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Last month, Attorney General Kris Mayes and agents and prosecutors at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office (AGO) were honored by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) for their part in the High Intensity Drug Task Force Area (HIDTA) investigation, ‘Operation Double Down,’ at the 2025 National HIDTA Awards ceremony.

Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the conviction of a New York man who pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud and tax evasion.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Elder Abuse Task Force are celebrating the implementation of critical amendments to Michigan’s Uniform Securities Act.

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, as part of a multistate coalition, filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s termination of AmeriCorps grants and the dismantling of the agency though an 85% reduction of its workforce, effectively ending the agency’s ability to continue administering the programs, operations, and funding that make its important work possible.

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in sending a letter to the Trump Administration to express serious concern with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to withhold tens of millions of dollars in Title X funding for family planning and other healthcare services.

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Real Estate partner Sonia Kaur Bain has been named the 2025 Woman of the Year by WX New York Women Executives in Real Estate (“WX”). Sonia will be recognized at WX’s 2025 Woman of the Year Gala on Thursday, October 9, 2025, at The Plaza in New York City.

Attorney General Anne Lopez led a coalition of 20 attorneys general in sending a letter to the Trump Administration to express serious concern with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to withhold tens of millions of dollars in Title X funding.

Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown joined a multistate lawsuit challenging an illegal executive order that terminated AmeriCorps grants and reduced the agency’s workforce by 85 percent.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced today a landmark legal victory in Boe v. Marshall following the plaintiffs’ decision to drop their challenge to Alabama’sVulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, which prohibits experimental sex-change procedures for minors.

Holland & Knight advised cybersecurity firm Triaplex Inc. in its sale to VTG, an industry-leading national security solutions provider and portfolio company of A&M Capital Partners.

Attorney General Anne Lopez condemns the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaiʻi on April 30, 2025, seeking to preemptively halt a separate lawsuit against Big Oil companies for their deceptive conduct leading to the current climate crisis: Attorney General Lopez said: “We have an obligation to the people of Hawaiʻi, to do everything in our power to fight deceptive practices from these fossil fuel companies that erode Hawaiʻi’s public health, natural resources and economy.

May is here and so is another six-figure win as someone hit it big with Powerball! A $100,000 Powerball with Power Play ticket for Wednesday night’s draw won by matching four white balls and the Powerball.

Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, supporting fair housing organizations in their appeal of a ruling that lifted a temporary restraining order blocking the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from cancelling these organizations’ grant funding.

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced three new environmental enforcement actions in communities considered overburdened under New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law.

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers is issuing a consumer alert to the public following a surge in reports of romance scams and cryptocurrency-based investment fraud.

Bradley is pleased to announce that Birmingham partner Anne Marie Seibel has been named chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group and will be responsible for overall strategic planning for the practice.

Eric Scott Thompson has joined Marshall Dennehey’s Wilmington, Delaware office as Special Counsel in the firm’s Casualty and Workers’ Compensation Departments.

Anchorage jury found Dashawn Anthony Street, a 31-year-old Mountain View resident, guilty of Murder in the First Degree and Attempted Murder for killing one man and nearly killing another within 90 minutes of each other in the early morning hours of Sept. 29, 2018.

Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced that Delaware is co-leading a group of 24 states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit to block the Trump Administration’s dismantling of AmeriCorps.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Zachary Taylor Westmoreland, 36, of Laurens, S.C., and Dennis Roland Fallaw, Jr., 63, of Chappells, S.C., on 11 total charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the South Carolina Attorney General's Office made the arrests in these unrelated cases. Investigators with the Laurens County Sheriff's Office, Newberry County Sheriff's Office, Greenville County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Secret Service, and Homeland Security Investigations, all also members of the state's ICAC Task Force, assisted with these investigations.