To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has, for decades, considered itself a partner of state AGs in combatting anticompetitive, unfair, and deceptive trade practices, and state AGs certainly feel the same way. In December 2020, 30 state AGs filed a bipartisan amici brief urging the Supreme Court to affirm the FTC’s interpretation of its Section 13(b) authority in AMG Capital Management LLC v. FTC ( AMG Capital). In that brief, the state AGs asserted that their “own enforcement efforts are fortified by having a strong federal partner in the FTC.” The FTC and the state AGs regularly conduct joint investigations, share complaint data, and in many cases bring joint enforcement actions. But