A group of 18 Democratic AGs, led by New York AG Letitia James, won summary judgment in their lawsuit to block a presidential directive suspending all federal approvals for wind energy projects. In its order granting summary judgment, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts declared the executive order illegal and vacated it,…

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The FTC secured a $4.5 million settlement with 7-Eleven, Inc. and its parent company, Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (collectively, “7-Eleven”), to resolve allegations that the convenience store chain violated a 2018 FTC consent order by acquiring a St. Petersburg, Florida fuel outlet without providing the required prior notice to the FTC. The 2018 order…

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A bipartisan coalition of 36 AGs sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to reject any effort to include a ban on state artificial intelligence (AI) laws in upcoming federal legislation, including reported attempts to insert such language into a military funding bill.

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A group of 21 Democratic AGs, co-led by New York AG Letitia James, Rhode Island AG Peter Neronha, and Hawaii AG Anne Lopez, won summary judgment in their lawsuit to stop the implementation of an Executive Order that would effectively dismantle four federal agencies: the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Minority Business Development…

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The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted the request of 13 Democratic AGs to intervene in the court’s review of a U.S. DOJ antitrust settlement regarding the $14 billion merger between Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (HPE) and Juniper Networks. The AGs moved to intervene based on their concerns that the deal’s…

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