Louisiana AG Liz Murrill sent a letter to U.S. AG Pam Bondi requesting the dismissal of all DOJ lawsuits filed against insurance underwriters under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, including litigation over insurance coverage for oil spill cleanup costs. In the letter, AG Murrill focuses on a 2024 lawsuit involving the Taylor Energy spill,…

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A group of 21 Democratic AGs filed a lawsuit challenging new US DOJ restrictions on the use of federal funding for legal services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other violent crimes. According to the complaint, the restrictions would prevent states and service providers from providing funding under the Victims of Crime Act…

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The FTC, as well as a bipartisan coalition of AGs from five states—Virginia, Arizona, Connecticut, New York, and Washington—have separately filed lawsuits against Zillow Group, Inc. and Zillow, Inc. (collectively, “Zillow”) and Redfin Corporation alleging that the companies entered into an unlawful agreement that stifled competition in the online multifamily rental advertising market in violation…

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The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon granted summary judgment for a group of 18 Democratic AGs—along with the Governors of Pennsylvania and Kentucky—in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in which they sought to block a DOE policy capping funding for state-run energy programs’ indirect costs and fringe benefits.…

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A group of 20 Democratic AGs—joined by the Hawaii Office of Consumer Protection—sent a letter to the CFPB opposing a proposed rule that would limit the Bureau’s authority to oversee nonbank financial services providers, such as peer-to-peer payment processors, neobanks, digital wallet providers, and online or mobile-app lenders. Under the proposed rule, the CFPB’s ability…

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