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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A coalition of 23 Republican AGs sent a letter to Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service, and S&P Global Ratings questioning whether the credit rating agencies’ ESG policies violate federal securities laws, state consumer protection laws, and antitrust laws. In the letter, the AGs allege that the ratings agencies downgraded fossil-fuel companies and sectors based on…

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The FTC and a coalition of eight Republican AGs reached settlements with Dentsu US, Inc., GroupM Worldwide LLC (d/b/a WPP Media), and Publicis, Inc. over allegations that the companies violated Section 5 of the FTC Act and Section 1 of the Sherman Act by coordinating digital advertising “brand safety” standards. The complaint alleged the firms…

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