New York AG Letitia James settled with Root Insurance Company to resolve allegations that the company’s data security deficiencies led to a 2021 data breach involving 72,000 people, in violation of state consumer protection and data security laws. According to the settlement, Root inadequately safeguarded personal information that its online automobile insurance quoting tool prefilled…

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Arkansas AG Tim Griffin sued General Motors LLC and its subsidiary OnStar LLC (collectively, “GM”) over allegations that GM misled vehicle purchasers into enrolling in programs that collected and shared their driving data with third parties in violation of state consumer protection law. According to the complaint, GM used aggressive marketing and deceptive sales tactics to…

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The U.S. DOJ, as counsel for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit seeking voluntary dismissal of its appeal of a lower court decision invalidating a final rule requiring all states with National Highway System mileage to take affirmative steps to set declining CO2…

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A group of 15 Democratic AGs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in support of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and its defense of its final rule setting Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). In the brief, the…

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A group of 24 Republican AGs have filed a brief challenging the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles—Phase 3 final rule (Final Rule), which sets standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty (HD) vehicles. In the AG’s brief, they contend that the Final Rule is invalid, arguing it exceeds the EPA’s statutory authority, violates…

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