Category: News Releases

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 5, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from implementing a new rule that would allow predatory lenders to take advantage of vulnerable North Carolinians by charging high interest rates on loans in violation of state law. […]

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 5, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he has named Reuben Young as the North Carolina Department of Justice’s Civil Bureau Chief. In this role, Young will oversee DOJ’s civil, environmental, health and human services, litigation, and transportation divisions. In addition to […]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today reached a $2.4 million multistate settlement with Sabre Corporation over a 2017 data breach of the company’s hotel booking system that exposed the data of approximately 1.3 million credit cards. North Carolina will receive $76,019.85 and injunctive […]

For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 17, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 RALEIGH – Attorney General Josh Stein today sued Google over its search monopoly. Specifically, Attorney General Stein alleges that Google has used anticompetitive exclusionary contracts and conduct to illegally maintain a monopoly over search engines and related advertising markets. As a result, Google […]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $10,397,052 settlement with Royal Pharmaceuticals LLC and Seton Pharmaceuticals LLC (Royal/Seton). The settlement was reached after the two jointly-held pharmaceutical companies self-disclosed a pricing error that resulted in the underpayment of Medicaid drug rebates to the states from […]

For Immediate Release: Monday, December 14, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to hold accountable drug manufacturers that are unlawfully refusing to provide discounts to federally-qualified health centers, hospitals, and other providers that serve vulnerable patient populations through the […]

For Immediate Release: Monday, December 14, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein and Associate Justice Anita Earls, co-chairs of the North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice, today delivered the Task Force’s recommendations report to Gov. Roy Cooper. In its report, the Task Force recommends solutions to […]

For Immediate Release: Friday, December 11, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court of North Carolina’s order on Duke Energy coal ash cleanup costs (attached). “Today, the NC Supreme Court delivered a major win for electricity consumers on coal ash […]

For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 10, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to oppose Texas’ elections lawsuit. “Today, I joined 22 other attorneys general in filing a brief with the United States Supreme Court opposing […]