In Idaho, former U.S. Congressman Raul Labrador defeated incumbent AG Lawrence Wasden in the Republican primary election for the post. Wasden, who has served five terms, is the state’s longest-serving AG. Among Labrador’s key campaign themes is his promise to aggressively act against federal government “overreach.” In Minnesota, Doug Wardlow, who was the Republican Party’s…

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On December 20, 2021, a bipartisan group of 33 AGs, led by Idaho AG Lawrence Wasden and Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum, sent a letter to the Director of the CFPB in response to the CFPB’s Request for Comments on its Inquiry into Big Tech Payment Platforms. In the letter, the AGs urged the CFPB to strengthen consumer protections for money-sharing platforms and apps.

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Republican U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2022 election for Texas AG. He will be competing against incumbent Republican AG Ken Paxton and Land Commissioner George P. Bush. As previously reported, the Democratic field includes civil rights attorneys Lee Merritt and Rochelle Garza, and former Galveston mayor Joe…

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Meghan Stoppel and Gianna Puccinelli recently penned a Client Alert discussing how monitoring state AGs’ views on draft legislation and proposed ballot initiatives can help indicate the likelihood of success of such measures.

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A bipartisan group of 23 AGs, led by Idaho AG Lawrence Wasden and Illinois AG Kwame Raoul, sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) urging it to finalize rules that would ban menthol cigarettes.

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