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SB SANDBOX: The Role of the State Attorney General-Harvard Law School-Fall. 2022
(First published Aug 2022)Authors:
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- 7.6.1: Review of State AG Big Tech Lawsuits, 28 Rich. J.L. & Tech. 469, Sarah Oh Lam, J.D., Ph.D, Spring 2022 (edited and no footnotes)
- 7.6.6: Wa AG Ferguson investigation shuts down Amazon price-fixing program nationwide - Office of the Washington Attorney General, January 26, 2022
- 7.8: Justice Department Sues to Block Unprecedented Domestic Alliance Between American Airlines and JetBlue OPA Department of Justice
- 7.14: Colorado AG Intervenes in Health Care Merger - Law Week Colorado
- 7.15: Colo. AG Deal Spares FTC 2-2 Split On UnitedHealth Merger - Law360
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The Role of the State Attorney General-Harvard Law School-Fall 2021
(First published Aug 2021)Authors:
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- 7.6.2: 37 AGs Sue Google in Alleging Google Illegally Maintains App Store Monopolies, Unfairly Edges Out Competition, July 7, 2021
- 7.9: Seven AG’s and USDOJ Sue American Airlines and JetBlue over Anticompetitive Alliance, Sept 21, 2021
- 7.11: Federal Judge Rules In Favor Of FTC Challenge To Sysco And US Foods Merger - June 23, 2015 - Forbes
- 17.4.6: Seven AG’s and USDOJ Sue American Airlines and JetBlue over Anticompetitive Alliance, Sept 21, 2021
- 17.4.8: 37 AGs Sue Google in Alleging Google Illegally Maintains App Store Monopolies, Unfairly Edges Out Competition, July 7, 2021
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The Role of the State Attorney General
(First published Jan 2020)Authors:
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- 9.13: Atty Fees Capped At 15% In $26B Opioid MDL Settlement- Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd-August 9, 2021
- 12: U.S. Supreme Court Practice
- 13: Attorney General Opinions
- 14: Criminal Jurisdiction, Criminal Justice Reform, Police Misconduct and Public Corruption
- 15: Police Misconduct
- 16.2.1: Texas evictions can't be hindered by coronavirus orders, Ken Paxton says | The Texas Tribune, August 7, 2020
- 16.2.2: Governor Drops Lawsuit Against Atlanta Mayor Over Masks, But Fight May Not Be Over : Coronavirus Updates : NPR - Aug 13, 2020
- 16.4: State and Local Divide - Opioids
- 17.1: "Federalism 3.0," Heather K. Gerken, California Law Review. Vol. 105:1695, 2017
- 17.2: A State Is a ‘They,’ Not an ‘It’: Intrastate Conflicts in Multistate Challenges to the Affordable Care Act 2019 BYU L. Rev. 1471 (2020) Anthony Johnstone University of Montana School of Law, October 5, 2020
- 17.3.1: States Sue Over Acid Rain (Mar. 20, 1984)
- 17.3.3: Presidential Memorandum by President Barack Obama Regarding Federal Preemption of State Laws, May 20, 2009
- 17.3.4: After Scaling Back Student Loan Regulations, Administration Tries to Stop State Efforts, New York Times (Sept 9, 2018)
- 17.5.1: Multistate Actions Against the Fed Government, Website of Prof. Paul Nolette, Marquette University (For Reference)
- 17.5.2: Texas vs. the Feds — A Look at the Lawsuits, Texas Tribune, Jan. 11, 2017
- 17.7.1: Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency (2007)
- 17.7.2: U.S. Attorney General Sessions Releases Memorandum on Litigation Guidelines for Nationwide Injunctions, Sept. 13, 2018
- 18: Non-Profit Corporations, Charities, and Foundations
The Role of the State Attorney General incorporates additional material from:
- The Role of the State Attorney General - Harvard Law School - Fall, 2020 (first published Jun 2024) with contributions from:
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The Role of the State Attorney General - Harvard Law School -Spring, 2021
(First published Aug 2023)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
- 12.1: The Evolving Role of State Solicitor General, James Layton, Journal of Appellate Practice and Process, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Fall 2001)
- 12.2: Top 10 Reasons to have a state Solicitor General, Dan Schweitzer, Director of the National Association of Attorneys General's Center for Supreme Court Advocacy.
