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 […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, February 10, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today won a $122,000 judgement against Charlotte-area repairman John Jackson and his companies Appliance Maxx, Appliance Max LLC, Professional Appliance Service, Rapid Response Appliance Repair, All Seasons Refrigeration Heating & Cooling, and Star Appliance & HVAC LLC. The judgment, entered by Judge George […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 6, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein opposed a proposal by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to preempt state laws that regulate payday and other high-cost lending. The FDIC’s proposed regulations would let predatory lenders circumvent state laws through “rent-a-bank” schemes, in which banks act as lenders in name […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today again asked U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to use her authority to forgive federal student loans for all students who were enrolled in now-closed schools operated by Dream Center Education Holdings LLC. In July 2018, Dream Center abruptly announced that […]