For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined 41 bipartisan Attorneys General urging Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to require the next operator of the National Human Trafficking Hotline to better cooperate with local […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 Attorney General Jeff Jackson Secures Judgment Against Charlotte Area Contractor RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson reached a consent judgment with Canary General Contracting and Design, LLC and its operator, Steven Sand, and owner, Khuneary Kim. NCDOJ sued Sand and Kim and […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson reached a settlement with Cortland Management LLC, one of the landlords he sued in January for illegally working with other landlords and using RealPage’s AI software to raise North Carolinians’ rents. Cortland is the second-largest North Carolina landlord of […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, April 14, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson was joined by State Bureau of Investigation Director Chip Hawley, Haywood County Sheriff Bill Wilke, Waynesville Police Chief David Adams, and over a dozen law enforcement partners to launch “Safe to Rebuild,” an initiative to deter property […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that Jasmine Hoyle of Winston-Salem pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud and one count of money laundering for defrauding the NC Medicaid program of more than $6 million in taxpayer money. “This […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson led the 51 bipartisan Attorneys General of the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force in sending letters notifying nine voice service providers that they may be violating state and federal laws by continuing to route allegedly […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 7, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced a settlement in principle worth up to $335 million nationwide with pharmaceutical company Mylan Inc. (Mylan) for its role in perpetuating the opioid crisis, with North Carolina receiving as much as $9 million. Mylan falsely […]
Cuts would hurt 77 of NC’s 86 local health departments FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, April 1 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson filed a lawsuit against the federal government’s unlawful attempts to slash more than $230 million in critical health care funding for North Carolina. Last week, the […]
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 […]