FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 3, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson is calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to require monitoring of microplastics in North Carolinians’ drinking water by adding microplastics to its Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. “No one should have to worry about whether the water they’re […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 2, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH — Attorney General Jeff Jackson has filed a motion for default judgment in his case against Holly Christina Photography and its two owners. The defendants failed to comply fully with the court’s order to turn over all undelivered photos and videos within 30 days […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 1, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH — Attorney General Jeff Jackson and the North Carolina Department of Justice upheld criminal convictions and sentences in 13 Court of Appeals opinions released Aug. 19 and 11 North Carolina Supreme Court opinions released Aug. 14. The Court of Appeals cases include a first-degree […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 31, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 Leads to Higher Costs for Customers for Groceries and Other Essential Goods RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson sued Amazon today, alleging that the company has run an illegal advertising pricing scheme that’s overcharged more than 1.2 million advertising customers over $20 billion since 2019, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, August 27, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH — Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s historic settlement with Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, is now in effect after the judge approved the settlement hours after it was announced. The landmark settlement is the largest big tech settlement ever and includes major child safety […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH — Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson sued over a new United States Postal Service (USPS) mail-in voting rule that goes into effect only days before North Carolina law requires county boards of elections to begin mailing ballots for the midterm elections. The rule could […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 Instagram and Facebook to Make Major Child Safety Upgrades RALEIGH – Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, will pay up to $645 million, with a guaranteed minimum of $451 million, to North Carolina and make major child safety upgrades to its apps in a landmark […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 25, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH — Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined food bank leaders at Second Harvest Food Banks of Northwest NC in Winston-Salem to receive another egg delivery as part of a series of deliveries totaling nearly 3 million eggs. Food banks across North Carolina are receiving […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, August 20, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH— Some Google Play Store customers in North Carolina will begin to receive restitution payments as part of a $700 million settlement with Google. The North Carolina Department of Justice led a bipartisan coalition of 52 other attorneys general in resolving a lawsuit that accused […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 18, 2026 Contact: comms@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH — Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson joined North Carolina food bank leaders to receive the first in a series of egg deliveries totaling nearly three million eggs. Food banks in North Carolina will receive the eggs as part of a settlement Attorney General Jackson […]