We opposed legislation which would provide sweeping authority for the Attorney General to conduct civil investigations and bring court action to enjoin any “repeated fraudulent or illegal acts” or “persistent fraud or illegality in the carrying on, conducting or transaction of business or governmental activity.” As written, the proposed legislation would provide unlimited authority to the Attorney General to conduct civil investigations in virtually every corner of public or private life, and we urged revision to make clear precisely against whom and what the proposed legislative expansion is directed so that a more informed determination can be made as to its scope, need and value.
