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NASHVILLE—In a show of support for competition in the labor market, the United States Department of Justice has joined the multistate bipartisan antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA that was filed in December and joined by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti. That lawsuit challenges the NCAA’s transfer eligibility rule as an illegal restraint on college athletes’ ability to sell their image and likeness and control their education.

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general and the Arizona Legislature Tuesday in filing an amicus brief in support of the National Rifle Association’s case against a New York state official who trampled on the organization’s First Amendment right to free speech. The case has implications for any organization that engages in political speech or activity.

NASHVILLE —Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a coalition of 26 states in sending a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) emphasizing the potential harm in the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) by telemarketers and asking the FCC to impose strict restrictions upon such usage.

Today, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed an unredacted copy of an existing lawsuit filed in October 2023 against Meta Platforms, Inc., the company formerly known as Facebook, alleging that its Instagram platform causes mental health harms to its young users.

NASHVILLE, TN - Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has joined an amicus brief, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal from a Colorado Supreme Court decision that prevented former President Donald Trump from appearing on the ballot for the state's Presidential Primary Elections. The coalition of 27 states, including the Arizona Legislature, argues that the Fourteenth Amendment grants Congress the authority to determine a person's eligibility for office, and state courts should not encroach upon this exclusive power.

NASHVILLE – On Friday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, alongside the Attorneys General of Montana and Kansas, led a coalition of 19 states in submitting a public comment letter challenging the legality of the Department of Commerce’s “Businesses Diversity Principles” proposal. The proposed “best practices” guidance allegedly seeks to increase “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” (DEIA) throughout corporate America by promoting illicit racial discrimination and fundamentally anti-American principles.

Nashville- As 2024 approaches, the Attorney General’s Office Division of Consumer Affairs urges Tennesseans to make a renewed effort to protect themselves and the elderly from scams in the new year.

NASHVILLE – On Thursday, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led a bipartisan coalition of 18 attorneys general in urging Congress to pass the NCAA Accountability Act of 2023. If signed into law, this legislation would ensure that the NCAA provides transparent due process in its investigations and create fairness for student-athletes, coaches, and institutions. Additionally, it would establish a meaningful enforcement mechanism by authorizing the United States Department of Justice to take certain legal action, including fines or removal, against the NCAA or individuals who violate the law.

Nashville – Attorney General Skrmetti and a bipartisan group of 52 other attorneys general today announced a $700 million agreement with Google in their lawsuit about Google’s anticompetitive conduct with the Google Play Store.

Nashville- On Monday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed the first-of-its-kind consumer protection lawsuit against the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock Inc. Tennessee’s complaint alleges that Blackrock made false or misleading representations to current and potential Tennessee consumers about the extent to which Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations affect BlackRock’s investment strategies.

Nashville — Using input from a coalition of state attorneys general, including Tennessee, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has amended a rule governing telemarketing communications, requiring individual businesses to obtain written consent from consumers before sending robotexts and making robocalls.

NASHVILLE – Today, Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Ralph Avarado, MD, FACP, in consultation with Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, announced that Joe Landsman will succeed Larry Fitzgerald as the Ballad Certificate of Public Advantage (COPA) monitor.

NASHVILLE —Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is joining 26 other state attorneys general and the Arizona State Legislature in a public comment letter demanding that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms drop a proposed rule that violates the Second Amendment. The proposed rule risks making any individual who sells a firearm for profit liable to civil, administrative, and even criminal penalties for failing to register with a federal agency.

NASHVILLE – Today, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti fulfilled his duty in enforcing our antitrust laws by joining six other states in filing a federal antitrust lawsuit on behalf of the State of Tennessee, challenging the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) transfer eligibility rule in order to stop unlawful conduct that harms both collegiate athletes in Tennessee and consumers of Tennessee college sports.

NASHVILLE – On Wednesday, November 29, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed a notice of appeal of the injunction issued by the court in the case of Metro v. Lee. The motion, filed in the Tennessee Court of Appeals, is the first step in appealing the judges’ decision which was issued on October 31, 2023.