SEATTLE – Attorney General Nick Brown today filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Fidelity Information Services (FIS) to block the company from illegally disclosing the private, personal data of more than one million Washington residents who receive or applied for food assistance benefits to the federal government for its deportation efforts.

SEATTLE – Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following statement today:

“The Ninth Circuit affirms our nationwide injunction in birthright citizenship. The court agrees that the president cannot redefine what it means to be American with the stroke of a pen. He cannot strip away the rights, liberties, and protections of children born in our country. This lawsuit was the first case I brought as Attorney General, and I am proud that courts at every level agree with us.”

SEATTLE – Starting July 27, Washington will be the first state in the nation to require companies to file a premerger notification to the Washington Attorney General’s Office at the same time that they file a premerger notification to the federal government under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, ensuring the state will have more lead time to analyze mergers for possible anticompetitive effects.