Category: News Releases

Release date: 6/20/2017 Stein Reacts to Last-Minute Gut to Department of Justice Budget (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein released the below statement in response to the General Assembly’s last-minute inclusion of a nearly 40 percent cut to the North Carolina Department of Justice’s (NCDOJ) General Fund budget. The cut, which was not included in either […]

Release date: 5/17/2017 AG Stein Leads Effort to Return Prescription Drug Settlement Money to North Carolina (RALEIGH) AG Stein led a group of 51 state attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate Finance Committee chair and ranking member to introduce legislation that would allow the federal government to return prescription drug settlement money to the […]

Release date: 9/6/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a lawsuit to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) grantees. The lawsuit, filed this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, details the ways the Trump administration has violated the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution by discriminating […]

Release date: 6/16/2017 (RALEIGH) This week, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it will delay important new rules that protect student loan borrowers from predatory and deceptive practices. Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement in response: “Education is one of the best reasons I can think of to borrow money. But unfortunately, […]

Release date: 4/25/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today wrote President Trump strongly urging him to reconfirm the United States’ commitment to the critically needed Paris Agreement to address climate change.  In the agreement, all countries vowed to work to address climate change and limit carbon emissions. Climate change is a threat to national security, the […]

Release date: 2/6/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced new hires as he continues to fill recent vacancies to build his staff. Biographical information about each person is below. “It is energizing to continue to build out my team and bring public-spirited, smart people on board,” said AG Stein. “These latest hires are talented, […]

Release date: 1/29/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today made the following statement on President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration: “America is a nation of immigrants. Throughout our history, we have welcomed people from foreign lands who seek a better life and in the process enrich the quality of ours. While some Americans were […]

Release date: 1/18/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced members of his senior leadership team. Biographical information about each staff member is below. “Pulling this team together has been one of my most important early tasks as Attorney General,” said AG Stein. “I am excited by their talent, energy and commitment to serving the […]

Release date: 11/9/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that his office has entered a final multistate settlement agreement that resolves a decade-old payment dispute under the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, the historic agreement with the tobacco industry. “It is critical that we resolve this dispute completely,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. “This […]

Release date: 10/31/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein moved to expand his existing antitrust investigation of the generic drug industry to include an additional 12 pharmaceutical company defendants. This new filing will increase the number of generic drug manufacturer defendants from six to 18 in the case and the number of drugs at issue in […]