The FTC has filed an amicus brief in an antitrust case alleging that drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson illegally maintained a monopoly through anticompetitive conduct. The brief argues that the Supreme Court precedent establishes that antitrust law is focused on the impact of anticompetitive conduct, not on the intent to harm competition. CareFirst of Maryland…

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Washington AG Nick Brown is leading a coalition alongside 13 other AGs in filing an amicus brief supporting three lawsuits challenging the Trump Administration’s authorization of an oil and gas program to develop the Coastal Plain area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. The amicus briefs have been filed in three separate lawsuits…

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AG Raúl Torrez has announced that the New Mexico Department of Justice is leading a multistate coalition in submitting a letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The letter opposes a new set of regulations set by the Trump administration that would provide a fast track for licensing and deploying of nuclear microreactor technology. The coalition…

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A U.S. district court in California has temporarily halted an allegedly deceptive mortgage assistance relief operation by National Amendment Assistance, which claimed it can provide mortgage relief assistance under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES). FTC alleged that the mortgage assistance relief operator and related entities allegedly misled consumers into paying unlawful upfront…

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California AG Rob Bonta led a coalition of 18 AGs and state privacy and consumer-protection authorities urging Congress to reject the SECURE Data Act, arguing the proposed federal privacy bill would preempt stronger state privacy laws and leave consumers with fewer protections. In the letter, the coalition warns that the bill would make it harder…

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