For Immediate Release: Monday, May 17, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Last week, the FCC opened the Emergency Broadband Benefit, which helps eligible households connect to broadband. The Benefit offers a discount of $50 per month for broadband service, or $75 if the household is on tribal land. Eligible recipients can also receive […]
(RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed an amicus brief to defend a 2014 North Carolina law designed to curb abusive practices by patent trolls – i.e. businesses that exist for the primary purpose of bringing patent infringement lawsuits. Attorney General Stein argues that patent trolls stifle this innovation by forcing North Carolina companies to […]
Friday, May 14, 2021 Our office has learned that scammers are targeting Medicare recipients with offers of unnecessary medical supplies. The scheme uses up the victim’s Medicare benefits, and sometimes leaves them unable to pay for medical supplies with Medicare when they need it. Fraudsters call, email, advertise to, or write letters to Medicare beneficiaries […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) North Carolina’s price gouging law is in effect after Gov. Roy Cooper yesterday declared a statewide state of emergency in response to the temporary shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline. The pipeline was shut down after a ransomware cyberattack. “The hackers who breached Colonial Pipeline’s […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed comments supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to include 29 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, more commonly known as PFAS or “forever” chemicals, in the fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5). The rule would […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, May 10, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged Facebook to abandon its plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under 13, citing serious concerns about the harm that social media poses for young people. “Launching a version of Instagram for young children […]
Attorney General Josh Stein May 2021 This year, the IRS and the North Carolina Department of Revenue have both extended the deadline for filing your income taxes to May 17. That gives you more time to file your taxes, but it also gives scammers more time to try to trick you into sending them your […]
Thursday, May 6, 2021 Our office was recently notified about an email scam pretending to be from Attorney General Josh Stein. The sender claims that you owe money and threatens to take legal action, contact your employer, and garnish your wages if you don’t contact them back or make payments. The Attorney General or any […]
Monday, May 3, 2021 Last month, our office warned you about a jury duty scam targeting North Carolinians. The scammer calls to say that the Wake County Sheriff’s office is putting out a warrant for call recipient’s arrest because of their failure to appear for jury duty, and then purportedly connects them to the Wake […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, May 3, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $300 million settlement to settle allegations that pharmaceutical companies Indivior plc and Indivior Inc. (collectively Indivior) falsely and aggressively marketed and otherwise promoted the drug Suboxone, which resulted in the improper expenditures of state Medicaid […]