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DES MOINES—Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she is leading a coalition of 10 states to defend the rights of states’ insurance agencies to regulate the transfer of employee pensions in a case before the Fourth Circuit.   It is common practice for companies to transfer employee pensions to large...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she has joined a bipartisan letter to OpenAI, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and other major artificial intelligence software production and distribution companies demanding more quality control and other safeguards over chatbot products.   The coalition is demanding the companies take stronger action to protect users who...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today that she led a coalition of 18 states to push back against IRS overreach and defend Iowan’s first amendment rights.  The IRS has mandated that all federally recognized charities report their major donors to the IRS annually. But between 2010 to 2022, those...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced a victory in the case against Travis Broughton and his Omaha-based stem cell companies Omaha Stem Cells, LLC and Regenerative Medicine and Anti-Aging Institutes of Omaha, LLC. The court has agreed that Mr. Broughton and his companies tricked vulnerable Iowans searching for relief...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced she has completed work in all 99 Iowa counties. She met with Iowans from every corner of the state holding roundtable discussions, working with law enforcement and prosecutors, touring businesses, and holding community conversations.   “Hearing about the issues affecting Iowans is necessary...

DES MOINES—Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird announced her office has secured a victory for the integrity of Iowa’s elections with a settlement agreement between Iowa and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.   Under President Biden, the Department of Homeland Security told the Iowa Secretary of State that Iowa had hundreds...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is leading a coalition of 20 states in support of overturning President Biden’s “Fiduciary Rule”—a rule attempting to mandate expensive new requirements on financial advisors that give retirement advice. The rule will stifle innovation in the financial services industry, increase costs for Iowans, and...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she has joined a coalition of nine state attorneys general in a letter to the Surface Transportation Board expressing concern that the proposed merger of Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railroad could stifle competition and drive-up prices for Iowa’s farmers and manufacturers....

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced the Ninth Circuit has stayed a California law that was set to go into effect on January 1st.  Attorney General Bird and 24 other state attorneys general filed an emergency brief on Friday, November 14th to stop the new law that would impose reporting...

DES MOINES—Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird announced two significant upgrades to her Victim Assistance Section: A Sexual Assault Forensic Response Coordinator and a new interface for an up-to-date prosecutor portal for victim restitution.   The Sexual Assault Forensic Response Coordinator will develop free essential training and technical assistance for Sexual Assault Nurse...