A bipartisan coalition of 39 states and D.C. filed an amicus brief backing Nevada in Ninth Circuit litigation over whether prediction-market platforms can offer sports-betting products as federally regulated “event contracts” outside state gambling laws, arguing the CFTC cannot use federal commodities law to displace states’ traditional authority over sports betting. The brief was filed…

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California AG Rob Bonta, leading a group of eight Democratic AGs, sued to block Nexstar’s acquisition of TEGNA, alleging the deal violates Section 7 of the Clayton Act by stifling broadcast competition. According to the complaint, the proposed acquisition would create a “broadcasting behemoth” with control over 221 “Big 4” stations, giving Nexstar greater leverage…

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A bipartisan coalition of seven AGs led by North Carolina AG Jeff Jackson said WeChat agreed to new cooperation measures aimed at helping U.S. law enforcement disrupt fentanyl-related money laundering on the platform.

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Massachusetts AG Andrea Joy Campbell, California AG Rob Bonta, and Maryland AG Anthony Brown co-led a coalition of 17 Democratic AGs in suing the U.S. Department of Education and OMB over a new mandate requiring colleges and universities to turn over sweeping amounts of disaggregated student data, alleging the rushed rollout violates the Administrative Procedure Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act.

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28 AGs said they will continue their antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation-Ticketmaster, despite a proposed $280 million settlement reached by the DOJ.

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