Arkansas State Executive - Attorney General
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Attorney General Griffin Announces Arrest of Sherwood Man on 75 Counts of Child Pornography Charges
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the arrest of a Sherwood man on charges relating to child pornography. -
Attorney General Griffin Launches Operation Obscured Vision to Fight Human Trafficking Statewide
Griffin: ‘January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and the best way to prevent human trafficking and rescue its victims is to combat it on one of its key fronts: illicit massage parlors’. -
Attorney General Griffin Announces Arrest of Rector Man on Child Pornography Charges
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the arrest of Joseph M. Parrish, 36, of Rector on 200 counts related to child sexual abuse materials. -
Attorney General Griffin Praises United States Supreme Court Decision Upholding TikTok Divestment Law
Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after the United States Supreme Court unanimously upheld a federal law requiring the Chinese-owned company ByteDance Ltd. to divest its ownership of the social media platform TikTok. -
Attorney General Griffin Announces Conviction of North Little Rock Woman for Elder Abuse
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the conviction of Ja’Layia McClendon, 28, of North Little Rock after she pleaded guilty in Pulaski County Circuit Court to the charge of Abuse of an Endangered or Impaired Adult, a Class D Felony. -
Attorney General Griffin Announces Hiring of Jeff Chandler as Deputy AG to Lead Special Prosecutions Division
Griffin: ‘As a longtime prosecutor, Deputy AG Chandler understands the unique needs and challenges of prosecuting attorneys’. -
Attorney General Griffin’s Family Dollar Rat Infestation Lawsuit to Proceed
Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after a Pulaski County Circuit judge denied a motion to dismiss Griffin’s lawsuit against Family Dollar for violating the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (ADTPA). -
Attorney General Griffin Announces Series of Organized Retail Crime Arrests Resulting from Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force Cooperation
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing several arrests in central Arkansas as a result of coordinated operations between his office, local and federal law enforcement agencies, and private-industry partners. -
Attorney General Office’s Investigation Results in Oklahoma Arrest on Federal Child Pornography Charges
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement regarding the arrest of Austin Norris, 28, of Watts, Oklahoma, on a federal count of receiving or distributing material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor. -
Seven-ag Coalition Secures Temporary Restraining Order Against Biden-harris Administration’s Latest Attempt to Unlawfully Cancel Student Loans
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia granted a request by a seven-state coalition of attorneys general for a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of Education’s latest unlawful attempt to cancel student loans. -
Attorney General Griffin Leads 26-state Amicus Supporting West Virginia Title Ix Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after filing an amicus brief on behalf of himself and 25 other state attorneys general calling on the United States Supreme Court to take up West Virginia’s appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down the state’s law protecting girls’ sports. -
Attorney General Griffin Clears Owners of Fort Smith Property Near Ebbing Air National Guard Base
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement regarding the results of his investigation into the ownership of property near Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith. -
Attorney General Griffin Leads 14-state Amicus in Support of Texas Suit Against Biden-harris Overtime Rule
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after filing an amicus brief on behalf of himself and 13 other state attorneys general in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas supporting Texas’s motion for summary judgment in its suit against the U.S. Department of Labor and its rule regulating overtime pay for exempt employees: -
Attorney General Griffin Praises ‘win for Arkansans’ in Lawsuit Against Google
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after a federal judge ruled yesterday that Google had broken the law when it tried to ensure its market dominance in a lawsuit that Arkansas, the U.S. Department of Justice, and 13 other state attorneys general brought against the tech giant. -
Attorney General Griffin Names Arkansas Chef to Compete in 20th Annual Great American Seafood Cook-off
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing that he has nominated Executive Chef Payne Harding, owner of Cache restaurant in Little Rock, to represent Arkansas in the 20th Annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off on August 3, 2024, in New Orleans. -
Arkansas sues Chinese company Temu over data privacy concerns
Arkansas has become the first state to sue Chinese e-commerce company Temu for alleged data concerns. -
Attorney General Griffin Hails Decision in Title Ix Case as a Win for Arkansas Women and Girls
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement regarding the preliminary injunction issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in Arkansas v. U.S. Department of Education halting the implementation of the Biden-Harris administration’s new rule interpreting Title IX. -
Attorney General’s Special Investigations Division and Law Enforcement Partners Arrest Five for Illegal Gambling
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after five people were arrested in Bradley County on charges related to illegal gambling. -
Consumer Alert: Resources Available to Arkansans Affected by Change Healthcare Cyberattack
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement alerting Arkansans to the availability of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services after Change Healthcare’s February data breach. -
Circuit Court Denies Tiktok’s Motion to Dismiss, Deceptive Trade Practices Lawsuit Will Continue in Union County
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after the Union County Circuit Court denied a motion by TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, to dismiss Griffin’s lawsuit against the social media platform.