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The Role of the State Attorney General
(First published Jan 2020)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
- 1: The Authority and Culture of the State Attorney General
- 2: The Structure of the Office of the Attorney General
- 3: The Ethics of Client Representation for State Attorneys General
- 4: Consumer Protection
- 5: Multistate Advocacy
- 6: Privacy, Antitrust, Retention of Private Counsel by Attorneys General
- 7: Criminal Jurisdiction, Criminal Justice Reform and Public Corruption
- 8: Police Misconduct
- 9.2: Emily Myers, NAAG Antitrust Chief Counsel; Andy Bennett, Judge, Tennessee Court of Appeals, Chapter 5, Opinions, State Attorneys General Powers and Responsibilities (2019)
- 9.3: Aid for Women v. Foulston, 427 F. Supp. 2d 1093 (D. Kan. 2006), vacated as moot following repeal of statute, 2007 WL 6787808 (10th Cir. 2007) (Edited)
- 9.4: Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli was just doing his job, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jeff Shapiro (September 16, 2012) (Supplemental Reading)
- 9.5: Selected Attorney General Opinions (2007 - 2019)
- 9.6: What’s Your Opinion? Opinion Hypotheticals
- 10: U.S. Supreme Court Practice
- 11: Relationship with Local and County Government
- 12: Relationship with Federal Government
- 13: Non-Profit Corporations, Charities, and Foundations
- 14.1: State Attorneys General and the Enforcement of Labor Law (Placeholder)
- 14.2: Attorneys General and Immigration (Placeholder)
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 Feb 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:
- 2.10: Supplemental Readings
- 3.8.2: Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill's law license suspended 30 days (2020) (Supplemental Reading)
- 3.8.7: Jack B. Weinstein, U.S. Judge With an Activist Streak, Is Dead at 99 - The New York Times (Supplemental Reading)
- 4.1: Guest Speaker: Nicklas Akers, CA Sr. Asst. Attorney General, Consumer Protection
- 4.4.6.2: Uber/Lyft Readings - 2014-2020
- 4.4.6.5: Arizona AG Cease and Desist Letter, Covid 19, June 25, 2020
- 4.4.6.7: Texas AG C.I.D. - Amazon/Parler - January 13, 2021
- 4.4.6.8: AG Paxton Issues Civil Investigative Demands to Five Leading Tech Companies Regarding Discriminatory and Biased Policies and Practices | Office of the Attorney General, January 13, 2021
- 4.4.6.9: AG Racine Sues Washington Sports Club for Charging Gym Members During COVID-19 Shutdown, Aug. 20, 2020
- 5.3: State Litigation and AG Activity Database, An Overview of State AG Activities: Website of Prof. Nolette (Reference)
- 5.5.1: Baldwin Accord Criticized, New York Times (Feb. 5, 1985)
- 6.4.5: After Whistleblowers Left Texas AGO, AG Paxton Hired Costly Outside Counsel for Google Suit, Texas Tribune, January 5, 2021 (Supplemental Reading)
- 7.2: Delaware AG Internal Charging Memo - "Fairness and Equality in the Criminal Justice System - Internal Policies," February 15, 2019
- 7.4.4.3: St. Louis judge disqualifies Gardner, her office from prosecuting McCloskey gun-waving case, Dec 2020 (Supplemental Reading)
- 7.4.4.4: Appeals court upholds decision to dismiss Gardner from McCloskey case, KSDK, January 8, 2021 (Supplemental Reading)
- 8.6.2: A Special Unit to Prosecute Police Killings Has No Convictions - The New York Times (Supplemental Reading)
- 8.6.5: W.Va. Attorney General reacts to proposed police review board (Supplemental Reading)
- 8.6.6: 2021-03-04 Letter re Proposed Community Review Advisory Board (Supplemental Reading)
- 8.6.7: Attorney General James Files Lawsuit Against the NYPD for Excessive Use of Force | NY Attorney General, January 14, 2021 (Supplemental Reading)
- 8.6.8: Filed Complaint - NY AG v. City of New York - Police Misconduct - January 14, 2021 (Supplemental Reading)
- 8.6.11: Attorneys General and Police (Supplemental Reading)
- 9.1: James Tierney - AG's and Opinions - Harvard Law School - March 30, 2020 IMG 0062 - YouTube
