Release date: 3/5/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today wrote Secretary Betsy DeVos, criticizing the Department of Education’s (the Department) proposed redraft on borrower defense and financial responsibility regulations. Borrower defense is the process by which students who have been defrauded by their schools can have their federal student loans discharged. “Secretary DeVos needs to focus […]
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Release date: 4/9/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today moved to protect healthcare access for hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians by filing a motion to intervene in Texas et al. v. United States et al., a lawsuit filed in federal district court in Texas which seeks to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The […]
Release date: 4/3/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a lawsuit to block inclusion of a question regarding citizenship in the 2020 decennial Census. Demanding citizenship information would depress Census turnout in states with large immigrant populations, directly threatening those states’ fair representation for billions of dollars in critical federal funds for education, infrastructure, […]
Release date: 9/26/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today alerted North Carolinians about charity scammers who misuse donations meant to help victims of Hurricane Florence. The North Carolina Department of Justice is currently reviewing five charity scam allegations related to Hurricane Florence. “It has been heartwarming to see the many ways North Carolinians have stepped […]
Release date: 9/17/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today called on Congress to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and ensure funding for programs that aim to address and reduce violence against women and support survivors. Attorney General Stein, along with a coalition of 55 other state and territory attorneys general, wrote congressional leaders […]
Release date: 9/10/2018 (RALEIGH) The price gouging law that protects consumers from scammers is now in effect in North Carolina after Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency for the state as Hurricane Florence moves toward the coast. Attorney General Josh Stein notified businesses and consumers today to be on the lookout for any […]
Release date: 3/20/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged Congress not to preempt state data breach and data security laws, including laws that require notice to consumers and state attorneys general of data breaches. In the letter, a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general argue that any federal law must not diminish the important role […]
Release date: 3/15/2018 Legislation Would Dismantle State Oversight of Student Loan Industry – Despite State AGs’ Critical Role in Holding Industry Accountable and Protecting Students from Fraud and Abuse (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today joined with a bipartisan group of Attorneys General to urge Congress to reject legislation that would block states from preventing […]
Release date: 1/8/2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that The Neiman Marcus Group LLC has agreed to pay $1.5 million and implement a number of policies to resolve an investigation with 43 states and the District of Columbia into the 2013 breach of customer payment card data at 77 Neiman Marcus stores in […]
Release date: 3/26/2018 Bipartisan Group of 37 State Attorneys General Ask Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for Information on Facebook’s Business Practices and Privacy Protections (RALEIGH) Today, Attorney General Josh Stein joined a bipartisan coalition of 37 state and territory Attorneys General in demanding answers from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the company’s business practices and […]