On Tuesday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a 23-state coalition demanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) modify existing regulations in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. These regulations consider “disparate impacts” to forward race-conscious “environmental justice” initiatives.
NASHVILLE - With Tax Day around the corner, the Division of Consumer Affairs reminds Tennesseans to be wary of scams related to tax returns. Scammers will try various tactics to get their hands on your money, including issuing fake communications claiming to be from legitimate agencies such as the IRS.
NASHVILLE – On Tuesday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced that Tennessee has joined a multistate lawsuit against Mariner Finance over widespread violations of multiple consumer protection laws. The suit alleges that Mariner Finance charged consumers for hidden add-on products that consumers were not fully informed about or, in some instances, did not agree to buy. In doing so, Mariner illegally added hundreds or sometimes thousands of dollars to the amounts consumers owed the company. In 2019 alone, Mariner charged consumers $121.7 million nationwide in premiums and fees for add-on products.
NASHVILLE – On Wednesday, the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office issued the following warning to consumers regarding the upcoming solar eclipse.
NASHVILLE – On Friday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti applauded Tennessee’s Opioid Abatement Council (OAC) for releasing its first ever round of community grants totaling $80,936,057. The Tennessee Attorney General’s office has spent years litigating against opioid manufacturers and distributors and securing these funds, a fraction of the total settlement money coming to Tennessee, to help address the opioid crisis. Programs funded through the grants will support work in response to opioid addiction throughout Tennessee for up to three years.
NASHVILLE – On Thursday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, alongside 15 state and district Attorneys General, joined the United States Department of Justice in filing a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple for monopolization or attempted monopolization of smartphone markets in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act.
NASHVILLE – On Wednesday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a coalition of 22 states in filing an amicus brief at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in support of Texas’s state law SB4. SB4 makes illegal immigration into the Lone Star State a state crime and allows state magistrates and judges to order those who have crossed the border illegally back to the country from which they entered.
On Monday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led 24 states in warning the Department of Labor (DOL) that its proposed rule to embed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into the National Apprenticeship System exceeds congressional authority, illegally promotes racial-discrimination, and is antithetical to the American ideal of equality.
NASHVILLE – On Wednesday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a 26-state coalition calling on the United States Senate to quickly pass the Laken Riley Act.
NASHVILLE - This week, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced that Tennessee joined a 19-state coalition filing an amicus brief supporting Montana’s legislation that would prohibit the app in the state unless it separates from its parent Chinese company ByteDance.
On Monday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led 16 state Attorneys General in raising concerns over proposed legislation in Maine that would interfere with other states enforcing their state laws restricting childhood gender transition if those laws differed from Maine law.
NASHVILLE – This National Consumer Protection Week, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti took a series of actions to hold Meta Platforms, Inc., accountable and to protect Tennessee children and consumers.
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti recently joined a coalition of 27 state attorneys general in sending a letter to Meta Platforms, Inc., (Meta) demanding that Instagram stop monetizing child exploitation content.
NASHVILLE - On Monday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced the appointment of Matt Rice to the position of Solicitor General following Andrée Blumstein’s return to private practice following her exemplary service for nearly a decade as Tennessee’s chief appellate attorney.
NASHVILLE- On Thursday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a coalition of 22 state Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v U.S. Food and Drug Administration, urging the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to uphold the people’s constitutional authority to make laws through their elected officials.