Attorney General Nick Brown released the following multistate statement regarding the ongoing antitrust case against Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, for illegally monopolizing the live entertainment industry and concert ticketing services:

The AG’s office secured a guilty plea to seven felonies and a sentence of 43.5 months in prison for Ronald Livermore, a prolific poacher previously convicted of animal abuse. According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, this is the longest agreed recommendation for an illegal hunting sentencing in almost a decade. 

Attorney General Nick Brown and a multistate coalition today secured a court order requiring the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to take concrete steps to reverse the termination of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program (BRIC) and restore billions in funding to communities relying on the program. 

Attorney General Nick Brown today joined a coalition of attorneys general in suing to block President Trump’s latest efforts to impose illegal tariffs on American consumers and businesses. The case challenges President Trump’s most recent efforts to increase tariffs worldwide without congressional approval.

RCW 13.50.010(13) and (14) require court clerks to provide the Office of Public Defense (OPD) and the Office of Civil Legal Aid (OCLA) access to court records.

The Attorney General’s office argued in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today against two executive orders that threaten to end federal funding to medical institutions providing gender-affirming care. 
 

Women across Washington who alleged discrimination and retaliation related to their pregnancies while working for O’Reilly Auto Parts stores, and the distribution center in Puyallup, will receive compensation under a $5.6 million consent decree between the employer and the State of Washington.

Parents allegedly told gun shop their teen child was at risk of self-harm; they sold her a gun anyway

Attorney General Nick Brown today asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to reject an illegal attempt by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to command the reopening of TransAlta’s decommissioned coal power plant in Centralia. 

Additionally, Brown sued DOE in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington alleging the federal agency violated the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by unlawfully withholding records related to that order to reopen the coal power plant.

La Oficina del Procurador General (AGO) ha abierto el proceso de reclamos para los trabajadores agrícolas de Washington que trabajaron en Cornerstone Ranches, Cornerstone Orchards o Cornerstone Farm Management y que podrían tener derecho a recibir una compensación a través de un acuerdo de $1 millón.