It's a bit weird to refer to the attorney general of the USVI as "the government", that's something you'd generally associate with the federal government.
> It's a bit weird to refer to the attorney general of the USVI as "the government", that's something you'd generally associate with the federal government.
People have different experiences, of course, but I'm confident that it's commonplace - and correct - to refer to any such party as "the government". Ask an attorney.
Hmm ... in any state or locality, the same terminology is used. And how often does anyone anywhere refer to the USVI attorney general? I doubt it's common enough for there to be a norm.
> Hmm ... in any state or locality, the same terminology is used
Within the locality maybe, and not necessarily even then. State AGs bring suits all the time, how many news articles can you find referring to those suits as the government suing someone? I think none.
Sometimes you might refer to "the state" (Which USVI isn't, so that doesn't make sense), but generally you will speak of the AG by either their name or "New York AG".
> And how often does anyone anywhere refer to the USVI attorney general?
If you search news.google.com for "epstein jp morgan", you will find that they generally do so every time. Even local USVI news don't speak of "the government".
Besides, this is USVI litigating in federal court. In that context USVI obviously can not be "the government", even if they might be in USVI courts.
Not only that, said AG was apparently fired by the USVI government for bringing this suit, probably because the premise is fairly ridiculous https://viconsortium.com/vi-government/virgin-islands-attorn...