For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 10, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promptly propose and finalize stricter standards for ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions. According to EPA’s own assessment, EtO is a carcinogen to humans when it is inhaled. “This should be simple,” said Attorney General Josh […]
Attorney General Josh Stein October 2019 So far this year in North Carolina, a staggering 44 people have died in domestic violence homicides. When our communities tragically lose someone to this kind of violence, we often ask ourselves what we could have done to prevent their death. This Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I’m proud that […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, October 7, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he has made significant progress in his lawsuits against e-cigarette companies VapeCo Distribution, Electronic Tobacconist, Electric Lotus, Direct eLiquid, Beard Vape, Tinted Brew, Juice Man, and EonSmoke. The suits, which are brought under the North Carolina Unfair or Deceptive Trade […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, October 4, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today submitted additional filings related to his cases against Purdue Pharma and eight members of the Sackler family. Specifically, Purdue has sued Attorney General Stein seeking to stop his cases against it and the Sacklers due to the Purdue bankruptcy. Attorney General Stein’s […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 3, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a formal objection to Purdue Pharma’s move to pay out $38 million in employee bonuses after it filed for bankruptcy two weeks ago and is in the midst of several lawsuits over its role in fueling the opioid epidemic. Attorney General […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 3, 2019 (RALEIGH) This week marks the one-year anniversary of North Carolina’s sexual assault kit tracking system. On Oct. 1, 2018, Attorney General Josh Stein and the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory implemented a tracking system to ensure that survivors, law enforcement officers, and others would have a way to […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a new statewide strategy that will allow law enforcement officers to proactively and quickly protect domestic violence victims who are at risk of being killed by their partners. The Lethality Assessment Protocol (LAP) gives law enforcement a research-based checklist of factors […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, September 30, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court in an ongoing lawsuit to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The lawsuit argues that the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke DACA was based on a faulty legal analysis and harmed […]
(RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today opposed the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which would take basic food assistance away from more than three million people, disqualify hundreds of thousands of children from free school meals, and punish working families with modest savings. In a comment letter to the […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he reached a $567,125 settlement with High Point dentist Dr. Stefan J. Simoncic and his Triad Oral Surgery practice to resolve allegations involving the submission of false claims to the North Carolina Medicaid program. This action is part of Operation […]