New York Attorney General Letitia James joined a 15-state coalition in suing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., challenging changes that removed seven vaccines from the CDC’s list of vaccinations recommended for every child. The states allege the changes and ACIP appointments violated the Administrative Procedure Act and ask the court to invalidate them; the release reports no penalty or court-ordered remedy.
The states are asking the court to declare the new vaccine schedule unlawful, invalidate Secretary Kennedy’s ACIP appointments, and reverse the committee’s hepatitis B decision. These are requested remedies, not remedies reported as imposed.
This is a challenge to federal vaccine policy, not a privacy enforcement action, and the release does not identify privacy-related contract violations. Healthcare organizations should nevertheless review vendor and customer agreements that allocate responsibility for vaccine schedule updates, clinical guidance, immunization coverage, and notice of regulatory changes; check that public health and vaccine-related representations can be updated when guidance changes; and review employee health policies for consistency with applicable state requirements. No particular data-processing, consent, or breach-notification clause is implicated by the reported action.
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https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-sues-secretary-kennedy-protect-children-dangerous-vaccine
arizona et al v robert f kennedy jr amended complaint 2026
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/court-filings/arizona-et-al-v-robert-f-kennedy-jr-amended-complaint-2026.pdf
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"lawsuit against U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr."
"October 5, 2026"
"in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act."
"the new schedule ignored decades of scientific evidence, cut out the experts and public input required by law"
"They are asking the court to declare the new vaccine schedule unlawful, to throw out Secretary Kennedy’s appointments to ACIP, and reverse the committee’s hepatitis B decision."
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general and Pennsylvania’s governor in a letter urging HHS to keep federal vaccine recommendations grounded in scientific and medical evidence. The letter asks HHS to preserve the ACIP’s role and current vaccine recommendation categories; it is a policy advocacy action, not a privacy enforcement action.
Health and civil rights enforcement action. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield led a coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The suit challenges a December 18, 2025 HHS 'declaration' that claims certain gender-affirming care is 'unsafe and ineffective' and threatens to exclude providers from Medicare/Medicaid for offering such care. The attorneys general argue HHS violated federal administrative law by implementing a major policy change without required notice-and-comment rulemaking, creating fear for patients and providers and threatening state Medicaid programs.
New York Attorney General Letitia James joined a coalition lawsuit challenging NHTSA’s rollback of federal fuel economy standards. The coalition alleges that the final rule violates federal law and asks the court to strike it down; the press release describes no privacy violations or monetary penalty.
$400.0M
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 47 other attorneys general secured a $400 million settlement with Sandoz Inc. and Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc. over an alleged scheme to coordinate generic drug prices and reduce competition. The settlement provides for consumer compensation and requires Sandoz to implement antitrust compliance reforms, including annual staff training and a Chief Compliance Officer.
New York Attorney General Letitia James joined eight other attorneys general in issuing a statement criticizing a DOJ judicial misconduct complaint against nearly all federal district court judges in Minnesota. The release concerns judicial independence, not a privacy enforcement action; it announces no penalty or privacy-related remedy.
$5.9M
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Evolutions Festival LLC and 845 Vibrations LLC over the cancellation of the 2025 festival and their failure to refund ticket holders and vendors. The state alleges violations of laws governing advance ticket-sale funds and seeks restitution, civil penalties of $5,000 for each of 1,185 alleged violations, and an order requiring a $500,000 bond before the organizers can hold future cultural events in New York.