For Immediate Release: 1/15/2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today was granted temporary restraining orders against two companies involved in separate price gouging lawsuits he filed involving tree removal and flood repair in eastern North Carolina after Hurricane Florence. These mark the fourth and fifth lawsuits Attorney General Stein has filed in response to price […]
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Attorney General Josh Stein Gets Temporary Restraining Orders Against Two Out-of-State Price Gougers
Release date: 1/10/2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that North Carolina has negotiated settlements totaling $1,673,750 with Fiat Chrysler and $3,677,040 with auto-supplier Robert Bosch for harming consumers by undermining auto emissions regulations through the use of “defeat devices” on diesel vehicles. When finalized, North Carolina will receive a total of $5,350,790 from […]
Release date: 1/3/2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a notice of appeal in Texas v. United States to protect the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for the thousands of North Carolinians who rely on it. “The Affordable Care Act not only gives more than 500,000 North Carolinians access to health insurance, it also protects […]
Release date: 12/28/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed an amicus brief to oppose payday lenders’ use of Indian tribes to skirt state laws that protect people from exorbitant interest rates and other predatory practices. In these schemes, unscrupulous lenders make payments to a tribe to “borrow” its immunity. Attorney General Stein argues that […]
Release date: 12/20/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a complaint to seek an injunction to prevent new Trump administration rules that will drastically change access to contraceptive coverage. Specifically, these rules will allow any employer or health insurer with religious objections to opt out of the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive coverage requirement. “I […]
Release date: 12/20/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today moved to intervene in a lawsuit to stop the proposed use of airguns to survey the Atlantic Ocean floor for oil and gas. These “seismic testing” surveys are the next step toward allowing offshore drilling- an action that would result in severe and potentially irreparable harm […]
Release date: 12/20/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged House leadership to support the First Step Act, legislation to strengthen the criminal justice system through reforms to facilitate the reentry of people leaving incarceration and to empower prosecutors to seek appropriate sentences. “This legislation will make our criminal justice system smarter and our communities safer,” said Attorney General Josh […]
Release date: 12/20/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Tyrell Alexander, of Durham, has pled guilty to one count of First Degree Kidnapping, one count of Second Degree Kidnapping, one count of Sexual Battery, one count of First Degree Burglary, and one count of Second Degree Kidnapping for two home invasions on Oct. […]
Release date: 12/17/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a motion to prevent disruption to North Carolinians’ healthcare and to challenge Friday’s opinion in Texas v. HHS, which ruled that that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was unconstitutional. “Thousands of North Carolinians rely on the Affordable Care Act for their health insurance,” said Attorney General Josh […]
Release date: 12/14/2018 Reacts to U.S. Department of Education’s Cancelling Closed School Loans (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement in response to the news that the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) will automatically cancel approximately $150 million in federal student loans for thousands of borrowers who attended a recently-closed school: “I’m pleased […]