Lawsuits and Letters

The Oregon Department of Justice has initiated or joined the following lawsuits and official letters.

May 2025


May 6, 2025

Attorney General Rayfield Wins Court Order Protecting Federal Agencies Supporting Libraries, Museums, Minority-Owned Businesses and Workers

Attorney General Dan Rayfield today won a court order stopping the Trump administration from dismantling three federal agencies that provide services and funding supporting public libraries and museums, workers, and minority-owned businesses nationwide. In April, Attorney General Rayfield joined a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration to stop the implementation… View Article

May 6, 2025

Attorney General Dan Rayfield Wins Court Order Restoring Critical Education Funds to States

AG Rayfield Restores Access to over $1 Billion in Federal Funds for Schools Attorney General Dan Rayfield today secured a court order forcing the Trump administration to restore states’ access to critical Department of Education (ED) programs that support low-income and unhoused students and provide funding for other services to address the long-term effects of… View Article

May 5, 2025

Attorney General Dan Rayfield Sues to Stop Dismantling of Health and Human Services

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s actions cross legal lines and basic standards of decency Attorney General Dan Rayfield today joined 19 other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and other Trump administration officials to stop the dismantling of HHS. Since taking… View Article

May 5, 2025

Attorney General Dan Rayfield Sues Trump Administration for Halting Development of Wind Energy

Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 18 attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over its unlawful attempt to freeze the development of wind energy. “Oregon has seen firsthand how onshore wind projects – like those in Gilliam and Morrow counties – create jobs and power communities,” Rayfield said. “This kind… View Article

April 2025


April 29, 2025

Attorney General Rayfield files lawsuit challenging executive order to terminate AmeriCorps grants

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield today joined a multistate lawsuit challenging an illegal executive order that terminated AmeriCorps grants and reduced the agency’s workforce by 85 percent. The order effectively ended the program that provides opportunities to more than 200,000 Americans to serve their communities. The coalition includes 23 attorneys general and the states of… View Article

April 25, 2025

Attorney General Dan Rayfield Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful Conditions On Funding For K-12 Schools

“Title VI exists to protect students from discrimination, not to be used as a bargaining chip” Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield today, as part of a coalition of 19 attorneys general, filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s threat to withhold federal funding from state and local agencies that refuse to abandon lawful… View Article

April 23, 2025

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield: Tariffs are a Tax on Working Oregonians

Oregon Leads Lawsuit Filed by 12 Attorneys General to Block Illegal Tariffs that are Increasing Prices and Inflicting Chaos on the American Economy Attorney General Dan Rayfield today filed a multi-state lawsuit to block President Trump’s illegal tariffs. The case challenges four of President Donald Trump’s executive orders that claim the power to increase tariffs… View Article

April 18, 2025

Oregon Attorney General Rayfield Sues Coinbase for Promoting and Selling High-Risk Investments

States must fill enforcement vacuum being left by federal regulators who are abandoning these cases under Trump administration Attorney General Dan Rayfield today filed a lawsuit against Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency trading platforms in the United States, for violating the Oregon Securities Law. The lawsuit claims that Coinbase has both encouraged and helped… View Article

April 16, 2025

Oregon DOJ Federal Oversight Efforts Protecting Over $1.6 Billion In Funding During First 3 Months Of Trump Administration

Ensuring Oregonians maintain access to critical services like food assistance, public safety, healthcare, education and medical research Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced this week that the Oregon Department of Justice has protected more than $1.6 billion in critical federal funding streams so far, after they were threatened by executive orders issued by President Trump and… View Article

April 15, 2025

Attorney General Rayfield Defends Social Security from Erratic and Unlawful Mismanagement

Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 20 other states filed an amicus brief supporting an injunction to block erratic and unlawful layoffs and mismanagement at the Social Security Administration by acting administrator Leland Dudek and the Department of Government Efficiency that jeopardize continued payments for millions of Americans. The brief supports the plaintiffs… View Article