State AG Pulse

In Episode 8 of State AG Pulse, Chris Allen, Ketan Bhirud, and Emily Yu dive into the remaining primaries in this year’s state AG election cycle and the increasingly prominent role played by AGs in influencing federal policy.

In Episode 7 of State AG Pulse, Stephen Cobb and Keturah Taylor dive into the open seat state AG races in Oregon and Washington and other issues shaping the political landscape in the Pacific Northwest.

In this episode of State AG Pulse, Meghan Stoppel, Madison Smith and Keturah Taylor discuss comprehensive state privacy laws and how the uptick in recently enacted state legislation is impacting the federal privacy conversation in Congress.

In politics, argues Howard Schweitzer, knowing where a person comes from is fundamental to a successful relationship. Chris Allen and Jerry Kilgore agree, and in episode 5 of State AG Pulse, season 4, they consider AGs’ career trajectories and how for businesses, getting to know an AG can pay dividends for years to come. They also talk about the increasingly divisive nature of political dialogue and what it takes to bring about change at the state or federal level.

Republicans and Democrats agree on the importance of protecting children and teens against online predators. In this episode of State AG Pulse, Jerry Kilgore expands on his recent op-ed in Washington Examiner in which he argued that encouraging parental oversight, together with federal mandates for age standards, would be more effective in protecting children’s safety online than a patchwork of state laws. He predicts wide reverberations from the Supreme Court’s expected ruling in the NetChoice cases this summer including on the campaign trail, and debates with Stephen Cobb and Emily Yu the roles of state AGs, legislation and the Supreme Court in the fight between those who support content moderation and those who advocate for freedom of expression.

In our third State AG Pulse episode in season 4, we spotlight the pivotal Pennsylvania race with the benefit of insights from Cozen Public Strategies’ Jim Davis in Harrisburg and Joe Hill in Philadelphia. Meghan Stoppel and Siran Faulders engage with Jim and Joe on the PA races from the top of the ticket down. From Rust Belt state Pennsylvania, they traverse the other swing states of the Sun Belt and the South to explore how demographics in those other purple states may also drive voter behaviors.

In Episode 2 of State AG Pulse, Stephen Cobb talks with Swain Wood, former North Carolina Chief Deputy AG, and WRAL correspondent, Will Doran, on the North Carolina race and the extent to which it will be dominated by the office of the attorney general, both outgoing and incoming.

In this first episode of our new season, the State AG Group’s Jerry Kilgore and Stephen Cobb compare notes with Cozen Public Strategies CEO Howard Schweitzer and the Hon. Rodney Davis on the issues and politics of the upcoming election. From presidential to congressional and gubernatorial to state attorneys general races, they consider the impact of aging presidential contenders, the economy, immigration, reproductive rights, and international conflict. Who are the “double haters”? Will a 3rd party candidate throw the two-horse presidential race into disarray? Listen in for incisive analysis and insider insights.

Increasingly, influencers are being used by social media-savvy advertisers to encourage consumers to buy their products. And it works: these influencers have an outsized impact on what we buy. In this week’s podcast Meghan Stoppel and Hannah Cornett discuss warnings from the FTC to advertisers about how and when they should disclose influencer endorsements, while considering the likelihood that where the FTC leads, state AGs will follow.

State AGs’ authority is by no means limited to their more traditional jurisdictions - consumer protection, privacy, and antitrust - as several recent actions by state AGs in the labor and employment arena clearly demonstrate. In the penultimate episode of season 3, Chris Allen and Keturah Taylor consider recent efforts by Democratic AGs to help protect workers’ access to overtime pay and an enforcement action in DC related to a company’s misclassification of its workforce.