For Immediate Release: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today asked Google and Apple to ensure all COVID-19 contact tracing and exposure notification apps adequately protect consumers’ personal information. Attorney General Stein and a bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general are asking the tech companies to guarantee […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, June 15, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today called on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reject a petition seeking to end state net metering programs. Net metering allows customers who generate their own clean electricity via rooftop solar panel installations or other sources […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, June 12, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a lawsuit against Chapel Hill-based JH Home Improvements Inc., its owner Jorge Alberto Garcia, and its operator/manager Helen Smith Flores, alleging that the defendants perpetrated a residential contracting scheme by targeting and taking money from elderly […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed comments supporting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s plan to regulate perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)—more commonly known as PFAS or “forever” chemicals—under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. Attorney General Stein and a coalition […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 Multistate Lawsuit Alleges Conspiracy by Generic Manufacturers to Fix Prices for 80 Drugs (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a lawsuit against 26 generic drug manufacturers and 10 individuals who are senior executives at these drug companies. In his lawsuit, Attorney General […]
(RALEIGH) On Tuesday, June 9, 2020, Gov. Roy Cooper established the North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice. The task force will recommend solutions to stop discriminatory law enforcement and criminal justice practices, and hold public safety officers accountable. Attorney General Josh Stein and North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Anita Earls will lead the Task […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 Complaint alleges robocallers made 75 million calls into North Carolina (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a complaint against Texas-based Rising Eagle Capital Group LLC and JSquared Telecom LLC for blasting billions of illegal robocalls over the past two years. John Spiller […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, June 5, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein filed a complaint against the Trump administration’s new restrictions on Title IX regulations, which weaken protections for sexual assault and harassment victims in schools and colleges. “We must do everything we can to keep young people safe in […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 4, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced the Carolina Relief Plan, an effort for financial institutions to support their customers who are facing financial hardship related to COVID-19. Bank of America is the first financial institution to sign on to the agreement. Full […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 4, 2020 Contact: Laura Brewer (919) 716-6484 (Raleigh) Attorney General Josh Stein, along with Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, today led a coalition of 52 attorneys general encouraging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to facilitate continued collaboration among state attorneys general and telecom companies to coordinate tracing back illegal robocalls […]