NATIONAL STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL PROGRAM

AG Student Papers Divided By Subject

ANTITRUST
CHARITIES
CONSUMER PROTECTION
DISASTERS
ETHICS
IMMIGRATION
MULTISTATE
POWERS AND DUTIES
SECURITIES
OTHER

ANTITRUST

Berge, Miranda

The Multi-State Vitamins Indirect Purchaser Litigation, Settlement, and Implications

Finn, Liesl

The Developing Role of State Indirect Purchaser Statutes: The Current and Future Status of Indirect Purchaser Remedies using Mylan Laboratories as a Benchmark

Haker, Oren

The Role of State Attorneys General in the CD Minimum Advertised Price Antitrust Litigation

Huelin, Robert G.

Building a Better Mousetrap: Cy Pres Distribution Mechanisms for the 21st Century

Murray, Erin

Wal-Mart v. Rodriguez: The Recent Threat to State Antitrust Authority

Ratner, Joshua

Conflicting Federal and State Enforcement of Federal Antitrust Law: Statutory Crisis or Celebration of Diversity?

Stujenske, Daniel

Antitrust Cy Pres Distributions by States’ Attorneys General

CHARITIES

Baumgarten, Jessica

Pursuing the Public Interest: The Missouri Attorney General's Investigation of the Kauffman Foundation

Bird, Sydney

The Role of the Attorney General in Community Benefits Reform: The Success of Voluntary Reporting for Nonprofit Hotels in Massachusetts

Bucki, Craig R.

The Attorney General's Role in Supervising Museums: The Current State of the Law and Proposals for Reform

Frisbie, Allison

Banner Health Systems v. Long: A case study in the ability of state Attorneys General to apply charitable trust principles in order to regulate the activities of nonprofit corporations

Gilbreth, Jeff

The Sale of the Red Sox: A Case Study of the State Attorney General and Charitable Trusts

Scherr, David

The Ability of State Attorneys General to Remove Members of Nonprofit Boards

CONSUMER PROTECTION

Anderson, Adam

Sears's Bankruptcy and Auto Repair AG Settlements

Bautista, Sheila L.

The Role of State Attorneys General in Preserving Competitive Enforcement of Anti-Predatory Lending Regulations

Cushing, Colleen

Regulating the Sweepstakes Industry

Fischer, Aaron

A Modus Vivendi for Attorneys General and the Plaintiffs’ Bar: How a State Attorney General Can Set the Tone and Maximize Efficacy

Hernandez, Jason

Loan Discrimination at the Auto Dealership: Current Cases, Strategies, and the Case for Intervention by State Attorneys General

Houpt, Nick

Should State AGs Be Setting National Policy? A Case Study of Mandatory Consumer Credit-Card Arbitration

Kagle, Abigail

Driven to Settle: Eliot Spitzer v. GlaxoSmithKline and Undisclosed Clinical Trials Data Regarding Paxil

Moore, Angela

Contingent Commissions, Steering, and Bid-Rigging: The New York State Attorney General, the Insurance Commissioner, and the (Non)regulation of Insurance

--See also: "Marsh & McLennan will pay millions to nine AGs," John O'Brien, Legal Newsline

Oppenheim, Mary Quinn

Payday Lending and Its Abuses: A Survey of Current Regulatory Approaches and Recommendations for the Future

Robinson, LaRue

Protecting Consumers from Themselves: The Role of State Attorneys General in Protecting Consumers from the Impulse Purchase of Extended Warranties

Somers, Patrick

Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices Statutes as a Mechanism for State Attorneys General to use to Combat Predatory Lending

Tutor, David

State Attorneys General and the Response to the 2007 Recalls of Children’s Toys

Van Deerlin, Abaigeal

Modern-Day Loansharking and State Attorneys General: How AGs Shaped the Development of the Payday Lending Industry

DISASTERS

Awerdick, Megan

A Role for State Attorneys in General Creating State Emergency Management Plans and Ensuring the Effective Distribution of Aid to Victims After a Disaster

Khan, Omar A.

Inoculating Consumers Against "Unconscionable" Business Practices--Price Gouging & The Role of the State Attorneys General in the Vaccine Shortage of 2004

Lewis, Amanda

The Role of State Attorneys General During a State of Emergency

Weiner, Courtney

Eye of the Storm: What State Attorneys General Can Do Before and After a Natural Disaster

ETHICS

Dattilo, Jane

Representing the Public’s Interest: Ethical Issues Confronting State Attorneys General Generally, and Multistate Litigators Specifically

Davids, Justin

State Attorneys General and the Client-Attorney Relationship: Establishing the Power to Sue State Officers, 38 Colum. J.L. & Soc. Probs. 365 (2005)

McPhail, Stuart

Just Who is the “Decider?” An Examination of Legal Ethics Rules Application to State Attorneys General

IMMIGRATION

Coats, Johanna

The Role of the State Attorney General in Combating Human Trafficking

Lewis, Amanda

Federal Preemption of State and Local Laws: State and Local Efforts to Impose Sanctions on Employers of Unauthorized Aliens

Thompson, Addison

Attorneys General and the Protection of Immigrant Communities,

The Office of the State Attorney General and the Protection of Immigrant Communities: Exploring an Expanded Role Columbia Human Rights Law Review (2007) Back to top

MULTISTATE

Meyer, Timothy

Federalism and Accountability: State Attorneys General, Regulatory Litigation, and the New Federalism, 95 Cal. L. Rev. 885 (2007)

Lynch, Jason.

