Iowa AG Brenna Bird and Texas AG Ken Paxton co-led a group of 16 Republican AGs in sending a letter to Alphabet, Inc. about YouTube’s content moderation practices. In the letter, the AGs said they have received reports that YouTube is allegedly censoring or suppressing conservative commentators despite Alphabet’s prior public statements that it had…

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Iowa AG Brenna Bird filed a lawsuit against multiple pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and insulin manufacturers, alleging the companies violated Iowa’s Consumer Fraud Act by artificially inflating diabetes drug prices for Iowa consumers. According to the petition, the PBMs and manufacturers allegedly engaged in an unlawful pricing scheme that substantially increased the price of insulin…

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A group of 25 Republican AGs filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a request by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups to stay two California climate-disclosure laws—SB 253 and SB 261—pending appeal. SB 261 mandates climate-related financial-risk disclosures for companies with more than $500 million…

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Democratic and Republican AGs submitted separate comment letters opposing aspects of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to rescind the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), which requires that major industrial sources and fuel suppliers report annual greenhouse gas emissions exceeding 25,000 metric tons. California AG Rob Bonta co-led a group of 16 Democratic AGs and…

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Twenty Republican AGs, led by Iowa AG Brenna Bird, sent a letter to the SEC in response to the Commission’s request for information as it considers how to regulate cryptocurrencies and other digital assets. In their letter, the AGs ask the SEC to carefully consider how any regulatory framework will interact with state laws and…

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