In Episode 3, Meghan Stoppel and Hannah Cornett recommend that all businesses pay attention to the CFPB’s recently issued guidelines on the use of AI tools in credit writing, since other regulators are likely to follow suit and the impacts go beyond the credit industry.

This episode of State AG Pulse looks at an investigation by Minnesota AG Keith Ellison into student loan providers alleged to have violated consumer protection and registration laws in his state, and the likelihood that it will sweep in other regulators and ripple throughout the debt servicing industry.

Launching off season 3 of State AG Pulse, Stephen Cobb and Emily Yu go behind the headlines on a multi-district litigation related to PFAS or “forever chemicals” playing out in district court. Despite a proposed settlement in the range of $10 - $12 billion, AGs are concerned about whether the amount will be sufficient to cover the needed remediation, and whether the manufacturers will have the financial means to make payments over the full duration of the settlement period.

To wrap up season 2 of AG Pulse, General Rokita of Indiana talks with Jerry Kilgore and Chris Allen about state sovereignty and the role of the states as laboratories of democracy. General Rokita bemoans the uptick in federal interventionism and the threat it presents to state authority as enshrined in the Constitution, illustrating his point of view by drawing on developments in privacy law in general, and the recent location-tracking suit against Google in particular.

Elected in November 2022, Vermont AG Charity Clark has hit the ground running, applying herself across a broad range of issues in the state from consumer protection, the environment, and privacy rights to domestic violence and women’s reproductive health.

Organized retail crime or ORC is one of the few bipartisan issues that lawmakers at both the federal and state levels agree has no upside for consumers or retailers, and regulators are stepping up. Artificial intelligence or AI, on the other hand, has the potential to do a great deal of good, provided it can be harnessed and regulated appropriately. Listen to Episode 10 of State AG Pulse to hear Lori Kalani, Siran Faulders and Maria Colsey Heard talk about the actions being taken by state AGs in these emerging areas and how businesses can respond.

In Season 3 of State AG Pulse which will launch in Fall 2023, we’ll be bringing you a new approach to state AG news. Each week we’ll choose one story from our curated summary of the week’s state AG news to explore in greater detail, tease out the key themes and provide new insights into the role of State AGs. In this special sneak preview, Chris Allen and Emily Yu dig into a story from last week’s state AG news about a cryptocurrency scheme that set off flares in state AG world.

Whether she is preparing to enforce Iowa’s new privacy laws, or working through solutions with businesses in the state, newly-elected Iowa AG Brenna Bird’s philosophy is underpinned by a common sense approach. In conversation with fellow Midwesterner Meghan Stoppel and former Virginia AG Jerry Kilgore, she talks about helping crime victims, recalibrating the office to best serve Iowans, and juggling her busy schedule with the demands of a young family.

State AGs have a wide range of tools they can use to hold companies accountable. Milton Marquis, Jerry Kilgore and Ann-Marie Luciano explore AGs’ power to prevent anticompetitive business conduct ranging from no-poach agreements and illegal non-competes to collusion and price-fixing.

Attorney General Keith Ellison has counseled Minnesota through a period of dramatic social and economic change in the wake of the pandemic, including the nationwide social justice protests in connection with the shooting of George Floyd by a police officer in May 2020. In conversation with Lori Kalani and Chris Allen, he talks about the demands on his office, his new hires and how he is collaborating with other states in multistate actions and adding resources to better serve the people and businesses of Minnesota.