Each week, Crowell & Moring’s State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken. Here are this week’s updates.

Multistate

• Several attorneys general applauded the Biden administration’s plan to expand competition in the meat processing industry. The presidential administration recently announced initiatives to increase competition, including stronger Packers and Stockyards Act rules, better coordination with the Department of Justice, and dedicating $1 billion from the American Rescue Plan Act to improve independent meat processing capacity. This announcement follows a letter sent by a coalition of 16 state attorneys general to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Vilsack seeking increased competition in this industry.

Arizona

• Arizona Attorney General Brnovich announced that two software manufacturers, CDK and Reynolds and Reynolds, who had challenged the state’s consumer protection law protecting data that car dealerships obtain and keep, voluntarily dismissed their lawsuits with prejudice. A Ninth Circuit ruling recently upheld the law, which places data under the control of the dealerships instead of software companies, after a challenge based on federal and constitutional law.

Arkansas

• Arkansas Attorney General Rutledge announced a nearly $8 million civil false claims settlement with Empower Healthcare Solutions, LLC. The settlement resolves an investigation into how the company reported its expenses in 2020.

California

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