Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones joined a bipartisan coalition of 13 attorneys general alleging that Nexstar and Tegna are violating a court's hold-separate order by allowing Nexstar personnel to remain on Tegna's Board of Directors during the merger litigation. The coalition seeks clarification of the order to ensure the companies operate independently while the antitrust case proceeds.
This enforcement action is primarily antitrust-focused rather than privacy-related. However, in-house legal teams should review any merger-related agreements, particularly hold-separate orders and compliance undertakings, to ensure independence between merging entities during litigation. For privacy-specific contracts, this action does not directly implicate data processing or privacy clauses.
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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. and Tegna Inc.
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Media & Entertainment"Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nexstar) and Tegna Inc. (Tegna)"
"allege that Nexstar’s personnel continuing to sit on Tegna’s Board of Directors violates the court order"
"bipartisan coalition of 13 attorneys general"
Antitrust enforcement action where Oregon AG filed a lawsuit to block the $6.2 billion merger of Nexstar and Tegna, alleging it violates Clayton Act Section 7 by substantially lessening competition in broadcasting, which could harm local news and raise consumer prices.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, joined by attorneys general from seven other states, filed a lawsuit to block the $6.2 billion merger between Nexstar Media Group and Tegna Inc. The lawsuit alleges the merger violates Section 7 of the Clayton Act by reducing competition in local TV markets, leading to higher prices, less local news, and job losses.
Attorney General Jay Jones and a coalition of 24 attorneys general obtained a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from demanding a database of state-owned records containing personal information of 17 million CDL drivers from AAMVA and from terminating over $10 million in federal funding. The lawsuits allege DOT, FMCSA, and DHS violated federal privacy laws by secretly creating a database with no guardrails on use or sharing of Social Security numbers and no public notice.
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones announced that Governor Spanberger's declaration of a state of emergency due to prolonged, severe drought has triggered Virginia's anti-price gouging statutes, making it unlawful to charge unconscionable prices for necessary goods and services. A price is unconscionable if it grossly exceeds the price charged during the ten days immediately prior to the emergency. No entity was charged or fined; the release is a consumer advisory explaining how to report suspected price gouging to the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Section.
$694.0M
Virginia and 40 other state attorneys general settled with subprime auto lender Credit Acceptance Corporation (CAC) for $694 million in cash restitution and debt relief. The settlement resolves allegations that CAC originated loans it knew or should have known consumers could not afford, and that it encouraged and failed to prevent dealers from unlawfully 'packing' auto-loan contracts with unwanted Vehicle Service Contracts and GAP products. The Consent Judgment was filed September 17, 2026, with the City of Richmond Circuit Court.
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, joined by a bipartisan coalition of 48 other attorneys general, sent a letter urging the FCC to strengthen its 'Know Your Upstream Provider' (KYUP) rules to keep illegal robocalls off the U.S. phone network. The coalition asks the FCC to mandate baseline vetting measures for upstream providers, add monitoring triggers, strengthen STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication, establish base penalties, and require retention of KYUP data. No company was fined in this action; it is regulatory advocacy that builds on the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force's Operation Robocall Roundup, which sent warning letters to 37 voice providers.