FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson co-led a bipartisan coalition of 31 Attorneys General in sending a letter urging Congress to pass legislation allowing states to deploy cell phone jamming systems in jails and prisons. The legislation aims to disrupt inmates’ ability to commit crimes […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson recommended that North Carolinians delete their accounts and private health information from the DNA testing firm 23andMe as soon as possible. 23andMe filed for bankruptcy over the weekend and because its future is uncertain, North […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 21, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Late last week, a judge denied Live Nation’s motion to dismiss an antitrust case brought by Attorney General Jeff Jackson, 39 other Republican and Democratic Attorneys General, and the U.S. Department of Justice. This is a major step forward in […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 20, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and 51 other Republican and Democratic Attorneys General asked an appeals court to protect veterans’ rights to receive the full possible educational benefits available to them after they serve in the armed forces. “After I served […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 14, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson today announced that Wendell Lewis Randall was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to repay more than $2 million after pleading guilty to one count of health care fraud and one count of money laundering. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, March 13, 2025 CONTACT: Ben Conroy, NCDOJ (984) 383-9038 bconroy@ncdoj.gov Logen Hodges, NCTA (919) 695-6611 llhodges4@ncdot.gov ***Video footage for media use is available here. RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson and the North Carolina Turnpike Authority are warning North Carolinians about a surge in text message scams falsely claiming to be from […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 7, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH — Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson, a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general, and the United States Department of Justice proposed an end to Google’s illegal monopoly over internet search engines and changes to restore competition to benefit consumers. North Carolina is one […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the federal government’s efforts to protect a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that guarantees access to critical preventive care for millions of Americans. The Supreme […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a bipartisan coalition of 38 attorneys general urged Congress to act now to help stop organized retail crime. Organized retail crime occurs when groups of people work together to steal large amounts of merchandise from […]
Friday, February 21, 2025 Patients across the country, including in North Carolina, are widely using weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound. However, due to quickly rising demand and supply shortages, counterfeit versions of these drugs are flowing into the United States from countries including India, China, and Turkey. These fake pills […]