Jamie Gorelick, a WilmerHale partner, was
interviewed in Law Week Colorado on the heightened regulatory and
enforcement activity of state attorneys general in response to the
federal government's retrenchment in those areas.
"This is an extraordinary moment... The Democratic state
AGs have announced themselves as the 'not Trump,' "
said Ms. Gorelick who chairs the firm's Regulatory and
Government Affairs Department. "And their view is that the
Trump administration does not properly enforce the law, and that
they have significant authorities to do that, and that they are
going to do it," particularly on antitrust, consumer
protection and data privacy.
As state attorneys general step up their activity, Ms. Gorelick
is concerned about a trend. "... You're seeing them trying
to outsource investigations, which I think will raise really
serious policy and legal questions," she said.
