Don't Mess with Texas: Texas enters the Twitter deal

“It’s not clear that Musk’s demands are anything more than a fishing expedition, nor that the information is actually vital to closing the deal. The same goes for Paxton’s requests: ‘Consumer laws exist to protect consumers from real harm,’ James Tierney, a lecturer at Harvard Law School and a former Maine state attorney general, told DealBook. ‘They do not exist to allow a government official to meddle in ongoing corporate transactions on behalf of a constituent.’”

Andrew Ross Sorkin, Vivian Giang, Stephen Gandel, Lauren Hirsch, Ephrat Livni and Jenny Gross, “Don't Mess with Texas: Texas enters the Twitter deal,” New York Times, June 7, 2022.

Facebook Ran Multi-Year Charm Offensive to Woo State Prosecutors

“‘Attorneys general have massive jurisdiction over businesses and virtually everything they do,’ said James Tierney, who served as Maine’s attorney general for a decade. ‘Every major industry should develop an understanding of attorneys general and reach out to them.’”

• Naomi Nix, “Facebook Ran Multi-Year Charm Offensive to Woo State Prosecutors,” Bloomberg, May 27, 2020.

‘Ageless’ Enforcer Who Helped Tame Microsoft Now Eyes Big Tech

“He has this kind of Midwestern suspicion of bigness,” Jim Tierney, the former Maine attorney general, Jim
said. “He doesn’t like bullies and he doesn’t like people who push others around.”

— Victoria Graham, Bloomberg Law

• Victoria Graham, “‘Ageless’ Enforcer Who Helped Tame Microsoft Now Eyes Big Tech,” Bloomberg Law, July 18, 2019.