For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 9, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that North Carolina’s price gouging law is in effect after Gov. Roy Cooper declared a statewide state of emergency due to severe weather. “I am praying for everyone’s safety during these storms,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. […]
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For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 9, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today highlighted proposals to better recruit and retain law enforcement in North Carolina on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. He was joined by Apex Police Chief Jason Armstrong, Raleigh Police Deputy Chief Zachary Lechette, and Capitol Police Deputy Chief Terry […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 27, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 23 AGs Argue that Overturning Trump Administration Bump Stock Rule Would Undermine Nearly Century-Long Effort to Protect Americans from Dangerous Automatic Weapons (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today joined a group of 22 other attorneys general urging the Supreme Court to uphold a federal […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 21, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein and a coalition of 28 attorneys general urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to strengthen a rule governing robocalls and telemarketing. At its December meeting, the FCC took that advice and amended its rule to require individual businesses to […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 21, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today joined a bipartisan coalition of 18 attorneys general to urge Congress to pass the NCAA Accountability Act of 2023. The legislation would ensure that the NCAA is more transparent in its investigations and fairer to student-athletes, coaches, and […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 21, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein was honored this month by the National Association of Attorneys General with the Miller-Wasden Unity Award for his bipartisanship, in particular his efforts leading the state attorneys general in successfully securing $56 billion in opioid settlement funds. “I am […]
Attorney General Josh Stein Announces $700 Million Settlement with Google over Play Store Misconduct
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein led a bipartisan group of 52 other attorneys general that today announced a $700 million agreement with Google in their lawsuit about Google’s anticompetitive conduct with the Google Play Store. “No company is too big to play by the […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, December 15, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today won a court order requiring TikTok to comply with his investigative demand as part of his ongoing investigation. “Keeping North Carolina children safe is job one – wherever they are, including online,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. “TikTok […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 14, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today sued HCA Healthcare for failing to comply with the Asset Purchase Agreement it executed when it purchased Mission Health System in 2019. Attorney General Stein alleges that HCA is not providing the quality, consistent emergency and cancer care […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Alfred Louis Logan, Jr. pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to between 30 and 37 years in prison. Logan was charged with the murder of Kedrick Tevon Green in Arden in November 2021. “This […]