Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers sent cease-and-desist letters to 104 tobacco stores in the state alleging that they are selling illegal or unlawful THC-containing products. According to the AG’s office, the stores allegedly sold products marketed as hemp but that contained a Delta-9 concentration over the legal limit, making it marijuana, and these products misidentified their…

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A bipartisan coalition of 50 AGs settled with Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. and Walgreen Co. (collectively, “Walgreens”) to resolve allegations that they billed federal and state government health care programs for prescriptions that were never picked up, in violation of the federal False Claims Act. According to the settlement agreement, Walgreens allegedly billed Medicare, Medicaid, and…

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The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sent a letter on behalf of a bipartisan coalition of 38 state and territory AGs urging Congress to pass legislation addressing the national rise in organized retail crime.

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A group of 19 Republican AGs announced that they have sent a letter to Costco Wholesale Corporation, warning that its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies may violate state and federal civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination. The letter argues that Costco’s DEI policies promote race-based employment preferences and classifications to achieve racial diversity that may constitute…

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A group of 18 Democratic AGs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in American Water Works Association v. EPA (No. 24-1188) supporting the EPA’s defense of its Final Rule establishing drinking water standards for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances under the Safe Drinking Water Act. In the brief, the AGs argue that in…

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