For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 5, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $49.5 million settlement with software company Blackbaud for its deficient data security practices and response to a 2020 ransomware attack that exposed the personal information of millions of people across the United States. The North […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 5, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 NCAA Decision Allows Tez Walker to Play After Stein’s Letter Urging them to Do So (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein released the below statement after the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) reversed its decision to bar UNC Chapel Hill football player Devontez Walker […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 AGs Highlight CFPB’s Role in Protecting Consumers Nationwide (RALEIGH) Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) v. Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA). CFSA is asking the Supreme Court to affirm the Fifth Circuit’s ruling […]
Friday, September 29, 2023 The federal government may shut down as soon as Sunday. Many of us will experience the results of this shutdown in our daily lives, but we don’t want to let scammers make it even worse. It is important to stay vigilant against scammers who will try to use this time of […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, September 29, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today demanded that HCA explain decreases in cancer services. Specifically, the Attorney General informed HCA that it might be in violation of the agreement it signed with the attorney general’s office when it purchased Mission Hospital. Attorney General Stein […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today asked North Carolinians in western North Carolina to file complaints with his office if they are being affected by the lack of certain cancer treatments for adults with leukemia and lymphoma at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Attorney General […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein is launching a series of webinars to help parents, grandparents, educators, and caregivers better understand the dangers young people in North Carolina are facing and how best to keep them safe. The first webinar, on keeping kids safe through […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today visited the ATLAS (Addiction Treatment: Linking Access & Services) mobile clinic in Lumberton to highlight the work the clinic does to help Robeson County residents get medication-assisted treatment and support services for their substance use disorder. The clinic […]
September 2023 Protecting the people of North Carolina must be job one for the people who serve our state. It certainly is for the men and women in law enforcement who keep our communities safe each day. But law enforcement agencies across the state are facing significant staff shortages, and they’re struggling to hire and […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, September 22, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the North Carolina General Assembly passed Senate Bill 749. “Republican legislators are undermining our democracy and jeopardizing early voting with their elections power-grab. Our elected officials are supposed to represent the people and […]