For Planning Purposes: Monday, December 2, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $2,505,000 settlement to resolve allegations that Southeastern Behavioral Healthcare Services, LLC, a behavioral health business in Lumberton and Maxton, and its owners, Bertha Hutchinson and Virgil Hutchinson, submitted false claims to the North Carolina Medicaid […]
For Planning Purposes: Monday, December 2, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today shared the following statement after the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) granted a Certificate of Need application for additional beds in Weaverville to AdventHealth. Attorney General Stein had previously written to NCDHHS asking […]
For Planning Purposes: Friday, November 22, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein, other state attorneys general, and the Justice Department this week proposed remedies that would end Google’s unlawful monopoly over internet search engines and restore competition. “Google damaged the market and harmed competition for North Carolinians,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. […]
(RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged current and former North Carolina servicemembers who may have purchased items from Harris Jewelry and paid for a Lifetime Jewelry and Watch Protection Plan to submit their claims for refunds by Saturday, December 21, 2024. In July 2022, Attorney General Stein, along with other attorneys general and the […]
(RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein obtained a preliminary injunction against Lorenzo Lorin Huggins, Sr. and his businesses, including Huggins & Sons Yard Service and Lorenzo & Son Landscaping, in his lawsuit alleging Huggins price gouged North Carolinians for tree removal services in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. “Taking advantage of western North Carolinians in the […]
For Planning Purposes: Thursday, November 14, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today shared that the North Carolina State Crime Lab has had 283 CODIS DNA hits in the current fiscal year, which began in July 2024. These DNA hits help further law enforcement’s efforts to solve cases. “These hits […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today led a bipartisan coalition of 46 other Attorneys General in calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors exploit […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, November 4, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that he and 30 bipartisan Attorneys General finalized a $1.37 billion settlement with Kroger addressing the grocery chain’s pharmacies’ role in the opioid crisis. Under the agreement, North Carolina will receive $40 million for opioid abatement. […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 31, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today sued Lorenzo Lorin Huggins, Sr. and his businesses, including Huggins & Sons Yard Service and Lorenzo & Son Landscaping, for allegedly price gouging North Carolinians for tree removal services in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. “As western […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 31, 2024 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 North Carolinians who bought certain generic prescription drugs in the United States between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2018, could be eligible for money (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced two significant settlement agreements with Heritage Pharmaceuticals and Apotex totaling $49.1 million […]