AG Chronicles: June 2025

LAW 360 EDITORIAL SERIES

UPCOMING EVENTS

Nevada Attorney General’s Office: Consumer Protection and Other Priorities

Monday, July 14, 2025 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET

Please join us for a webinar featuring special guest speakers Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford and Chief Deputy Mark Krueger, as they join Kelley Drye State Attorneys General Practice Chair Paul Singer, Special Counsel Abby Stempson, Special Counsel Beth Chun, and Associate Andrea deLorimier.

The guest speakers will discuss consumer protection and other priorities within the Nevada Attorney General’s Office. Topics include Nevada’s consumer protection laws, opioids, social media, residential rooftop solar, price gouging, and suggested best practices for businesses when interacting with the office.

Register here.

IN THE NEWS AND LATEST UPDATES

NY Quietly Amends Automatic Renewal Law

On May 9, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a large budget bill with ​“major components of legislation necessary to implement the state transportation, economic development, and environmental conservation budget for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year.” Buried in Part W of the 99-page bill are various provisions that will also impact how companies can offer automatic renewal programs in New York, starting this November. Some of these changes appear to echo Negative Option Rule and California Automatic Renewal Law amendments, while others are more prescriptive.

Multistate Coalition Files Amicus Brief in Support of Anti-Doxing Law

A bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to uphold Daniel’s Law, a New Jersey statute enacted to protect public servants from ​“doxing” — i.e., maliciously posting someone else’s personal information online to incite harassment or violence.

Bipartisan Coalition of State AGs Oppose Federal Effort to Block State AI Laws

If you’ve been keeping tabs on the AI legal landscape lately, one thing is clear: states aren’t waiting. Over the past year, lawmakers across the country have introduced—and in some cases passed—a flurry of bills aimed at regulating the use of AI systems, particularly in the areas of consumer protection, data privacy, and transparency. From algorithmic bias bans to generative AI labeling and ADMT restrictions, a patchwork of new AI rules is quickly taking shape.

Missouri Attorney General Introduces New Rule Requiring Social Media Companies to Offer Competitor Content Moderators

Utilizing regulatory powers under its UDAP law, the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (the ​“MMPA”), Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced a new rule, codified as 15 C.S.R § 60-19, that would prohibit social media companies from requiring their users to rely on the company’s in-house content moderation algorithm. Instead, social media companies must offer ​“algorithmic choice” to users. In a press release, the Missouri AG called the rule the first of its kind in the nation.

Multistate Coalition Urges CFPB to Prioritize and Distribute Consumer Refunds

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown, a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from ten other states, and the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation wrote the Consumer Protection Financial Bureau’s Acting Director, Russell Vought, pressing the CFPB to issue ​“long-delayed restitution” to consumers allegedly harmed by a business offering online training for tech positions.

NEWS FROM THE STATES

Arizona

Attorney General Mayes Secures Consent Judgment Against Family Dollar to Resolve Mispricing Claims

California

Attorney General Bonta, DA Partners Announce $275,000 Settlement with Magazine Billing Company for Misleading California Consumers

Nebraska

Attorney General Hilgers Files Lawsuit Against Temu for Siphoning Nebraskans’ Phone Data

New York

Attorney General James Secures $600,000 from Fitness Company Equinox for its Hard-to-Cancel Memberships

Pennsylvania

AG Sunday Secures Nearly $1 Million Settlement with Company that Worked with Vision Property Management

South Carolina

Attorney General Alan Wilson Announces $7.4 Billion Settlement Against Purdue Pharma, Sackler Family for Fueling Opioid Crisis

Vermont

Attorney General Clark Settles with Private Parking Operator for Misleading ​“Citations”

Virginia

Attorney General Miyares Fights to Protect Richmond Consumers Amid Water Crisis Price Gouging Probe

Washington

CFPB Finally Disburses Checks to Prehired Victims Following Pressure from AGs

NAAG

Bipartisan Coalition of 42 Attorneys General Urges Passage of Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act

42 State and Territory Attorneys General Urge Meta to Take Action Against Investment Scam Ads

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