For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 18, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that North Carolina received the full share of its 2024 payments from the Tobacco Master Settlement agreement this week. The state received part of the total payment of $139.6 million on Monday and the remaining portion […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 18, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced that as of this week, North Carolina has received $220,244,633 this fiscal year (July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024) from settlements his office won against companies that helped create and fuel the opioid crisis. Including past fiscal […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein joined a group of 19 attorneys general defending Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act—a key protection against racial discrimination in elections—from radical challenges raised in a Georgia redistricting lawsuit. In an amicus brief filed in Pendergrass v. […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced a new partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation to review and resolve consumer complaints against airlines and ticket agents and identify violations of federal aviation consumer protections. “Too often, air travel is a headache. This partnership […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a settlement with Frontier Communications that will require the internet service provider to invest $20 million over the next four years to improve internet infrastructure and speeds for North Carolina customers. “Affordable, reliable internet is necessary […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that North Carolina has ended the backlog of untested older sexual assault kits. Attorney General Stein shared the following statement: “Today is a great day: North Carolina has ended the rape kit backlog. I am incredibly […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 4, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein sued Mariner Finance for widespread violations of multiple consumer protection laws, including allegedly charging North Carolinians for hidden add-on products that they either didn’t know about or didn’t agree to buy. In 2019 alone, Mariner charged consumers $121.7 […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein consented to Dogwood Health Trust’s selection of a new independent monitor to oversee HCA’s compliance with the Asset Purchase Agreement it signed when it purchased Mission Health System in 2019. The Asset Purchase Agreement requires Dogwood to obtain […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, March 29, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein filed a friend-of-the-court brief that seeks to safeguard Americans’ access to abortion care during medical emergencies. Attorney General Stein and a coalition of 24 attorneys general are urging the U.S. Supreme Court in two consolidated cases to uphold […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 28, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today led a coalition of eight attorneys general asking the court to take stronger action against John Caldwell Spiller, II after Spiller violated permanent robocall and telemarketing bans. “This defendant has repeatedly violated the court’s order and continued […]