D.C. AG Brian Schwalb, Maryland AG Anthony Brown, and former Virginia AG Jason Miyares settled with two fraudulent youth club nonprofits and their founder to resolve allegations that they misrepresented the nature of what donations would be used for, in violation of consumer protection laws and laws governing nonprofits in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.

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The FTC secured a settlement with Growth Cave, LLC and related entities (“Growth Cave”), along with the company’s co-CEOs, to resolve allegations that Growth Cave violated the FTC Act, the Business Opportunity Rule, and the Credit Repair Organizations Act through a deceptive business opportunity and credit repair scheme. According to the complaint, Growth Cave allegedly…

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A bipartisan coalition of 35 AGs, co-led by Connecticut AG William Tong, North Carolina AG Jeff Jackson, Pennsylvania AG Dave Sunday, and Utah AG Derek Brown, sent a letter to xAI, urging the company to take additional steps to prevent its AI chatbot, Grok, from generating and disseminating AI-created nonconsensual intimate images (NCII), including content…

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Arizona AG Kris Mayes is investigating reports that xAI’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, which has been integrated into social media platform X, has been used to generate and distribute child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and nonconsensual, exploitative images, among other alleged conduct. Following an investigation similar to Arizona’s, California AG Rob Bonta sent a cease-and-desist…

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Texas AG Ken Paxton settled with Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. to resolve allegations that the company engaged in price gouging by sharply increasing the price of eggs during the COVID-19 pandemic in violation of the state’s consumer protection law. Under the terms of the agreement, Cal-Maine must donate more than 2 million eggs to food banks…

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