For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 13, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released a review of North Carolina hospitals’ compliance with federal CMS regulations to improve price transparency for patients. Today’s update comes after Attorney General Stein wrote North Carolina hospitals in June 2021 to encourage them to come […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 13, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) – Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that Navient, one of the nation’s largest student loan servicers, will pay $3,259,086 in restitution to more than 12,000 federal loan borrowers in North Carolina. Additionally, 1,267 North Carolina borrowers will receive a total of […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 5, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today encouraged North Carolinians to report price gouging related to the coronavirus pandemic to the North Carolina Department of Justice. Please report potential price gouging by filing a complaint at https://ncdoj.gov/gouging or by calling 1-877-5-NO-SCAM. In particular, our office has heard […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, December 17, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) The North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice, co-chaired by Attorney General Josh Stein and Associate Justice Anita Earls, today delivered an update to Gov. Roy Cooper on the Task Force’s work to implement its 2020 recommendations to improve criminal justice […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 16, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today shared guidance for student loan borrowers about the upcoming restart of student loan payments and opportunities to apply for public service loan forgiveness. Payments, which were paused in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are set […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 16, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that Luis Angel Lozada of Clayton was sentenced to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release, and Humberto Mercado was sentenced to 15 months in prison, three years of supervised release after pleading […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today praised the FCC for shortening the time that smaller telephone companies have to implement caller ID authentication technology to help cut down on illegally-spoofed robocalls. In August, Attorney General Stein co-led a bipartisan group of 51 attorneys […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced an agreement with Vyera Pharmaceuticals (previously Turing Pharmaceuticals) and one of its former CEOs, Kevin Mulleady, that will end its illegal and monopolistic behavior. The agreement will require Vyera to pay up to $40 million and bans […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, November 19, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today wrote to the federal government in support of its efforts to preserve and fortify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In the comment letter, Attorney General Stein and 23 other attorneys general highlight the critical […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, November 18, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced $840,162 in grants to preserve and enhance clean water and air in central North Carolina through the Environmental Enhancement Grant (EEG) program. Across the state, Attorney General Stein has awarded nearly $3 million in grants to […]