A group of four Democratic AGs sued the EPA and Citibank, N.A., as a financial agent for the federal government, alleging that they wrongfully denied the states access to funds appropriated by Congress for clean-energy projects in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act, the separation of powers, the Spending Clause, and the Tenth Amendment, among…

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Minnesota AG Keith Ellison has obtained an order denying in large part motions to dismiss filed by defendants ExxonMobil Corp., the American Petroleum Institute, Koch Industries, Inc., Flint Hills Resources LP, and Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend (collectively “Defendants”) in the state’s climate change-related litigation. The complaint alleges that Defendants hid expert warnings about the…

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Minnesota AG Keith Ellison’s office has released a follow-up report on the effects of emerging technologies, such as AI and social media, on youth well-being. The report describes the legal landscape and current legislative efforts to regulate social media and AI, focusing on how recent court decisions that have curtailed laws governing online content while providing more…

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Minnesota AG Keith Ellison has reached a settlement with BCBSM, Inc. d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, and HMO Minnesota d/b/a Blue Plus (collectively, “Blue Cross”) to resolve allegations that the insurer violated the state’s mental health parity laws. According to the settlement, Blue Cross allegedly failed to comply with mental health parity requirements…

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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has secured a court order against Wall & Associates, Inc., and associated individuals (collectively “Wall”) for their involvement in an alleged tax debt settlement scheme in violation of Minnesota’s Consumer Fraud Act and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. According to the Court’s order, Wall deceptively claimed that its average client settled tax liability…

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