NY Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood

NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2018 – Today, Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood announced that – following a court decision in favor of the Attorney General – the Trump Foundation has signed a stipulation agreeing to dissolve under judicial supervision, with review and approval by the Attorney General of proposed recipient charities of the Foundation’s remaining assets. This stipulation follows the […]

NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2018 – Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood today announced a lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corporation (“Exxon”), alleging that the company misled investors regarding the risk that climate change regulations posed to its business. As alleged in the complaint, Exxon for years assured investors that it was accounting for the likelihood of […]

May 7, 2018 – “It’s been my great honor and privilege to serve as Attorney General for the people of the State of New York. In the last several hours, serious allegations, which I strongly contest, have been made against me. While these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct or the operations of the office, […]

NEW YORK, April 19 2018 – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman led a coalition of 16 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Whole Woman’s Health v. Paxton, challenging a Texas state law that would essentially ban the safest and most common method […]

April 18, 2018 – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman sent a letter to state lawmakers today urging them to close a loophole in New York’s double jeopardy law. Closing the loophole would ensure that individuals who broke New York law could not evade accountability for any state crimes as a result of a strategically-timed pardon […]

NEW YORK, April 3, 2018 – Today, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman – leading a coalition of 18 Attorneys General and six cities and the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors – filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from demanding citizenship information in the 2020 decennial Census. Demanding citizenship information on the Census […]

March 30, 2018 – New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, leading a coalition of 17 Attorneys General, filed a new amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court opposing President Trump’s third travel ban. The brief was filed in Trump v. Hawaii (No. 17-965), ahead of arguments scheduled for April 25th. In this third challenge, the […]

NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2018 – Today, a federal judge granted Attorney General Schneiderman and his fellow Attorneys General’s motion for a preliminary injunction to block President Trump’s rescission of DACA. Attorney General Schneiderman leads the coalition of 17 AGs that sued in September 2017 to defend DACA and protect DREAMers. The court heard arguments […]

Oct. 20, 2017 – Today, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman sent a letter to Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Director E. Scott Lloyd, making clear that the Trump administration’s attempts to block reproductive health care for a 17-year-old unaccompanied minor detainee is unconstitutional.  The letter follows oral argument this morning in Garza v. […]

July 18, 2017 – Today, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, leading a coalition of sixteen Attorneys General, filed a new amicus brief in the Hawaii travel ban litigation, opposing the Trump administration’s application to stay last week’s district court decision that the ban should not prevent grandparents and other close relatives of United States […]

June 19, 2017 – A broad, bipartisan coalition of 35 Attorneys General, led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, jointly opposed a cable and telecommunications industry petition to the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) intended, in part, to stop states from enforcing state false advertising laws related to Internet […]

NEW YORK, June 14, 2017 – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today joined a coalition of nine Attorneys General in filing a motion to intervene in a lawsuit to prevent critical student protections from being dismantled. Click here to read the full memorandum of support. The case – California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools (CAPPS) […]

June 12, 2017 – Today, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman led a coalition of 17 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in opposition to President Trump’s immigration ban. The case – IRAP v. Trump – was originally brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the […]

May 11, 2017 – Today, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in calling for the immediate appointment of an independent special counsel to investigate Russian interference in the presidential election. The letter, sent to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, calls the firing […]

NEW YORK, April 24, 2017—Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today joined a coalition of 21 Attorneys General and the Office of Consumer Protection of Hawaii in calling out the U.S. Department of Education for abdicating its responsibility to millions of student loan borrowers and their families across the country by revoking critical reforms designed to […]

April 6, 2017 – New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman led a coalition of 16 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, challenging an Ohio state law that would defund Planned Parenthood and other health service providers that perform or promote abortions. The Attorneys General […]

NEW YORK, April 3, 2017 – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, leading a state and municipal coalition, today announced that he is commencing legal action against the Trump Administration for violating federal law by delaying energy efficiency standards for several common consumer and commercial products – such as ceiling fans, portable air conditioners, walk-in coolers […]

NEW YORK March 27, 2017 – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman issued the following statement: “Despite what Attorney General Sessions implied this afternoon, state and local governments and law enforcement have broad authority under the Constitution to not participate in federal immigration enforcement. “As my office’s legal guidance makes clear, President Trump lacks the constitutional […]