For Immediate Release: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that the New Hanover County Grand Jury returned a 17-count bill of indictment charging Peter Michael Frank with first-degree sexual offense, statutory sex offense with a person who is 13, 14, or 15, sexual activity with a student, indecent liberties with […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, March 2, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed an amicus brief in support of the United States in Barr v. AAPC, a case that challenges the constitutionality of a part of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In this lawsuit, the plaintiffs challenge the federal ban on robocalls. North […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, March 2, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a multistate settlement with Burger King, Popeye’s, and Tim Horton’s over no-poach agreements, which restrict the right of fast food workers to move from one restaurant chain franchise to another. The three chains, all owned by Restaurant Brands International, will cease […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 27, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to strengthen its guidance on the enforcement of electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, regulations. Attorney General Stein, who has been a critic of e-cigarette marketing to young people and was the first attorney general to file […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Mark Mathis was indicted in Wake County Superior Court on 42 counts of obtaining property by false pretense. Mathis is the president and executive director of Ry-Con, a nonprofit organization that sold service dogs that he represented were specially trained […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a global settlement framework agreement between state attorneys general, local subdivisions, and the opioid manufacturer Mallinckrodt (MNK), its subsidiaries, and certain other affiliates. MNK is currently the largest generic opioid manufacturer in the United States. In the agreement, MNK agrees to pay $1.6 […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, February 24, 2020 (LUMBERTON) Attorney General Josh Stein today joined Mayor Bruce Davis for a $150,000 Environmental Enhancement Grant Program award announcement in Lumberton. The City of Lumberton will use these funds toward the purchase of 14 acres of land. “I am pleased to award the City of Lumberton these funds […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein secured a $68,564.35 consent judgment against Sterling Leonard Gabriel, Nicole Sharie Gabriel, and their auto repair businesses Sterling Paint & Body LLC and Collision Warehouse LLC, over violations of North Carolina’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act and Motor Vehicle Repair Act. The […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, February 18, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein opposed two federal proposals that roll back critical anti-discrimination protections for patients and students and would disproportionately infringe on the rights of women, survivors of sexual harassment and violence, and LGBTQ individuals. A proposal from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services […]
For Immediate Release: February 11, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today launched Operation Silver Shield, a North Carolina Department of Justice (NCDOJ) effort to confront scammers and fraudsters who target older North Carolinians. Operation Silver Shield launches today with new action in Attorney General Stein’s ongoing work to confront robocalls, where many scams originate. Attorney General Stein […]