Since January 20, there has been a significant scaling back of federal enforcement resources and litigation. At the same time, state attorneys general (AGs) have exercised their broad consumer protection and antitrust enforcement authority to an increasing extent. Nicole Sprinzen, Milton Marquis, and Ann-Marie Luciano discuss the significant shifts within federal enforcement agencies and enforcement priorities that are driving an unprecedented surge in state AG activity, and the reasons they predict these changes will continue to play out in the near term.

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