Regulatory Oversight Podcast

In this episode of Regulatory Oversight, Ashley Taylor and Clayton Friedman, co-leaders of Troutman Pepper Locke's State Attorneys General (AG) team, welcome Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) Executive Director Adam Piper for a wide-ranging look at the 2026 state AG races and the landscape heading into Election Day. Piper calls this the biggest AG election cycle in more than 30 years, with RAGA investing more directly in AG races than in the previous three years of political spend combined. He discusses the states drawing the most resources, including Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, and Minnesota. Piper also explains how AG candidates can outperform the top of the ticket when governor and Senate races stay close, but struggle when those races are not competitive.With roughly 25% of AGs expected to be new, the conversation also turns to the caliber of candidates, shifting leadership, and what a possible lame-duck Trump administration could mean for RAGA's 2027 priorities.The group wraps up by discussing why AGs have become "main attractions" with broad tools to shape national policy, and how they often work across party lines. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

With the midterm elections approaching, congressional staff are already building target lists of industries and companies for the next wave of oversight. In this episode of Regulatory Oversight, host Stephen Piepgrass is joined by his colleague Jason Smith, a former Senate staffer with more than 12 years on Capitol Hill, and Troutman Strategies principal Lindsay Austin, to discuss how a shift in congressional leadership and committee dynamics could shape investigations in the months ahead.Lindsay and Jason explain how committees decide whom to investigate and how oversight differs from investigation. They describe how a congressional inquiry can lead to state attorney general or federal scrutiny down the road and identify the industries most likely to draw attention, including AI, energy, healthcare, pharma, finance, and crypto. The episode concludes with a discussion of the constitutional tension between Article I and Article II, and what it means for companies that acted at the administration's direction. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode of Regulatory Oversight, Ashley Taylor and Clayton Friedman, co-leaders of Troutman Pepper Locke's State Attorneys General (AG) team, welcome Democratic Attorneys General Association (DAGA) President Sean Rankin for a wide-ranging look at the 2026 state AG elections and a landscape he says has shifted significantly over the course of the cycle.Rankin examines the races he sees as bellwethers and wild cards, from Arizona, Kansas, Wisconsin, and Georgia to Iowa, Florida, and Oklahoma. He discusses the 20% to 30% voter drop-off AG candidates can experience from top-of-the-ticket races and explains why the national political environment tells only part of the story. Rankin explains how state-specific concerns, including water rights in Arizona, tourism and affordability in Nevada, and environmental issues in Iowa, can shape AG races alongside national political trends.With a large class of new AGs taking office, the conversation also turns to what turnover could mean for the "chemistry in the room," emerging leadership, and coalition building among AGs.The group wraps up by discussing how state AGs serve as leading consumer regulators and often work across party lines, including on multistate matters that bring together a large majority of Democratic and Republican AGs. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this special crossover episode of Regulatory Oversight and The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis, Stefanie Jackman, and Mike Yaghi discuss California Governor Gavin Newsom's appointment of former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra to lead the state's newly created Business and Consumer Services Agency (BCSA).The group discusses Chopra's oversight of the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), his broad authority alongside the California attorney general, and what his track record of aggressive, systemic enforcement at the CFPB and FTC might mean for California's consumer financial services industry going forward. They also get into DFPI's wide-reaching supervisory and enforcement powers, what companies should be doing to get ready, and whether this move sets Chopra up for a bigger Cabinet-level role down the road in a future Democratic administration.The episode wraps up with a bigger-picture look at whether federal regulators could swing hard back toward consumer protection enforcement under a future Democratic president. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this must-listen episode of Regulatory Oversight, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson joins Ashley Taylor and Graham Bryant to reflect on Ferguson's path from clerking for Justice Thomas and serving as Virginia's solicitor general to leading the FTC. Ferguson discusses the agency's enforcement priorities and how the FTC works alongside state attorneys general to maximize consumer redress. He closes with candid advice for companies and counsel navigating matters with the FTC: cooperate early; come prepared with substantive written advocacy well ahead of meetings; and understand that although the FTC prefers to resolve matters cooperatively, it remains prepared to litigate when needed. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.