Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison joined a coalition of attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice in filing an antitrust lawsuit challenging the NCAA’s transfer-eligibility rule claiming its an illegal restraint on college athletes ability to sell their image and likeness, and control their education. The coalition is challenging the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s…
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the State of Minnesota’s lawsuit against major parties in the fossil-fuel industry may proceed in state court. Without comment, the Court denied the petition of the defendants ExxonMobil, the American Petroleum Institute, and three Koch Industries entities to review lower-court decisions that remanded the case to state court.…
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A bipartisan group of 53 attorneys general announced they have reached a $700 million settlement with Google in their 2021 lawsuit regarding Google’s anticompetitive conduct with the Google Play Store. In total Google will pay $630 million in restitution, minus costs and fees, to consumers who made purchases on the Google Play Store between August…
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that Minnesota will be joining the United States and a bipartisan coalition of states in a civil antitrust lawsuit against Agri Stats, Inc. for organizing and managing anticompetitive information exchanges among broiler chicken, pork and turkey processors. The lawsuit against Agri Stats Inc. alleges that the company violated Section…
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is asking for adolescents, young people and parents to share their experiences with social media addiction. Ellison is looking for data from people because the State of Minnesota recently joined a multi-state lawsuit whose goal is to force Meta who’s the parent company of Instagram and Facebook to be more…
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Ada Police Chief Steve Hager was on Tuesday’s Kaleidoscope Program to discuss topics affecting local law enforcement. One of these topics was the recent Minnesota Legislation that has caused law enforcement agencies to pause their SRO programs. Hager discusses these laws and Attorney General Keith Ellison’s interpretation of the laws. Hager also discussed the reaction…
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