SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 9 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: * * * Platform designed to promote excessive, compulsive, and addictive use * * * California Attorney General Rob Bonta and New York Attorney General Letitia James today co-led a bipartisan coalition of 14 attorneys general in filing separate enforcement actions against TikTok for violations of state consumer protection laws. Filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court, Attorney General   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of State has concluded an administrative settlement with Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC) of Lake Oswego, Oregon, to resolve 24 violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), 22 U.S.C. Sec. 2751 et seq., and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 22 C.F.R. parts 120-130. The Department of State and PCC reached this settlement following an extensive compliance review by the Off  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: LONGVIEW, Wash. Total Employment and Management (TEAM), a staffing agency based in Moses Lake, violated the law by refusing to comply with the terms of a conciliation agreement regarding a classwide national origin discrimination finding, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Sept. 26. According to the lawsuit, TEAM participated in EEOC conci  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news release: * * * Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda * * * TACOMA, Wash. - The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded a $33,203,279.70 contract to T1-RJS Joint Venture LLC for the design and construction of the expanded Pacific Highway Land Port of Entry in Blaine, Wash., as part of President Biden's Inv  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 9 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2024: * * * Download a broadcast quality video file of Attorney General Raoul's remarks here (https://cms.illinois.gov/agency/media/video/videos.html). Raoul, Bipartisan Coalition Allege TikTok Targets Youth with Addictive Features * * * Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced that his office filed a lawsuit against TikTok for its harmful business practices targeting  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 9 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2024: * * * Lawsuit Alleges TikTok Deliberately Exploited Young People to Induce Compulsive, Addictive Social Media Use for * * * Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court against TikTok Inc. and its affiliated entities TikTok LLC, ByteDance Inc. and ByteDance Ltd. (collectively, "TikTok") for intentionally d  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 9 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2024: * * * AG James Leads Bipartisan Coalition of 14 AGs Alleging TikTok Addicted Young People to its Platform and Collected Their Data Without Consent Lawsuits Seek to Change TikTok's Harmful Features to Protect Young People * * * NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a bipartisan coalition of 14 attorneys gene  more

SALEM, Oregon, Oct. 9 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2024: Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced today that Oregon is joining a bipartisan coalition of 14 state attorneys general in filing separate enforcement actions against TikTok for violations of state consumer protection laws. Oregon's action, which will be filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court on Wednesday, alleges that TikTok exploits and harms young users and deceive  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36377) entitled "BNSF Railway Co. - Trackage Rights Exemption - Union Pacific Railroad Co.": * * * Digest:/1 This decision authorizes the expiration of certain Board-approved rights by one carrier to operate over the lines of another carrier, even though such rights typically continue indefinitely. By petition filed on July 26, 2024, BNSF Railway Company (BNS  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Oct. 9 -- Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2024: * * * Social media giant accused of designing app to be addictive to young users * * * Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that he is suing TikTok for putting profits before the well-being of millions of its most vulnerable users by creating a platform that is addictive to youth. Ferguson's lawsuit is part of a nationwide bipartisan effort, with 13 other   more