Federalism, Separation of Powers, and the Role of State Attorneys General in Multistate Litigation, 101 Colum. L. Rev. 1998 (2001)

Patel, Jaykant

The Regulation of Online Pharmacies; The Need for a Combined Federal and State Effort

Peacock, Sally.

How the Household Settlement Uncorked a Law Enforcement Bottleneck

Rosenberg, Rachel

A Model Multistate: Ford, Firestone and the State Attorneys General

Snow, Aaron.

Multistate Rulemaking

POWERS AND DUTIES

Broderick, Christina Orsini.

Note, Qui Tam Provisions and the Public Interest: An Empirical Analysis, 107 Colum. L. Rev. 949 (2007)

Campins, Nicholas G.

Private Financing of State Attorney-General Enforcement Actions

Dieterich, Amy

The Role of the State Attorney General in Preventing and Punishing Hate Crimes Through Civil Prosecution: Positive Experiences and Possible First Amendment Potholes

Doggett, James W.

“Trickle Down” Constitutional Interpretation: Should Federal Limit On Legislative Conferral Of Standing Be Imported Into State Constitutional Law?

Dungan, Jesse

Will “Backdoor Federalization” Leave State Attorneys General Out in The Cold?: Implications of the Federalization of State Remedies and Forums on State Attorney General Litigation

Fox, Peter

Attorneys General and the Public Purpose Doctrine

Metz, Benjamin E.

Reconstitutionalizing Parens Patriae: How Federal Parens Patriae Doctrine Appropriately Permits State Damages Suits Aggregating Private Tort Claim

Morales, Jose A.

The Role of Puerto Rico's Secretary of Justice

Sadowsky, Justin

The State Attorney General As Determiner of Drug Reimportation Policy: An Examination of the Powers and Duties of the State Attorney General to Create Public Policy as Viewed through the Lens of the Canadian Pharmaceutical Issue

Weibust, Eric W.

The Effects of Federal Tort Reform Legislation on the Power of the State Attorneys General

SECURITIES

Baker, Greg

Eliot Spitzer, the SEC, and Research Analyst Conflicts of Interest: Assessing the "Balkanization" Criticism of Eliot Spitzer's Analyst Conflict of Interest Case

Campins, Nicholas G.

A New Paradigm for Securities Regulation in California: Senate Bill 434 and its Implications

Mathiesen, Johnathan

Survey: Dr. Spitlove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Balkanization, Columb. Bus. L. Rev. 311 (2006)

Schloss, Adam

State Attorneys General, Parens Patriae and the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998: A Brief Proposal to Protect Investors in a World of Efficient Capital Formation

OTHER

Abbott, Tim

Polluter's Haven: Enforcing Environmental Law Inside and Outside Bankruptcy

Alepin, Dominique-Chantale

Opting-Out: A Technical, Legal and Practical Look at the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, 28 Colum. J.L. & Arts 41 (2004)

Crowley, Brigid

Deconstructing the "Big Dig": An Analysis of the Role of the Attorney General in the Central Artery/Tunnel Project Probe

Deutsch, Rachel

The False Claims Act: A Weapon Against Lawbreaking Employees

Dutkewych, Mark

Should Attorneys General Involve Themselves In Fast Food Litigation?

Heifetz, Leah

The Role of State Attorneys General in Improving End-of-Life Healthcare: Holding Hospitals and Nursing Homes Accountable for Undertreatment of Pain

Koh, Marianne

Enforcing the MSA

Lamb, Monica

Cooperation Betwen the States and the European Community in Antitrust Enforcement

Miletic, Jennifer

An Abuse of Power: The Impact of the Media, the Public, and the Massachusetts Attorney General on the Catholic Church's Sex Abuse Crisis

Quill, Tim

Undermining Pharmaceutical Patent Power: The Need for State Attorneys General to Challenge Invalid Prescription Drug Patents

Romer-Friedman, Peter

Eliot Spitzer Meets Mother Jones: How State Attorneys General Can Enforce State Wage and Hour Laws, Columb. J.L. & Soc. Probs. (2006)

Wu, L

Global Warming: State of Connecticut v. American Electric Power Company