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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California AG Rob Bonta led a coalition of 18 AGs and state privacy and consumer-protection authorities urging Congress to reject the SECURE Data Act, arguing the proposed federal privacy bill would preempt stronger state privacy laws and leave consumers with fewer protections. In the letter, the coalition warns that the bill would make it harder…

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A bipartisan coalition of 34 AGs submitted an initial remedies proposal asking the Southern District of New York to require Live Nation to divest Ticketmaster after a jury found the companies violated federal and state antitrust laws. The proposal also asks the court to require Live Nation to divest a sufficient number of Live Nation-owned…

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State AGs continued to press online platforms and federal policymakers over youth online safety, with Texas suing Discord, Connecticut investigating Roblox, and a bipartisan AG coalition opposing federal legislation they say would undercut state authority to police online harms to minors. Texas AG Ken Paxton sued Discord under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, alleging…

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A bipartisan coalition of 41 AGs submitted a comment letter to the CFTC urging the Commission to affirm that sports-related prediction market “event contracts” fall under state gambling authority, not exclusive federal commodities jurisdiction, continuing a debate over authority between state and federal regulators seeking to oversee prediction markets. In the letter, the coalition argues…

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