Squire Patton Boggs’ State Attorneys General Practice Group is comprised of lawyers who have served at senior levels in state AG offices around the country and whose practices focus, to one degree or another, on representing clients before these increasingly assertive and powerful, yet often overlooked, government agencies, as explained in detail here.

In these updates, we will call attention to the most noteworthy state AG news or developments emerging in the previous week.

Advocacy
On June 1, Democratic governors and state AGs launched the “United States Climate Alliance,” which is a group of states committed to upholding the environmental promises established through the Paris Climate Accord. Responding to President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro stated that he is “incredibly distressed and disturbed.” Massachusetts AG Maura Healey voiced her disappointment with President Trump’s recent environmental actions and vowed to “hold the line on important measures that have been put in place to protect our habitat and prevent climate change.” AG Healey went on to suggest that President Trump has placed “hundreds of thousands” of clean energy jobs in jeopardy.  The AGs did not discuss specific legal strategies but emphasized their commitment to continue challenging President Trump’s “unfortunate executive actions.”