Announcements, information & updates from the Attorney General Alliance Members and Associates
July 8, 2022
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The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) recently decided on the First Amendment rights of public employees. General Brnovich co-led a multi-state amicus brief in Joseph A. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District.
The case involves a public high school football coach, Joseph Kennedy, who prayed at the 50-yard line after games. The school district ordered him to stop doing it, and he refused. Kennedy was placed on leave and was not rehired. He filed a lawsuit in 2016, saying his First Amendment rights were violated.
In March 2022, a twenty-seven state coalition filed an amicus brief on this case. A twenty-four state amicus brief previously requested SCOTUS accept this case. SCOTUS agreed to hear the case in January 2022.
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A coalition of twenty attorneys general wrote a letter in support of the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposal to require U.S. companies to provide accurate information about the financial risk they face from climate change.
The coalition expresses its strong support for the SEC’s proposed rule, which will ensure that investors receive specific, comparable information about companies’ climate-related financial risks. The SEC’s decision to require climate change-related disclosures from all industries and companies of all sizes aligns with the coalition’s comments last year highlighting that no company or industry is immune to financial risk or impacts from climate change. Requiring corporate disclosure of financial risk will also provide an effective counter to greenwashing – false claims by a company that its policies are environmentally sustainable. The proposed rule is well within the SEC’s statutory authority and should be finalized immediately.
The coalition of the attorneys general include California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin in filing the letter.
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost co-led a bipartisan group of 14 state attorneys general called on Congress to approve $50 billion in incentives included in the CHIPS Act to accelerate U.S. production of microchips and end the overreliance on foreign imports.
Joining in on signing the letter were Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings, Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas, New York Attorney General Letitia James, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, Oregon Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, Vermont Acting Attorney General Joshua R. Diamond and Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares.
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New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas announced the arrest and charging of armed serial shoplifter Darryl Clark. Clark has been implicated in multiple shoplifting incidents over the last few months and is charged with eight counts, including armed robbery, aggravated assault, and shoplifting. The OAG has moved to have Clark held for violating conditions of release and has also filed a pretrial detention motion seeking to have him held pending his trial in this case. Over the past 10 months, Clark is alleged to have shoplifted numerous times from Albuquerque-area Target and Wal-Mart stores, causing nearly $33,000 in losses to Target alone. The case was investigated by members of the multi-agency Organized Retail Crime Task Force. The case will be prosecuted by attorneys from the OAG.
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CFPB is currently accepting applications to serve on their four advisory committees, which provide insight and advice as they carry out their work. Applications are due by July 24, 2022. The four committees are the Credit Union Advisory Council, Community Bank Advisory Council, Consumer Advisory Board, Academic Research Council.
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AGA Sponsor Troutman Pepper’s Victoria Alvarez Earns ABA’s ‘On the Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyers’ Award
Victoria Alvarez, an experienced trial attorney in Troutman Pepper’s Business Litigation Practice Group, has received a 2022 On the Rise - Top 40 Young Lawyers Award from the American Bar Association. The awards program recognizes young lawyers who exemplify a broad range of high achievement, innovation, vision, leadership, and legal and community service.
Within the ABA, Alvarez serves as a commissioner for the Commission on Women in the Profession and is a leader in the Tort, Trial & Insurance Practice Section. She also mentors law students and associates, serves as vice-chair for the firm’s Latino Caucus, and has been named to the NC Pro Bono Honor Society.
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