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No More Mr. Nice Dial: AGs Turn Up Heat on Robocallers

The Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, a bipartisan coalition of 51 AGs, has launched “Operation Robocall Roundup,” a multistate effort to crack down on robocalls across the country. As part of the operation, the Task Force sent notice letters to 37 voice service providers for allegedly failing to comply with FCC robocall mitigation requirements and…

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Bipartisan AGs Sue to Stop 23andMe’s Sale of Consumers’ Genetic Data

A bipartisan coalition of 28 AGs has filed a lawsuit against 23andMe Holding Co. and 23andMe, Inc. (collectively “23andMe”) to protect human genetic data collected by the company from being sold without consumers’ consent as a part of bankruptcy proceedings. In the complaint, the AGs argue that 23andMe is prohibited from selling or transferring the…

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Bipartisan AG Coalition Targets WeChat’s Alleged Role in Fentanyl-Linked Money Laundering

A bipartisan coalition of six AGs, led by North Carolina AG Jeff Jackson, has sent a demand letter to WeChat US, Inc., seeking answers about the app’s alleged role in facilitating transnational money laundering operations tied to fentanyl trafficking. The letter alleges that Chinese underground banking networks, in coordination with Mexican drug cartels, use WeChat’s…

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TN, MO & IA AG Staff Elevated to Federal Positions; New SG Staff in NC & AR

Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti’s Director of the Strategic Litigation Unit, Whitney Hermandorfer, was nominated to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Missouri AG Andrew Bailey’s Solicitor General Joshua Divine and Principal Deputy Solicitor General Maria Lanahan have been nominated to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District…

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Bipartisan AG Task Force Wants to Hang Up on Illegal Robocalls

The bipartisan Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force—consisting of 51 AGs—issued warning letters to nine Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers that they may be transmitting illegal robocall traffic in violation of the Telemarketing Sales Rule, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Truth in Caller ID Act, and state consumer protection laws. In the letters, the Task Force allege…

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