This article was originally published on Law360 and is republished here with permission as it originally appeared on October 29, 2025. This article is part of a regular column in which each installment features observations on one state’s attorney general enforcement news and trends, and the compliance implications. Since beginning his tenure in 2019, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul... Continue Reading| Regulatory Oversight
Troutman Pepper Locke is proud to sponsor the Government Investigations & Civil Litigation Institute’s 11th Annual Meeting in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM. RISE attorneys Lauren Fincher, Stephen Piepgrass, Ryan Strasser, Ashley Taylor, Amy Williams, and Nam Kang will attend, alongside White Collar Litigation Investigations attorneys Abbey Hazlett and Ghillaine Reid, and Health Care and Life... Continue Reading| Regulatory Oversight
Register Here Monday, November 10 | 1:00–3:10 p.m. ET Lu Reyes and John West, members of Troutman Pepper Locke’s Regulatory Investigations, Strategy + Enforcement practice, will participate in an upcoming CLE webinar with myLawCLE. They will discuss the difference in approaches between state attorney general (AG) investigations and federal enforcement actions. Participants will learn how... Continue Reading| Regulatory Oversight
On September 9, 2025, the Court of Appeal of the State of California upheld California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta’s trial-court victory against a business and its owner for violations of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) based on allegations of the illegal sale of credit insurance, which largely targeted the business’s Latino immigrant customer base.... Continue Reading| Regulatory Oversight
On September 18, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) and the Office of the New Jersey Attorney General (AG) announced that Lyft had paid $19,435,087.06 for allegedly misclassifying its employees as independent contractors. Lyft was audited when drivers began filing for unemployment insurance and disability benefits. The audit, conducted by... Continue Reading| Regulatory Oversight
On September 22, a group of 28 state AGs led by Iowa filed an amicus brief in Vapor Technology Association v. Wooten in support of North Carolina’s state directory law that prohibits the sale of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products or e-cigarettes that lack Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing authorization. According to the... Continue Reading| Regulatory Oversight
On October 10, 2025, Illinois Attorney General (AG) Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit on behalf of Ann Gillespie, director of the Illinois Department of Insurance (the Department), against four different entities, all within the State Farm corporate umbrella. This lawsuit arises from State Farm’s alleged refusal to comply with financial examination warrants issued by Director... Continue Reading| Regulatory Oversight
On September 26, 2025, Minnesota Attorney General (AG) Keith Ellison announced a $800,000 settlement with Shipt, Inc. (Shipt). The settlement resolves| Regulatory Oversight
On September 17, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and seven states – Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nebraska, Tennessee, Utah, and Virginia – sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster for violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act and the Better Online Ticket Sales Act (“BOTS Act”). Additionally, each state Attorney General alleges violation of various state... Continue Reading…| Inside Privacy
Key point: The investigative sweep is part of a growing multistate approach to privacy enforcement actions. On September 9, the California Privacy| Regulatory Oversight
What Happened Last week, Colorado lawmakers held a special session that culminated in a decision to delay the implementation of the Colorado Artificial| Regulatory Oversight
Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Andrea Joy Campbell has issued guidelines to help businesses comply with the recently enacted consumer protection| Regulatory Oversight
