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FTC and Bipartisan Coalition of 48 Attorneys General Sue Facebook for Violating Consumer Privacy and Crushing Competition

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By Glynn Wilson – The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general in 48 of 50 states launched a major legal broadside across the bow of social media giant Facebook on Wednesday, escalating the battles in Washington and across the country against the largest technology companies in a way that “could remake the social media industry,”…

Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration Over Proposed Rule to Allow the Prolonged Detention of Immigrant Families

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced Monday he is joining a coalition of 20 attorneys general in states across the country in filing a lawsuit opposing the Trump administration’s new proposed rule allowing the prolonged detention of immigrant children in federal custody along the border of Mexico…

Attorneys General Sue Trump EPA for Allowing Toxic Chlorpyrifos on Food Crops

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By Glynn Wilson – A coalition of six state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco against the Trump Environmental Protection Agency for continuing to allow the widely used pesticide chlorpyrifos on crops that end up contaminating common foods and endangering the neurological development of…