For Immediate Release: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson provided an update about his ongoing investigation into PowerSchool’s 2024 data breach. The U.S. Department of Justice charged 19-year-old Massachusetts college student Matthew Lane with hacking PowerSchool’s system and facilitating the 2024 data breach that potentially […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and 38 Democrat and Republican attorneys general urged Congress to protect health care for more than 135,000 first responders, survivors, and families of the 9/11 attacks. Attorney General Jackson is asking Congress to fully fund the […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – North Carolinians have until July 14, 2025, to file claims against DNA testing company 23andMe for any general claims against the company or claims related to the cyber security incident reported in 2023. Attorney General Jeff Jackson was investigating 23andMe over […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, May 19, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson and the North Carolina Department of Justice helped 161 North Carolina tenants secure refunds from real estate company FirstKey Homes after tenants were mistakenly required to transfer utilities to their name and incurred significant and unexpected fees. […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, May 16, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined 39 Republican and Democrat attorneys general opposing an attempt by Congress to prevent states from implementing and enforcing laws regulating artificial intelligence. This would eliminate important consumer protections from harmful uses of AI already in […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson reached a $4,711,159 consent judgment with Steven Osbey of Kernersville for fraud against the state’s Medicaid program. “If health care providers try to game the system to pocket millions in taxpayer dollars, they should know that we’re […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, May 12, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that he is leading a bipartisan, multistate coalition of attorneys general targeting the Chinese-owned messaging and payment platform WeChat over its connection to money laundering and fentanyl trafficking in the United States. Fentanyl has contributed […]
For Immediate Release Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy 984-383-9038 RALEIGH — Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson released the following statement on Griffin v. Riggs: “North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin just conceded the election — six months, and three rounds of vote tallies, after he lost. Our office led the legal defense […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and the North Carolina Justice Academy honored North Carolina’s fallen officers and their families at the 40th Peace Officers’ Memorial Day Ceremony. The annual ceremony pays tribute to officers who died in the line of duty […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, May 5, 2025 Contact: Ben Conroy (984) 383-9038 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson took legal action against Stone Brook Partners, and its CEO, Antony Mitchell, to require them to respond to the Department of Justice’s investigative demands. Mitchell is also the CEO of MV Realty, and Attorney General Jackson is […]