A bipartisan coalition of 52 AGs filed an amicus brief in Yoon v. Collins, a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, in support of two veterans and their families who challenged the denial of G.I. Bill education benefits by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. In their brief, the amici argue that…

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A group of 22 Democratic AGs obtained a temporary restraining order blocking Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates (Rate Change Notice), which would reduce to 15 percent all indirect cost rates for NIH grants; indirect cost rates cover research institutions’ operational, administrative, and overhead expenses. In the complaint, the…

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A bipartisan coalition of 5 AGs reached a settlement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association to resolve allegations that the organization’s restrictions on future student-athletes’ ability to commercially use their name, image, and likeness constitute violations of federal antitrust law.

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A group of 23 Republican AGs, led by Missouri AG Andrew Bailey and Kansas AG Kris Kobach, wrote a letter to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) expressing opposition to the ED’s Proposed Rule which would give it authority to grant hardship waivers of certain student loan debts.

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The FTC reached a settlement with Career Step, LLC to resolve allegations that the company violated the FTC Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, and the Telemarketing Sales Rule by making deceptive statements when promoting its online career-training services. According to the FTC’s complaint, Career Step used deceptive ads, incentivized reviews,…

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