In this Law360 article, AGs Take Up Consumer Protection Mantle Amid CFPB Cuts, State AG Group members Dustin McDaniel and Grace Garver discuss the uncertain future of the CFPB amid sweeping changes by the Trump administration. As a result of the evolving financial regulatory environment, state attorneys general are increasingly stepping up to fill the…

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A group of 16 Democratic AGs filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the decision by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to redistribute thousands of Forced Reset Triggers (FRTs) throughout the United States. The lawsuit argues that FRTs were previously classified by the ATF as prohibited machine guns under federal law and seized…

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A group of 12 Democratic AGs obtained a ruling from the U.S. Court of International Trade that President Trump’s issuance of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) is unlawful. The court accepted arguments made by the AGs in their complaint that the IEEPA tariff orders are in excess of the powers granted…

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A group of 21 Democratic AGs obtained a preliminary injunction preventing the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) from taking further steps to dismantle the agency. In the court’s order, it found that the states and plaintiffs from a consolidated lawsuit were likely to succeed in demonstrating the unlawfulness of the DOE’s reduction in force and…

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A group of 18 Democratic AGs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit supporting a trade organization’s lawsuit challenging anti-diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) Executive Orders (EOs). The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction finding that the National Association of Diversity Officers…

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