Nashville, TN – Today, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced Phase 2 of Operation Robocall Roundup, expanding the crackdown on illegal robocalls to include four of the largest telecommunications companies in the country. Inteliquent, Bandwidth, Lumen, and Peerless have collectively facilitated an estimated 3.4 billion scam calls nationwide since 2020.
NASHVILLE, TN – Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti is leading a coalition of state attorneys general taking aim at the University Participant Agreement recently distributed to colleges and universities by the College Sports Commission (CSC). The CSC has demanded that all Power Four schools sign the agreement immediately despite no opportunity for input and catastrophic consequences if it goes into effect. Skrmetti warns the agreement would harm student-athletes, eliminate transparency, and unfairly punish schools if the CSC is held accountable for violating the law.
NASHVILLE, TN – Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced today that Tennessee has joined a multistate settlement with Greystar Management Services, LLC, the nation's largest property management company, to resolve allegations of anticompetitive practices that resulted in artificially-increased rents for Tennesseans. Greystar reached a non-monetary settlement with the United States Department of Justice this August.
NASHVILLE— Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today praised a federal district court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed by State Representative Justin Jones against Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton and other House officials. The ruling, issued October 24, 2025, by U.S. District Judge Eli J. Richardson in the Middle District of Tennessee, upholds the independence of Tennessee’s legislative branch. The lawsuit, which involved years of onerous litigation at taxpayer expense, was brought by former United States Attorney General Eric Holder's powerhouse Washington, D.C. law firm.
NASHVILLE— Tennessee consumers who were sent restitution checks last year from the LA Investors settlement but didn't cash them can now claim their funds through the State's Unclaimed Property program.
NASHVILLE, TN— Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today welcomed a federal district court's decision to dismiss all claims in a lawsuit filed by Blount Pride, Inc. and Matthew Lovegood against Blount County District Attorney General Ryan K. Desmond and Maryville Police Chief Tony Crisp. The ruling, issued October 24, 2025, by U.S. District Judge J. Ronnie Greer in the Eastern District of Tennessee, dismissed the case.
Nashville—Attorney General Skrmetti today announced a $1 million multistate settlement with online clothing retailer TFG Holding, Inc., which operates JustFab, ShoeDazzle, and FabKids. The settlement resolves allegations that the company deceived consumers about its VIP Membership Program and made cancellations and refunds unreasonably difficult.
NASHVILLE— Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, joined by attorneys general from Iowa and 23 other states, filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court today, urging the Court to clarify that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause does not provide automatic citizenship to everyone born in the United States. The States argue that lower courts have misinterpreted the Citizenship Clause to require automatic citizenship for anyone born on U.S. soil, regardless of their parents’ residency and immigration status.
NASHVILLE—Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch secured a nationwide victory Wednesday when a federal court struck down the Biden administration's unlawful attempt to impose gender-identity mandates on healthcare providers and state Medicaid programs through regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. The illegal gender-identity provisions of the rule, which were still on the books until this win, would have forced doctors to perform controversial gender-transition procedures and Tennessee taxpayers to fund them. The Court’s final judgment not only eliminates those provisions, it makes it more difficult for future administrations to revive them.
NASHVILLE— On Friday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed a brief defending Tennessee’s Protecting Children from Social Media Act, a common-sense law empowering parents to protect their children from social media’s documented harms. The law requires social-media companies to verify a new user’s age; obtain parental consent before allowing minors to create accounts; and allow parents to supervise, modify, and deactivate their child’s account. NetChoice, a trade organization that represents tech giants like Google, Meta, Pinterest, Snapchat, and X, sued Tennessee in October 2024 seeking to enjoin the Act’s basic protections.
NASHVILLE— Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced today that Tennessee has recently joined a group of 26 states urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn unconstitutional laws in Washington and California that ban the possession of common, plus-ten magazines by law-abiding gun owners. The coalition argues that these bans plainly violate the Second Amendment.
Nashville–-Today, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a bipartisan coalition of six other state attorneys general in a lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent entity, Live Nation Entertainment, over their alleged ticket scalping scheme that has locked out fans and driven up prices.
NASHVILLE— Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced his office filed a lawsuit against the former owners of Dynamic Therapy Center, LLC, a defunct therapy clinic in Mount Juliet, for defrauding Tennessee's Medicaid program, TennCare.
NASHVILLE– Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced today that Tennessee has joined a coalition of 25 states in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging it to strike down Massachusetts’ unconstitutional firearm licensing requirements for nonresidents.
Statement from Attorney General Skrmetti Regarding Court Fixes to End Google Search Engine Monopoly and Restore Competition