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Foley Hoag’s State Attorney General Investigations lawyers offer their experience, insight and skill to help your business through the considerable challenges of an AG investigation or enforcement action.

One Step Closer to a Massachusetts Data Privacy Law:  Comparing the Current House and Senate Bills
Blog June 17, 2026
Massachusetts lawmakers are working to pass a long-awaited comprehensive data privacy law in the current legislative session…
Update: The Supreme Court’s Decision in First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport (formerly Platkin)
Blog May 11, 2026
If you are a regular reader of State AG Insights, you know that we have previously blogged about First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin (now Davenport, with the end of Attorney General Platkin’s tenure and Attorney General Davenport’s recent appointment), a case concerning the ability of a crisis pregnancy center to challenge an administrative subpoena issued by the New Jersey Attorney General…
SCOTUS Considers Pre-Enforcement Challenges to State AG Subpoena: Oral Arguments in First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. v. Platkin
Blog December 05, 2025
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin, Docket No. 24-781, on December 2, 2025, concerning the administrative subpoena sent by the New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin to First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, a pro-life crisis pregnancy organization in November 2023…
Coalition of Attorneys General Urge Congress to Tighten Definition of Hemp Under Federal Law
Blog October 31, 2025
In what has become a pivotal moment for the still nascent yet booming national market for intoxicating hemp edible products and beverages, a coalition of Attorneys General (“AG”) have called on the Congress to close the exception in the 2018 Farm Bill that enabled the proliferation of these consumer products in the past several years…
Bipartisan Effort By State AGs Pushes Tech Companies to Take Action Against Deepfake Imagery
Blog August 28, 2025
On August 26, a bipartisan group of 47 state attorneys general issued letters calling on major tech companies to increase their efforts to stop the spread of computer-generated and nonconsensual “deepfake” images, particularly including deepfake pornography…
State Attorneys General Bring Lawsuit Against Executive Order on Energy Emergency
Blog May 29, 2025
Following up on our previous posts on United States energy policy under the Trump Administration, we are writing with an update on recent State Attorney General (AG) action in response to the Trump Administration’s climate and energy-focused executive actions…
Will State AGs Fill the Gap in FCPA Enforcement?
Blog April 22, 2025
Since the start of President Trump’s second administration, some State Attorneys General (AGs) have actively responded to executive orders and policy directives, including by initiating legal challenges in federal courts…
State Attorney General and State Governor Responses to Executive Orders Impacting Climate and Energy
Blog April 15, 2025
In the twelve weeks since Inauguration Day, President Trump has issued dozens of executive orders, a number of which are designed to reverse the nation’s momentum on clean energy and climate action…
Massachusetts AG Issues Broad "Junk Fee" Regulations
Blog March 07, 2025
On Monday, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell finalized new regulations under the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act, Chapter 93A, restricting the use of hidden or surprise fees at the end of a transaction that increase a product’s total price beyond its advertised price…
State AGs Take the Lead in First Month of Trump Opposition
Blog February 20, 2025
The first month of the second Trump Administration has been marked by a deluge of executive orders and federal agency directives aimed at implementing the new administration’s policy priorities…
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Foley Hoag’s State Attorney General Investigations lawyers have the experience, the insight and the skill to guide your business through the considerable challenges of an AG investigation or enforcement action.

Our team knows firsthand how the AG and her line assistants approach investigations. Our legal team includes a former Massachusetts Attorney General, a former chief deputy attorney general, a former first assistant attorney general, a former deputy attorney general, a former chief of the business and labor bureau, a former deputy chief of the criminal bureau, and four partners who served as assistant United States attorneys.

Foley Hoag will work closely with you to develop and implement winning strategies to achieve your objectives and successfully resolve the investigation. And if there is no reasonable alternative but to litigate, our lawyers, including American College of Trial Lawyers fellows, have a record of substantial courtroom success. Whatever the path, we will fight to protect the reputation of your business and neutralize any adverse public relations implications arising from the AG action.