- 10.2: Top 10 Reasons to Have a Solicitor General, Dan Schweitzer
- 10.8.1: The Evolving Role of State Solicitor General, Layton (Supplemental Reading)
- 11.2: Summary of state v. local authority issues
- 11.3.2: In the Opioid Litigation, It's Now the States v. Cities
- 11.4: State and Local Divide – Covid-19
- 11.5.7: SC AG Opinion on Columbia Gun Ordinance
- 12.1: History of conflict – inaction v. preemption
- 12.2: State and federal cooperation
- 12.3: State AGs vs The President
- 12.4: Potential backlash against States suing President
- 13.8.3: Attorney General James Files Lawsuit to Dissolve NRA - NY State AG - Aug 6, 2020 (Supplemental Reading)
- 13.8.4: NRA reports alleged misspending by current and former executives to IRS - The Washington Post - Nov. 25, 2020 (Supplemental Reading)
- 13.8.5: NRA v. NY AG - State Amicus Brief - Filed by 17 GOP AG's - US Dist. Court (N.District of NY) - Dec. 20, 2020 (Supplemental Reading)
- 13.8.6: NY Complaint against NRA (Supplemental Reading)
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The Role of the State Attorney General - Harvard Law School - Fall, 2020
(First published Feb 2024)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
- 5.5.2: Tobacco Litigation of the 1990s
- 5.5.5.1: The Fall of Big Tobacco, Part 3, Washington Post, March 31, 1998 (Supplemental Reading)
- 5.5.5.2: Honda Will Pay $85 Million in Takata Airbag Settlement (to) a group of U.S. states, Autoweek, August 31, 2020 (Supplemental Reading)
- 6.3.6: "SC Gov McMaster Objects to Plutonium Settlement and $75 million legal fees," August 31, 2020
- 7.4.4.2: Flowers Case Shows How AGs Are Stepping Into The Spotlight - Law360 - Sept 13, 2020 (Supplemental Reading)
- 9.7.2: AG - AG Nessel Issues Formal Opinion Stating Guns can be Prohibited at State Capitol, May 11, 2020 (Supplemental Reading)
- 10.1: Guest Speaker - Dan Schweitzer, NAAG Supreme Court Director & Chief Counsel
- 10.3: State AG Supreme Court Amicus Statistics (2020), Dan Schweitzer, NAAG Supreme Court Counsel
- 10.5: 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, March 18, 2021
- 10.8.4: The Journey from Wisconsin to Texas and the Ruling that Struck Down the ACA - Houston Chronicle - Jan 11, 2019 (Supplemental Reading)
- 10.8.8: Medellin v. Dretke (Supplemental Reading)
- 11.1.3: Election Showed a Wider Red-Blue Economic Divide - The New York Times - November 12, 2020
- 11.3.4: Opioid Settlement Offer Provokes Clash Between States and Cities - The New York Times - March 13, 2020 - Jan Hoffman
- 11.3.5: Opioid Epidemic Settlement Offer, Worth $26 Billion, Gains Support - The New York Times - Nov. 5, 2020 - Jan Hoffman
- 11.3.6: 30 State Amicus Brief in Ok v. Opioid Manufacturers, Ok Sup Ct., Nov. 25, 2020
- 11.5.3: Washington State's Initiative 1639: AG says sheriffs must enforce the law - Feb 13, 2019
- 11.5.4: Columbus And Dayton Sue Ohio Attorney General To Force Fix Of Gun Background Checks – CBS Pittsburgh - Nov. 9, 2020
- 12.3.3: Bob Ferguson Sued the Trump Administration 82 Times. What's He Going to Do Now? || chronline.com - Seattle Times, Nov. 14, 2020
- 13.5: Buffalo Diocese Accused of Years-long Cover-Up of Sexual Abuse - The New York Times - Nov. 23, 2020
- 14.1.3: Attorney General Enforcement of State Labor Laws — StateAG.org
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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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The Role of the State Attorney General-Harvard Law School-Spring. 2022
(First published Jan 2022)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
The Role of the State Attorney General-Harvard Law School-Spring. 2022 incorporates additional material from:
- The Role of the State Attorney General - Harvard Law School - Fall, 2020 (first published Feb 2024) with contributions from:
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