Release date: 1/31/2017 North Carolina joins 48 States and D.C. in Settlement with Western Union (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Western Union will take new steps to protect their customers from fraud and that North Carolina will receive $226,000 of a $5 million settlement with Western Union. North Carolina joined 48 states […]
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For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 9, 2017 (RALEIGH) AG Josh Stein today announced that a court ruled in the AG office’s favor against an illegal debt relief scheme. Orion Processing, Swift Rock Financial, and World Law South – which did business under the name “World Law” — falsely offered to assist consumers with debt relief […]
Release date: 3/8/2017 AG Stein Joins NC House Health Committee Discussion on Legislation to Confront Opioid Epidemic (RALEIGH) AG Stein today joined the North Carolina House of Representatives Health Committee to speak in favor of the STOP Act, formally the Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevention Act. An overview of the legislation is available here. “At last […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 AG Stein Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 Senator Berger Contact: Amy Auth (919) 301-1737 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein and Senate Leader Phil Berger today urged U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to require Anheuser-Busch and InBev – the first and second largest beer brewers in the United States […]
Release date: 4/17/2017 Attorney General Stein Hires New Justice Academy Director (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he has hired Trevor Allen to serve as the North Carolina Justice Academy’s director. Allen has worked for the past three years as a Deputy Director of the North Carolina Department of Justice’s Criminal Justice Standards […]
Release date: 8/8/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to maintain its rule prohibiting pre-dispute arbitration clauses in nursing home and other long-term care contracts. “The decision to move yourself or a family member into a nursing home or long-term care facility can be challenging and emotional,” […]
Release date: 6/5/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today moved to join a lawsuit to protect healthcare access for thousands of North Carolinians. The lawsuit, House v. Price, seeks to eliminate stable funding, also called cost-sharing reduction payments, the Affordable Care Act created to protect millions of working families from high healthcare costs. Attorney General […]
Release date: 4/11/2017 Yesterday marked my 100th day as the Attorney General of North Carolina. I am profoundly grateful to the people of North Carolina for the trust they have placed in me. Here is an update on my office’s work since I was sworn in on January 1st. PROMOTING PUBLIC SAFETY Tackling the opioid […]
Release date: 7/31/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether email service providers can shield evidence of a crime from law enforcement by storing data outside the United States. Stein took this action along with 33 other state attorneys general in support of a U.S. Department of Justice’s […]
Release date: 6/5/2017 Attorney General Josh Stein today joined Gov. Roy Cooper, three mayors, two universities and more than 10 businesses in North Carolina, as well as more than 1,000 leaders from around the nation, in an open letter to the international community and parties to the Paris Agreement that reaffirmed their support for climate […]