A group of 21 Democratic AGs filed a lawsuit challenging new US DOJ restrictions on the use of federal funding for legal services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other violent crimes. According to the complaint, the restrictions would prevent states and service providers from providing funding under the Victims of Crime Act…

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The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon granted summary judgment for a group of 18 Democratic AGs—along with the Governors of Pennsylvania and Kentucky—in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in which they sought to block a DOE policy capping funding for state-run energy programs’ indirect costs and fringe benefits.…

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Democratic and GOP AGs submitted dueling comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to rescind its 2009 Endangerment Finding and related greenhouse gas vehicle emission standards. The Finding concluded that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare and provided the legal foundation for federal motor vehicle emissions standards. A group of 23 Democratic AGs,…

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A group of 20 Democratic AGs and the Governor of Kentucky obtained a temporary restraining order (TRO) barring the U.S. Department of Agriculture from requiring states to produce Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) records and barring the agency from instituting or continuing noncompliance procedures, such as withholding SNAP funding. The U.S. District Court for the…

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New York AG Letitia James has released proposed rules under the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act, which aims to curb social media features deemed addictive for children and teens. The proposed rules target algorithmically driven feeds, which recommend or personalize content for users based on their data, often in an endless stream.…

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