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AG Fitch Calls on the FCC to Strengthen VettingProcess to Block Robocallers
Attorney General Lynn Fitch and a bipartisan coalition of 46 attorneys general called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. -
AG Fitch Files Brief in Support of First Amendment
Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court, along with 17 other attorneys general, toprotect students’ First Amendment free speech rights. The brief from theattorneys general asks the Supreme Court to hear L.M. v. Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts. -
AG Fitch Announces Finalization of Opioid Settlementwith Kroger
Attorney General Fitch joined a coalition of overthirty state attorneys general announcing the completion of settlementagreements with Kroger, addressing the grocery chain’s role in the opioid crisis.Mississippi will receive up to $10,625,387 out of a $1.37-billion settlement,with payments anticipated to begin early next year. -
AG Fitch Announces Agreements with Generic Drug Manufacturers
Attorney General Fitch joined a coalition of50 states and territories announcing two significant cooperation agreementsand settlements with Heritage Pharmaceuticals and Apotex totaling $49.1 million to resolve allegations that both companies engaged in widespread,long-running conspiracies to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reducecompetition, and unreasonably restrain trade with regard to numerous genericprescription drugs. -
AG Fitch Praises Supreme Court Decision AllowingVirginia to Remove Noncitizens from Voter Rolls
On Monday, Attorney General Fitch joined attorneys general from 25 states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Courtto allow Virginia to remove noncitizens from its voter rolls. -
AG Fitch Issues Warning to Company Transmitting Robocalls
Attorney General Lynn Fitch sent a letter to iDentidad Advertising Development LLC, also known as iDentidad Telecom,warning the company that it is transmitting suspected illegal robocall trafficand should stop immediately or face legal consequences. -
AG Fitch Announces Recent Child Exploitation Sentencing
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced therecent sentencing of Jimmie Ray Fields of Lucedale, Mississippi. -
AG Fitch Delivers Testimony at Senate Study Group onWomen, Children, and Families
Attorney General Lynn Fitch delivered the following testimony during the Senate Study Group on Women, Children, and Familieshearing where she discussed her Empowerment Project and gave a preview of her legislative priorities in the 2025 Session. -
AG Fitch Celebrates First Anniversary of MAMA
Attorney General Lynn Fitch celebrated the first anniversary of Mississippi Access to Maternal Assistance (MAMA), a free website and mobile app that connects pregnant women and mothers to private,public and faith-based resources available across the state. -
AG Fitch Joins 29-State Coalition In Defense ofSecond Amendment
Attorney General Lynn Fitch has joined Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador and 27 other states in filing an amicus briefwith the Supreme Court of the United States in defense of the Second Amendment. -
AG Fitch Announces Recent Human Trafficking andChild Exploitation Sentencings
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced therecent sentencings of Bruce Cherry, Jr. of Taylorsville, Mississippi; JamesWilder, of Carthage, Mississippi; and John Dunn, of Biloxi, Mississippi. -
AG Fitch Files Appeal in Fifth Circuit to ProtectChildren Online
Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed a brief in the Fifth Circuit of Appeals urging the Court to vacate the preliminary injunction rulinggranted in July, which blocked HB 1126, the Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act, passed without a single "no" vote from theLegislature, from taking effect. -
Mississippi Sues Biden Administration OverPartisan Voter Registration Order
Attorney General Lynn Fitch, Governor Tate Reeves,and Secretary of State Michael Watson filed a complaint on behalf of the Stateof Mississippi challenging an illegal Executive Order directing an all-of-government voter registration effort by federal agencies and led by the WhiteHouse. -
Attorney General Fitch Files Brief to Support anEnd to China’s Influence Over TikTok
Attorney General Fitch joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in asking the United States Court of Appeals for the Districtof Columbia to uphold the national TikTok divest-or-ban legislation passed byCongress earlier this year. -
Statement on December 10, 2022, Shooting in Hancock County
The Office of the Attorney General completed its review into the December10, 2022, incident involving an officer-involved shooting in HancockCounty and presented it to the Hancock County grand jury last week. -
AG Fitch Announces Felony Human Trafficking Sentencing
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced the recentsentencing of James West, Jr. of Jackson, Mississippi, who was arrested in November 2021 as a result of a human trafficking operation in Pearl. -
AGs Fitch and Ford Lead Bipartisan Amicus Brief toHold Online Companies Accountable to Consumers
Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R-MS) and Attorney General Aaron Ford (D-NV) announced filing a bipartisan, multistate amicus brief last week in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in defense of state lawsthat hold web-based companies accountable for consumer protectionviolations. -
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Sides with AG FitchAgainst Overreaching Tax Mandate
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed apermanent injunction and sided with Attorney General Lynn Fitch agreeingthat the Tax Mandate in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) “unlawfullyforc[es] the States to adopt certain tax policies” and noting that it exceeds. -
AG Fitch Releases Statement Celebrating SecondAnniversary of Dobbs
In celebration of the two-year anniversary of the Mississippi Dobbs decision, Attorney General Lynn Fitch released the following statement. -
Federal Judge Sides with Mississippi and Louisiana toProtect Strong Accommodations for Pregnant Workers
A federal judge has sided with Mississippi Attorney GeneralLynn Fitch and Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issuing a preliminary injunction against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC)attempt to hijack the protections of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.