Release date: 4/27/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed comments opposing the Trump administration’s “unlawful and unsupported” proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan, the first nationwide emission limits on existing fossil fuel-burning power plants. “The Clean Power Plan makes us safer and healthier,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. “Investing in clean energy creates […]
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Release date: 1/13/2017 North Carolina joins USDOJ and 21 States in Settlement to Address Mortgage-Backed Securities (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that North Carolina will receive $16 million of a settlement of more than $863 million with Moody’s Corporation, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and Moody’s Analytics, Inc. (Moody’s). North Carolina joined the U.S. […]
Release date: 1/12/2017 (RALEIGH) Accelerated Receivables Management, Inc. (ARM), also known as Cutting Edge Collections, has demanded payment for alleged past due debt for medical testing from consumers who believed their testing had been covered by insurance or already paid. In many cases, consumers reported that ARM employees were harassing or threatening in the process, […]
Release date: 6/26/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today took legal action to protect children by challenging the Trump administration’s policy of forced family separation on the U.S. southern border. “Like millions of North Carolinians, I watched in horror as the Trump administration stripped thousands of children away from their parents,” said Attorney General Josh […]
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For Immediate Release: 1/23/2019 Stein also releases North Carolina Department of Justice’s 2018 annual report; DOJ wins $73 million for state and its people (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced the top 10 consumer complaints that his office received in 2018. In the course of investigating the 19,022 complaints submitted to the North Carolina […]
For Immediate Release: 1/22/2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to ensure strong protections for borrowers as it develops guidance for banks that issue small-dollar loans. A coalition of 14 attorneys general, including Attorney General Stein, submitted comments calling on the FDIC to help ensure that banks make […]