Attorney General Sues FinTech for Impersonating Alaska Nonprofits’ Identities and Deceiving Donors

Attorney General Sues FinTech for Impersonating Alaska Nonprofits’ Identities and Deceiving Donors

  (Anchorage, Alaska) – Tuesday, Alaska Attorney General Stephen Cox announced lawsuits against six crowdfunding platforms—GoFundMe, Pay Pal Inc, Charity Navigator, Just Giving, Pledge to and Network for Good—for creating donation pages for charities without their knowledge or consent. The lawsuits allege that these companies used publicly available data to generate fundraising pages for over […]

Alaska Attorney General Seeks Clarification of Airline Policies Undermining Drug Interdiction in Alaska

Alaska Attorney General Seeks Clarification of Airline Policies Undermining Drug Interdiction in Alaska

(Anchorage, AK) –  Alaska Attorney General Stephen J. Cox this week sent a letter to Alaska Airlines seeking clarification of company policies that discourage employees from cooperating with law enforcement efforts to interdict illegal drugs entering Alaska. The letter outlines Alaska’s drug crisis and the state’s unique vulnerability as a geographically isolated destination where virtually all […]

Interior Restores Alaska’s Territorial Jurisdiction over Native Allotments

Interior Restores Alaska’s Territorial Jurisdiction over Native Allotments

(Anchorage, AK) – Friday the U.S. Department of the Interior took action to withdraw a controversial Biden Administration decision and reaffirm the State’s territorial jurisdiction over Alaska Native allotments. “We are encouraged that Interior has returned to a position grounded in Alaska’s unique history. The Supreme Court has often said, ‘Alaska is the exception, not […]