Hawaii AG Anne Lopez led a bipartisan coalition of 45 AGs in urging Congressional leaders to pass the Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which aims to strengthen online protections for children and teens.

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AG Anne Lopez is co-leading a coalition of AGs from 18 states and jurisdictions calling on Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and Formula 1 to prohibit sponsorships involving tobacco and nicotine products. This includes terminating all existing sponsorship agreements. The letter from the coalition stated that tobacco companies are targeting young audiences through high-visibility sponsorships…

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By: Emily Yu The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) hosted its yearly Capital Forum in Washington, D.C. between December 8 and 10, 2025.  Panels touched on new developments in technology and longstanding areas of AG interest alike, but all centered around goods and services consumed by nearly every American. Social Media and AI Hawaii…

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Hawai’i AG Anne Lopez, assisted by private outside counsel, filed a lawsuit against Bytedance Inc., the parent company of TikTok, alleging violations of state consumer protection laws for knowingly designing an addictive platform that harms users, particularly children, while misleading the public about the risks. According to the complaint, TikTok relies on design tactics engineered…

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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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