For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 31, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein won a temporary restraining order against several debt relief companies after he filed a lawsuit alleging that the companies ran an operation since 2015 that deceived tens of thousands of federal student loan borrowers and charged more than $71 million in unlawful advance […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, October 25, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $700 million settlement with UK-based pharmaceutical distributor Reckitt Benckiser Group, $14,840,054.06 of which will go to North Carolina. The settlement resolves allegations that the company and its U.S. subsidiary Indivior Inc. improperly marketed and promoted the drug Suboxone, misusing Medicaid […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he is leading an investigation into Facebook to learn more about the company’s business practices, along with Attorneys General Letitia James (NY), Phil Weiser (CO), Ashley Moody (FL), Tom Miller (IA), Doug Peterson (NE), Dave Yost (OH), Herbert Slatery (TN), […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, October 21, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he, along with Attorney General Herbert Slatery (TN), Attorney General Josh Shapiro (PA), and Attorney General Ken Paxton (TX), has reached a $48 billion settlement framework with Cardinal Health, McKesson, AmersourceBergen, Johnson & Johnson, and Teva over their role in […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, October 21, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorneys General Josh Stein (NC), Herbert Slatery (TN), Josh Shapiro (PA), and Ken Paxton (TX) released the following statement in response to news of an opioid settlement with two Ohio counties and McKesson, Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen, and Teva: “This is an important step that allows us to […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, October 18, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today led a coalition of 22 attorneys general opposing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) proposed changes to its Disparate Impact Rule. While the current rule protects against discriminatory housing and lending practices that have the effect of harming individuals […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 17, 2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that behavioral health services company owner Pamela Grace Faulkner pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud in the Eastern District of North Carolina. “This individual wasted taxpayer money that should have gone to people who need […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 17, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to exercise her authority so students who were enrolled in schools that abruptly closed can obtain relief for their student debts. Attorney General Stein and 29 other attorneys general are asking Secretary DeVos to […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 17, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $116.9 million multistate settlement with Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon Inc. over its deceptive marketing of transvaginal mesh devices. North Carolina will receive $3,348,052.63. A multistate investigation among 41 states and the District of Columbia found the companies […]
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 […]