Attorney General Tim Griffin has announced his participation in an antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. The lawsuit, filed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice and a bipartisan coalition of 29 other attorneys general, addresses allegations of illegal monopoly practices within the live entertainment industry.
LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin announced today that he has sent cease and desist letters to New York-based Choices Women’s Medical Center, Inc., and Aid Access of the Netherlands. The letters pertain to potential violations of the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (ADTPA) concerning abortion pill marketing and sales.
Attorney General Tim Griffin has appointed Patrick Harris, the Director of Advocacy at William H. Bowen School of Law, to serve on the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission. Griffin praised Harris's distinguished record of public service in his announcement, stating, "Patrick Harris has a long and distinguished record of public service, not only as a federal prosecutor of murder, RICO, extortion, kidnapping, and public-corruption cases but also as a longtime adjunct professor of law at the Bowen Law School and now as its Director of Advocacy supervising...
Attorney General Tim Griffin celebrated a unanimous decision by the Arkansas Supreme Court in Thurston v. League of Women Voters, which upheld four state election laws pertaining to absentee ballots, voter identification, and polling-place electioneering restrictions. Griffin hailed the ruling as a "total victory for Arkansas voters and the security of our elections moving forward."
In a significant development, the Circuit Court of Cleburne County has denied TikTok's motion to dismiss the state lawsuit against it and its parent company, ByteDance. The decision was met with satisfaction by Attorney General Tim Griffin, who hailed it as a "big win" for the state.
