New Attorneys General: North Carolina: Jeff Jackson took the oath of office as AG on January 1, 2025. Oregon: Dan Rayfield, a Democrat, was sworn in as AG on December 31, 2024. He has established a Federal Oversight and Accountability cabinet, tapping experts in healthcare, law, and labor to advise his administration on the impacts…

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McKinsey & Company, Inc., has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) to resolve a federal criminal investigation into its advice to Purdue Pharma L.P. (Purdue) on how to increase sales of OxyContin, and a civil settlement to resolve allegations that it provided advice that resulted in the submission of false claims to federal healthcare…

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Former Norfolk Delegate Jerrauld C. “Jay” Jones has announced that he is seeking the Democratic nomination for Virginia AG in advance of the state’s 2025 election. Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor is also in the running for the Democratic nomination for Virginia AG. Virginia AG Jason Miyares, a Republican, has not yet announced whether…

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A group of 21 Republican AGs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in TikTok Inc. v. Merrick Garland, No.24-1113, in support of the U.S. DOJ and urging the court to deny the petition for review of TikTok Inc. and its parent company, ByteDance, Ltd., in their First Amendment challenge…

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Derek Brown has won the Republican nomination in the Utah attorney general’s race to fill the open seat, and will face Democrat Rudy Bautista in the 2024 general election. Utah AG Sean Reyes, a Republican, has announced that he will not seek reelection. Shannon Taylor, Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney, has announced that she will seek…

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