State AGs Highlight Changes To NAAG And Multistate Enforcement For 2023

At last week's National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Capital Forum, consumer protection multistate investigations and enforcement actions were once again a subject of discussion. In a session specifically on the topic, NAAG Consumer Protection Committee Co-Chairs Generals Kwame Raoul of Illinois and Jonathan Skrmetti of Tennessee, as well as Susan Ellis and Jeff Hill, long time top consumer protection staff in their respective offices, spoke at length about the multistate process, responding to alleged misinformation about consumer protection multistates that has been reported through media and elsewhere.

The panelists started with the basics by explaining that a multistate is simply two or more states voluntarily working together on a matter of common interest with the main benefits of participating being to share resources and expertise. This creates the ability to take action that an individual state might otherwise not be able to do. An important