AG Chronicles: May 2026

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Pricing 101: Key Considerations Across Privacy and Consumer Protection

Monday, May 18, 2026, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ET

In this introductory session of our Surveillance Pricing and Beyond: Navigating Today’s Pricing Landscape webinar series, Privacy Practice Chair and Partner Alysa Hutnik and State AG Practice Chair and Partner Paul L. Singer, will provide a high-level look at today’s evolving pricing landscape and its growing intersection with privacy and consumer protection. Attendees will gain a foundational understanding of the regulatory environment and the key forces shaping how companies approach pricing strategy and compliance. Topics will include:

• Current legislation shaping pricing transparency, including junk fee laws and algorithmic pricing
• The role of social media in amplifying scrutiny and enforcement risk
• Practical considerations for maintaining compliance in an evolving regulatory environment

Register here.

2026 State Attorney General Webinar Series: Maine

Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET

Please join us for a webinar featuring special guest speakers:

• Aaron Frey, Maine Attorney General
• Christina Moylan, Division Chief, Consumer Protection Division

They will be joined by Kelley Drye State Attorneys General Practice Chair Paul Singer, Special Counsel Abby Stempson, Special Counsel Beth Chun, and Senior Associate Andrea deLorimier. Guest speakers will cover consumer protection in Maine, with further details to follow closer to the webinar date.

Register here.

IN THE NEWS AND LATEST UPDATES

Supreme Court Unanimously Limits State AG’s Subpoena Power Over Donor Information

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued an unanimous decision holding that a New Jersey Attorney General subpoena seeking nonprofit donor information inflicted a present injury on the organization’s First Amendment associational rights, even though the subpoena had not yet been enforced. The First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport decision confirms that there is heightened scrutiny when AG investigations target associational privacy and has significant implications for state AG investigations involving charities, advocacy organizations, and other groups engaged in protected speech.

Washington AG Targets Grocery Stores Over BOGO Offers

“Buy One, Get One Free” promotions can be a good way to entice consumers who are looking for deals, but those promotions can lead to legal headaches if the math behind the deals doesn’t add up.

State AGs and Consumer Protection: What We Learned From…Minnesota

In the latest installment of our AG webinar series, we had the opportunity to speak with long-time consumer protection enforcers of the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office (MN AGO or Office). Jessica Whitney and James Canady, Deputy Attorneys General and co-leads of the Consumer Protection Section, shared insights on Minnesota’s consumer protection laws and priorities. We were also joined by Sarah Doktori and Noah Lewellen, Assistant Attorneys General in the Office’s Privacy Unit, who discussed data privacy and the first six months of the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA or Act). Here is what we learned from our guest speakers.  

NAAG Annual Conference 2026: Pricing & Priorities

Last month, State Attorneys General, their staff, and members of the public gathered to discuss a variety of topics at the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Annual Conference. Panel topics included, among others, intoxicating hemp, addressing illegal sales of tobacco and nicotine products, combating online scams with AI, developments in state pre-merger notification laws, and addressing the opioid overdose problem in schools. In this post, we break down the panel, ​“Behind the Price Tag: Giving Consumers Clarity in the Data Driven Pricing Ecosystem.” 

NEWS FROM THE STATES

Alabama

Attorney General Marshall Announces $12.2 Million Settlement with Roblox to Ensure Child Safety

Idaho

AG Labrador Cracks Down on HOAs Charging Illegal Fees to Idaho Homeowners

Iowa

Attorney General Brenna Bird Secures Victory Against Deceptive Stem Cell Company

Maryland

Attorney General Brown and Bipartisan Coalition to Secure Final Approval in $700 Million Google Settlement over App Store Monopoly

New Jersey

Purdue/Sackler $7.4 Billion Opioid Settlement Goes into Effect

New York

Attorney General James Sues Coinbase and Gemini for Running Illegal Gambling Platforms in New York

Attorney General James Rallies in the Bronx to Ban Surveillance Pricing

Pennsylvania

Attorney General Sunday Leads Bipartisan Effort Calling on Credit Card Companies, Payment Apps to Curb Sales of Illegal Vaping Products

Tennessee

Tennessee Attorney General Announces $11.1 Million Settlement with Mariner Finance Over Deceptive Lending Practices

Attorney General Skrmetti and Coalition of States Win Trial Against Live Nation and Ticketmaster

Texas

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pax­ton Sues Kratom Retail­ers for Sell­ing Prod­ucts Con­tain­ing Near­ly Fifty Times the Legal Lim­it of the Poten­tial­ly Dead­ly Alka­loid Known as 7‑OH

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Launch­es Inves­ti­ga­tion Into Major Music Stream­ing Plat­forms, Includ­ing Spo­ti­fy and Apple Music, Over Poten­tial Bribery Scheme

UPCOMING EVENTS

Members of our team will be attending this upcoming conference, in addition to RAGA and DAGA events:

• NAAG Spring Consumer Protection Conference – May 19-21 in Kansas City, MO
• Attorney General Alliance Annual Meeting – June 15-18 in Sea Island, GA
• NAAG Presidential Summit – June 29-July 1 in Greenwich, CT

For more information about the State Attorneys General Practice group, click here.