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Nashville- As part of an 18-state coalition, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is suing the Biden administration over its proposed new “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways” rule.

Nashville- Tennessee Attorney General Skrmetti joined a coalition of 21 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of two Florida parents who were stripped of their fundamental and longstanding right to direct the upbringing and care of their child when officials at Leon County Schools secretly held meetings with their child about gender identity.

Nashville- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led a coalition of 19 state attorneys general in urging President Biden’s administration to follow the law and not unilaterally expand executive power to raise or ignore the ceiling without congressional approval. The President recently asserted publicly that the executive branch has this authority under the 14th Amendment. It does not.

Nashville – Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today sued Michael D. Lansky, LLC, which does business under the name Avid Telecom, its owner Michael Lansky, and its vice president Stacey S. Reeves, for allegedly initiating and facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to millions of people and violating the Telephone Consumer Protect Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule, and other federal and state telemarketing and consumer laws. Avid Telecom sent or transmitted more than 7.5 billion calls to telephone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry between December 2018 and January 2023 – approximately 200 million of those calls were to numbers in Tennessee.

Nashville- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led a coalition of 23 state attorneys general in urging various financial institutions to adhere to their fiduciary duties when voting their shares in the ongoing proxy season.

Nashville – Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today joined a bipartisan coalition of 38 other attorneys general in urging Congressional leadership to pass the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act (H.R.1839/S.993), which would provide critical measures to combat the widespread illicit use and trafficking of xylazine and help prevent xylazine-related deaths. Today’s letter comes following a surge in overdose deaths nationwide related to xylazine, a potent veterinary medication that has been widely mixed with opioids like fentanyl and is easily obtainable online. Over the past few months, multiple federal agencies, including the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have issued public alerts about the dangers of xylazine. Most recently, the White House declared fentanyl-adulterated or -associated xylazine (FAAX) an “emerging threat” to the nation.

Nashville – The Tennessee Attorney General’s Division of Consumer Affairs issued a warning regarding a widespread fraud scheme targeting medical professionals. Scammers impersonating agents from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are attempting to extort money or steal personal identifiable information. On these calls, scammers often claim the provider’s National Provider Identifier (NPI) has been compromised and is being used for illicit purposes.

Nashville – Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led a coalition of 16 state attorneys general in urging the Biden Administration to uphold Title IX protections for women and girls. On April 13, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) proposed an overreaching, unlawful rule that strips states of their power and duty to protect the equality, privacy and safety of females by preventing biological males from competing in female sports.

Nashville – Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, in partnership with Attorneys General Schwalb (DC), Gentner (OK), and Campbell (MA) sponsored a letter by the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) urging Congress to prioritize investment in the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in the FY2024 budget.

Nashville – Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today announced that low-income consumers who were eligible to prepare and file their taxes for free but were deceived into paying TurboTax’s owner Intuit to file will begin receiving checks from a $141 million multistate settlement announced in May 2022.

Nashville- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led two coalitions of states in filing public comments in response to the federal government’s efforts to micro-manage the lives of Americans. The Department of Energy’s (DOE) newest rules set efficiency standards first for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers, and the second for clothes washers.

Nashville- Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced today that Tennessee has received a payment of $163.9 million from the major tobacco companies that joined the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. The landmark Settlement, finalized in 1998, resolved Tennessee’s lawsuit against the major tobacco companies for violations of consumer protection laws and deceptive marketing practices that caused damages to the state, including increased healthcare costs.

Nashville- The Tennessee Attorney General’s Office will join other state agencies in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights week (NCVRW) on April 23rd – 29th, 2023 to promote victims’ rights and services. This year’s theme is “Survivor Voice: Elevate. Engage. Effect Change.” Various events are scheduled statewide to recognize, memorialize, and honor victims of crime.

Nashville- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today joined 20 other state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court of the United States to reject the FDA's attempt to push a national mail-order abortion regime in violation of federal law, of state laws, and of the Court’s Dobbs opinion.

Nashville- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced today that as a result of the recent ruling issued by the three-judge court in The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County v Lee case, the legislative cap on the size of metropolitan government councils and commissions will not take effect in Davidson County until the 2027 election.