- 13.10: James Tierney - AG's and Opinions - Harvard Law School - March 30, 2020, YouTube
- 14.1.5: St. Louis judge disqualifies Gardner, her office from prosecuting McCloskey gun-waving case | Law and order | stltoday.com - Dec 10, 2020
- 14.1.6: Appeals court upholds decision to dismiss Gardner from McCloskey case, KSDK, January 8, 2021
- 14.4.2: Delaware AG Internal Charging Memo - "Fairness and Equality in the Criminal Justice System - Internal Policies" -February 15, 2019
- 15.7: A Special Unit to Prosecute Police Killings Has No Convictions, Feb. 26, 2021, The New York Times
- 15.9: Letter of W. VA AG re: Proposed Community Police Review Advisory Board, March 4, 2021
- 15.10: Attorney General James Files Lawsuit Against the NYPD for Excessive Use of Force | New York State Attorney General, January 14, 2021
- 15.11: Filed Complaint - NY AG v. City of New York - Police Misconduct - January 14, 2021
- 16.2.3: Orland Park dealt setback in lawsuit challenging COVID-19 restrictions - Chicago Tribune, August 4, 2020
- 16.2.4: Appeals court again halts El Paso County shutdown of nonessential businesses - The Texas Tribune, Nov. 13, 2020
- 16.4.3: In the Opioid Litigation, It's Now the States v. Cities
- 17.3: History of conflict – inaction v. preemption
- 17.4.2: Federal Judge Rules In Favor Of FTC Challenge To Sysco And US Foods Merger - June 23, 2015 - Forbes
- 17.4.3: The Justice Department has filed its antitrust lawsuit against Google: TechCrunch, October 20, 2020
- 18.10.1: Attorney General James Files Lawsuit to Dissolve NRA - New York State Attorney General- Aug 6, 2020
- 18.10.3: NY Complaint against NRA (Supplemental Reading)
- 18.10.4: NRA reports alleged misspending by current and former executives to IRS - The Washington Post - Nov. 25, 2020
- 18.10.5: NRA v. NYAG - State Amicus Brief on behalf of NRA - Filed by 17 GOP AG's - US Dist. Court (N.District of NY) - Dec. 20, 2020
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The Role of the State Attorney General - Harvard Law School - Fall, 2020
(First published Jun 2024)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
- 12.5: State AG Supreme Court Amicus Statistics (2022), Dan Schweitzer, NAAG Supreme Court Counsel
- 12.6: Where are they now? The Promise and Peril of being a Former SG : "Former State SG's and Other State AG Attorneys Who Are Active Judges," Dan Schweitzer, NAAG Supreme.Ct Counsel, 2022
- 12.9: The journey from Wisconsin to Texas and take down the ACA - Houston Chronicle (Jan 11, 2019)
- 12.10: Roper v. Simmons Amicus.pdf - State of Alabama - 543 U.S. 551 (2005) (Al. SG Kevin Newsom)
- 12.11: Roper v. Simmons (2005) (edited).pdf - 543 U.S. 551 - 2005
- 12.12: TX-Respondent-Medellin v Dretke.pdf - Winner of NAAG Best Brief Award in 2005 - Tx. SG Ted Cruz
- 13.5: Opinion of the Virginia Attorney General, Mark Herring, on Voter Intimidation, (Sept 24, 2020)
- 13.6: AG - AG Nessel Issues Formal Opinion Stating Guns can be Prohibited at State Capitol, (May 11, 2020)
- 16.3.3: Washington State Attorney general says sheriffs must enforce the law - CNN (Feb 13, 2019)
- 16.3.4: Columbus And Dayton Sue Ohio Attorney General To Force Fix Of Gun Background Checks – CBS Pittsburgh - Nov. 9, 2020
- 16.4.1: Opioid Settlement Offer Provokes Clash Between States and Cities - The New York Times - March 13, 2020 - Jan Hoffman
- 16.4.6: Opioid Epidemic Settlement Offer, Worth $26 Billion, Gains Support - The New York Times - Nov. 5, 2020 - Jan Hoffman
- 16.4.7: 30 State Amicus Brief in Ok v. Opioid Manufacturers, Ok Sup Ct., Nov. 25, 2020
- 17.5.3: Bob Ferguson Sued the Trump Administration 82 Times. What's He Going to Do Now? || chronline.com - Seattle Times, Nov. 14, 2020
- 18.8.1: Buffalo Diocese Accused of Years long Cover-Up of Sexual Abuse - The New York Times - Nov. 23, 2020
- 18.10.2: "New York's Attorney General Shouldn't Dismantle the NRA," Bloomberg, Noah Feldman, August 6, 2020
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