The Federal Trade Commission issued warning letters to 42 law firms regarding potential antitrust concerns tied to participation in Diversity Lab’s “Mansfield Certification” program, citing risks of competitor coordination in labor markets. In the letter, the FTC highlighted the program’s benchmark encouraging firms to consider candidate pools that are at least 30% “underrepresented” lawyers for…

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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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In ABA’s Criminal Justice Magazine, Milton Marquis, Ann-Marie Luciano, and  Nicole Sprinzen discuss how significant resource shifts within federal enforcement agencies and revised enforcement priorities implemented over the past year are driving an unprecedented surge in activity from state attorneys general.

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The FTC settled with General Motors LLC, General Motors Holdings LLC, and OnStar LLC (collectively, “GM”) to resolve allegations that the companies collected, used, and sold consumers’ precise geolocation and driving data from millions of vehicles without adequate notice to or consent from consumers. Under the terms of the order, GM must obtain affirmative express…

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A group of 20 Republican AGs, led by West Virginia AG J.B. McCuskey, submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers supporting the agencies’ updated definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). The comment letter follows the agencies’ proposed rule that narrows the scope of federally regulated waters and reverses prior expansions of federal jurisdiction.

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