For Immediate Release: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after an appeals court ruled that the Trump administration broke the law when it repealed and replaced the Clean Power Plan. The Trump administration’s replacement, the Dirty Power Rule, would have allowed more […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today joined a bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general in condemning the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and asserting that such actions cannot be allowed to go unchecked. “Last week’s violent insurrection violated one of the […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, January 11, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a progress report on its work to combat the opioid crisis. This information will help attorneys general as they work to reduce prescription opioid abuse and accidental deaths […]
For Immediate Release: Saturday, January 9, 2021 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein was today sworn in for his second term serving as North Carolina’s attorney general and leading the North Carolina Department of Justice. A video of Attorney General Stein’s post-oath of office remarks is available for media use here. […]
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 […]