For Immediate Release: Friday, October 18, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today led a coalition of 22 attorneys general opposing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) proposed changes to its Disparate Impact Rule. While the current rule protects against discriminatory housing and lending practices that have the effect of harming individuals […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 17, 2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that behavioral health services company owner Pamela Grace Faulkner pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud in the Eastern District of North Carolina. “This individual wasted taxpayer money that should have gone to people who need […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 17, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to exercise her authority so students who were enrolled in schools that abruptly closed can obtain relief for their student debts. Attorney General Stein and 29 other attorneys general are asking Secretary DeVos to […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 17, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $116.9 million multistate settlement with Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon Inc. over its deceptive marketing of transvaginal mesh devices. North Carolina will receive $3,348,052.63. A multistate investigation among 41 states and the District of Columbia found the companies […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 10, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promptly propose and finalize stricter standards for ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions. According to EPA’s own assessment, EtO is a carcinogen to humans when it is inhaled. “This should be simple,” said Attorney General Josh […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, October 7, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he has made significant progress in his lawsuits against e-cigarette companies VapeCo Distribution, Electronic Tobacconist, Electric Lotus, Direct eLiquid, Beard Vape, Tinted Brew, Juice Man, and EonSmoke. The suits, which are brought under the North Carolina Unfair or Deceptive Trade […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, October 4, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today submitted additional filings related to his cases against Purdue Pharma and eight members of the Sackler family. Specifically, Purdue has sued Attorney General Stein seeking to stop his cases against it and the Sacklers due to the Purdue bankruptcy. Attorney General Stein’s […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 3, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a formal objection to Purdue Pharma’s move to pay out $38 million in employee bonuses after it filed for bankruptcy two weeks ago and is in the midst of several lawsuits over its role in fueling the opioid epidemic. Attorney General […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 3, 2019 (RALEIGH) This week marks the one-year anniversary of North Carolina’s sexual assault kit tracking system. On Oct. 1, 2018, Attorney General Josh Stein and the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory implemented a tracking system to ensure that survivors, law enforcement officers, and others would have a way to […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a new statewide strategy that will allow law enforcement officers to proactively and quickly protect domestic violence victims who are at risk of being killed by their partners. The Lethality Assessment Protocol (LAP) gives law enforcement a research-based checklist of factors […]