climate Investigations
On March 15, 2020, the Second Circuit rejected an appeal brought by ExxonMobil attempting to block investigations by the New York and Massachusetts Attorneys General into historical claims made by Exxon regarding climate change. These cases have a long procedural…
New York Proposes Broad New Pre-Merger Notification Requirement
The American Bar Association is hosting a panel discussion on New York’s 21st Century Antitrust Act and the pre-merger regime it could create moderated by Austin A.B. Ownbey on March 4. For more information and to register please click here…
Appeals Court Rejects Argument That Whistleblower Protections Do Not Apply to Reporters of Texas AG Paxton’s Alleged Misconduct
By Howard Weiss
The Texas Appeals Court has recently confirmed that employees of elected officials are protected under the Texas Whistleblower Act. In September 2020, high-ranking officials at the Texas Attorney General’s Office (the “OAG”) reported what they believed to be criminal misconduct…
Health Care Entities May Challenge MassHealth Financial Withholdings
The Massachusetts Appeals Court has issued an important ruling for health care entities who are being investigated by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud Division and facing financial withholding, often without recourse while the AGO takes its time to…
Four State AGs Launch Consumer Protection Investigation of Major Republican and Democratic Fundraising Platforms, Congressional Effort Underway to Head Off Future Related Incidents
By Joshua Rosen
This blog post was written by Foley Hoag Summer Associate, Joshua Rosen
Major national media sources including The Hill, New York Times, Washington Post, and others, recently reported that four attorneys general have launched a consumer protection…
WinRed Fights Back Against State Attorneys General Investigations
This blog post was written by Foley Hoag Summer Associate, Nicholas Hanel
Does federal election law preempt state AG investigations against Political Action Committees? WinRed believes so – the GOP fundraising platform has recently filed suit in the District of…