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Southeastern States and Partners Launch Southeast Fraud Partnership

A bipartisan alliance of AGs from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina have joined officials and federal agencies from across the Southeast region to launch the Southeast Fraud Enforcement Federal-State Partnership. The Justice Departments National Fraud Enforcement Division announced this new federal-state cooperation agreements with an event that brought together 18…

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AGs Raise Red Flags Over Credit Rating Agencies’ ESG Policies

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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