The Associated Press reports: A county clerk in New York on Monday again refused to file a more than $100,000 civil judgment from Texas against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman. New York is among eight states with shield laws that protect providers from other states’ reach. Abortion opponents claim the laws violate a…
Attorney General James Leads Coalition Urging Congress to Protect Americans from Masked ICE Agents
July 15 – New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in urging Congress to pass legislation that prohibits federal immigration agents from wearing masks that conceal their identities and requires them to clearly identify themselves and their agency during civil enforcement actions. In a letter sent to…
Attorney General Tong Announces $85,000 Settlement with TicketNetwork for Violations of the Connecticut Data Privacy Act
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued a press release on July 8 that announced a settlement with TicketNetwork for violations of the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA). Under the terms of the settlement, TicketNetwork has agreed to comply with the requirements of the CTDPA, maintain metrics for consumer rights requests received under the CTDPA, provide…
Fourth Circuit upholds West Virginia ban on abortion pills
Steve Garrison reports: A Fourth Circuit panel upheld a West Virginia law that bans most abortions, including drug-induced abortions. U.S. Circuit Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, a Ronald Reagan appointee, wrote in a 28-page opinion that the federal government’s role in the regulation of medicine does not prevent the Appalachian state from enforcing its own law promoting…