COVID-19 VACCINATION SCREENING
Washington, Oregon and Nevada will join California in order to independently review any coronavirus vaccine before distributing it to the public.
FAIR AND FREE ELECTION
Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring has joined a group of 15 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in defending North Carolina’s deadline extension for receiving and counting mail-in ballots that were properly cast on or before Election Day.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that the organized election fraud scheme exposed in a Project Veritas video is already under review by investigators from his Election Fraud Unit.
CONSUMER PROTECTION
Idaho Attorney General, Lawrence Wasden warned residents to use caution when shopping for healthcare products with ongoing concerns about COVID-19 and Idaho’s sharp increase in cases.
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced a $500,000 judgment against owner of fraudulent timeshare exit company.
On Georgia their Attorney General Chris Carr wrote a column about how Congress can help stop organized retail crime.
While in Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced that Consumers have the right to shop around when buying contact lenses. This after The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued The Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act that imposes duties on contact lens prescribers and sellers, and requires the (FTC) to develop and enforce implementing rules.
BIG TECH
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a bipartisan coalition of 38 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Facebook v. Noah Duguid, a U.S. Supreme Court case that will determine the scope of the protections of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).