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For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein and a coalition of 11 attorneys general released the following statement after the Texas Supreme Court denied abortion access to Kate Cox, a pregnant woman whose health and life were at risk as a result of a lethal fetal […]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he obtained a temporary restraining order against the National Collegiate Athletics Association’s (NCAA) transfer eligibility rule. The order is part of Attorney General Stein’s ongoing antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA. “I am pleased that the Court […]

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after he and Gov. Roy Cooper filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Pierce v. North Carolina State Board of Elections. The plaintiffs, two African-American voters from Halifax and Martin counties, are asking a federal court […]

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced that he has sued Charlotte-based A1 Towing Solutions, Inc. and its owner David Jewel Satterfield for allegedly racially targeting consumers and illegally booting and towing their vehicles. Attorney General Stein is adding these allegations to his ongoing lawsuit […]

For Immediate Release: Friday, December 8, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify that states have the authority to regulate social media platforms. The brief was submitted in two cases currently before the Court, Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton, […]

For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 7, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a federal antitrust lawsuit challenging the National Collegiate Athletics Association’s (NCAA) transfer eligibility rule. Attorney General Stein alleges that the rule illegally restrains college athletes’ ability to change schools and play sports. The rule requires college athletes […]

For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 7, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that North Carolina will receive an additional $7.8 million from Juul as part of his first-in-the-nation agreement to hold the e-cigarette maker accountable for its role in marketing and selling e-cigarettes to young people. In all, the […]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 6, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 North Carolina State Crime Lab Also Achieves New Monthly Record of DNA Hits (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the Raleigh Police Department arrested Rickey Hall in connection with a 1995 sexual assault cold case and several other cases, […]