Recent NewsDecember 11 - Herring Hosting Virginia Cannabis Summit Today Attorney General Mark R. Herring and the Virginia Legislative Cannabis Caucus are hosting the “Virginia Cannabis Summit,” a day-long conference to bring together Virginia legislators, state agencies, regulators, and other stakeholders to create a plan of action for badly needed reform of Virginia’s cannabis laws.
December 9 - Herring Urges FTC to Strengthen Online Protections for Children Attorney General Mark R. Herring has urged the Federal Trade Commission to strengthen its rules prohibiting websites, mobile applications, and other digital marketing companies from collecting personal information from children under the age of 13 and using that information to track children across the internet.
Attorney General Mark R. Herring has urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to adopt expanded regulations that would require businesses to provide adequate notification before enrolling consumers in their subscription services following a free trial period and regarding how consumers can cancel these subscriptions before actually being billed. Attorney General Herring and a coalition of 17 attorneys general have sent a letter to the FTC urging them to expand existing negative option regulations to cover these “free trial” business models.
December 3 - Herring Fights in Supreme Court to Protect Women’s Healthcare, Reproductive Rights Attorney General Mark R. Herring has filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court defending the right of women across the country to access reproductive healthcare and safe, legal abortions.
November 26 - Herring Enhancing Way Richmond Region Responds to Human Trafficking Today, Attorney General Mark Herring and members of the Richmond Regional Human Trafficking Collaborative announced new initiatives that will improve the way the Richmond region responds to human trafficking including a new case manager position that is focused on juvenile victims, stakeholder trainings, and expanded victims services.
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