Law360 Features Arnold & Porter’s State AG Task Force

Arnold & Porter’s dedicated State Attorneys General Investigations & Litigation Task Force was featured in a recent Law360 article, “Arnold & Porter Forms Team To Tackle Scrutiny By State AGs,” which included an interview with Commercial Litigation partner Benjamin Mizer and White Collar Defense & Investigations partner Meredith Osborn.

Meredith, former Chief Trial Deputy at the City Attorney’s Office for San Francisco, highlighted that Arnold & Porter has a long history of success in single- and multi-state AG matters, and that this Task Force enables the firm to continue providing coordinated support “in a thoughtful and integrated way.”

Ben, former Acting Associate Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, emphasized this is an opportune time for the firm to consolidate its cross-practice state AG experience, as clients face increasing scrutiny and regulatory risk from state AGs.

“What’s noteworthy now in particular is that enforcement priorities at the federal level have shifted,” Ben said, commenting that states are focusing on areas like securities and consumer protection.

Meredith also discussed the priority shift, noting that it’s due, in part, to personnel movement between the federal and state levels.

“We’re seeing a lot of migration now of federal enforcement into the state agencies,” she said. “They’re bringing the ideas, the strategies, the priorities that they may have been … invested in at the national level, into the states now.”

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