NEWS

Nov 23, 2021, 09:25 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today filed a lawsuit against the Moberly Public School District for alleged Sunshine Law violations for requests for public records from the Attorney General’s Office related to their policy on parents recording Individualized Education Plan meetings.

Nov 22, 2021, 13:12 PM by AG Schmitt

Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt led a coalition of 12 states in sending a letter to Unilever and its subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc., urging them to reverse their decision to boycott the State of Israel.

Nov 19, 2021, 15:02 PM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt earlier this month filed a comment letter during the comment period of a proposed USDA rule change that would affect the labeling of “fake meat” products. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has been successful in defending a Missouri state statute that prohibits the labeling of “fake meat” products as meat.

Nov 18, 2021, 15:30 PM by AG Schmitt

Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit against the City of Moscow Mills for allegedly enforcing a ticket quota on their officers, in violation of Senate Bill 5 and accompanying reforms.

Nov 18, 2021, 13:46 PM by AG Schmitt

Attorney General Schmitt today joined a nationwide investigation into Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly known as Facebook, for providing and promoting its social media platform – Instagram – to children and young adults despite knowing that such use is associated with physical and mental health harms. Attorneys General across the country are examining whether the company violated state consumer protection laws and put the public at risk.

Nov 17, 2021, 10:50 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today released the following statement after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration paused enforcement of their unlawful emergency temporary standard requiring vaccination or testing for private employers with 100 or more employees:

Nov 16, 2021, 10:09 AM by AG Schmitt

Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a lawsuit against Springfield Public Schools for Sunshine Law violations after the Attorney General’s Office requested public records from the school district relating to critical race theory and antiracism teaching in Springfield Public Schools.

Nov 10, 2021, 11:45 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson today led a coalition of 10 states in challenging the vaccine mandate propagated by the Biden Administration’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on healthcare workers across the nation, becoming the first states to file a lawsuit challenging this mandate. Attorney General Eric Schmitt previously filed suit to halt the vaccine mandate on federal contractors and OSHA’s vaccine mandate on private employers.

Nov 8, 2021, 15:48 PM by AG Schmitt

Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and the Texas Attorney General’s Office filed a motion for preliminary injunction in their lawsuit against the Biden Administration for refusing to continue construction on the Southwest border wall. Missouri and Texas filed suit in late October to require the Biden Administration to continue construction on the border wall using funds already appropriated by Congress for that construction.

Nov 5, 2021, 06:31 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt today co-led an eleven-state coalition with Montana, Arizona, and Nebraska in filing a lawsuit against Joe Biden and the Biden Administration to halt their vaccine mandate on private employers with more than 100 employees. Missouri and the coalition of states are the first states to file suit against the vaccine mandate on private employers.

Nov 4, 2021, 08:35 AM by AG Schmitt

Oct 29, 2021, 11:18 AM by AG Schmitt

Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson co-led a ten state coalition in filing a lawsuit against the Biden Administration for imposing a vaccine mandate on federal contractors and federally contracted employees. The lawsuit takes issue with the Biden Administration’s use of federal procurement statutes to mandate vaccinations through Executive Order 14042.

Oct 28, 2021, 15:36 PM by AG Schmitt

Following a lawsuit filed by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, a Hickory County dog breeder has been barred from operating as a commercial dog breeder forever, and dogs in her possession were seized and rescued by the Missouri Department of Agriculture.

Oct 27, 2021, 16:31 PM by AG Schmitt

Oct 26, 2021, 10:53 AM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt yesterday joined a lawsuit brought by Ohio and ten other states against the Biden Administration, challenging a federal rule change that would allow taxpayer dollars to be used to encourage and support abortions.

Oct 25, 2021, 17:33 PM by AG Schmitt

Today, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed an amicus brief in Shannon Otto v. Jefferson County Health Department, fighting student quarantine rules put in place by the Jefferson County Department of Health. The brief argues that the quarantine rules fall under the new state law limiting health authorities’ power to enact mandates and that the rules are unlawful because they expired and weren’t renewed within the 30-day time period.

Oct 21, 2021, 15:15 PM by AG Schmitt

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, along with the Texas Attorney General’s Office, filed suit against the Biden Administration for refusing to spend money appropriated to continue to build the wall on the southwest border as the border crisis continues to worsen. The lawsuit aims to force the Biden Administration to resume construction on the border wall.

Oct 20, 2021, 19:32 PM by AG Schmitt

Oct 19, 2021, 16:30 PM by AG Schmitt

Yesterday, Attorney General Schmitt joined a 17-state effort to deter the Biden administration from threatening parents who express their views to school officials on issues regarding their children’s education.

Oct 18, 2021, 13:46 PM by AG Schmitt

Today, The Platte County Commission voted to join Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt's fight against opioid abuse. A lawsuit was filed by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office against Johnson & Johnson in 2018, and was expanded in 2019. The global settlement, which was announced in July of 2021, includes Johnson & Johnson and three major opioid distributors (AmerisourceBergen, McKesson, and Cardinal Health). The settlement could bring just over half a billion dollars to victims of opioid abuse in Missouri. Since announcing the settlement, the Attorney General’s Office has been aggressively engaging counties and subdivisions about obtaining sign-on.