For Immediate Release: Monday, August 26, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that as a result of his leadership in bringing together a bipartisan, public/private coalition of 51 attorneys general and 12 phone companies, the phone companies have agreed to adopt eight principles to fight illegal robocalls. This agreement will help protect phone […]
Release Date: Monday, August 26, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today led a coalition of 51 attorneys general urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require telecom companies to implement call blocking and call authentication solutions that would protect consumers from illegal robocalls and spoofing. Attorney General Stein’s comments to the FCC come after […]
(RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today reached a settlement with Florida-based National Emergency Restoration Services LLC (NERS) and its Director of Operations Ricardo “Rick” Aleman to resolve a price gouging lawsuit filed in January 2019. The judgment permanently bans NERS and Aleman from doing tree removal work in North Carolina, bars them from collecting any […]
Release date: 8/16/2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Gate City Transportation Inc., a Greensboro-based medical transport company, was sentenced in the Middle District of North Carolina after pleading guilty to one count of health care fraud in October 2018. The company was ordered to pay a $100 fine, a $400 special assessment, […]
Release date: 8/14/2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today wrote U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan, Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan, Acting Director Matthew Albence, and Director Jonathan Hayes to urge them to better protect migrant children. This letter, the Attorney General’s third to DHS regarding migrant children, raises concerns about a recent $4 million grant […]
Release date: 8/13/2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its Affordable Clean Energy (ACE), or Dirty Power, rule. Attorney General Stein is part of a coalition of 29 states and cities arguing that the Dirty Power rule, which replaced the Clean Power Plan, […]
Release date: 8/13/2019 The proposed rule will eliminate protections against discrimination for women, people with disabilities, the LGBTQ community, and other vulnerable populations (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today opposed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) proposed rule to drastically undermine Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care […]
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