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 […]
For Immediate Release: Monday, September 30, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court in an ongoing lawsuit to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The lawsuit argues that the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke DACA was based on a faulty legal analysis and harmed […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s rollback of the Endangered Species Act, arguing that three new rules are unlawful and undermine the key requirements of the law. In North Carolina, 64 plant and animal species are listed as endangered or threatened […]
(RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today opposed the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which would take basic food assistance away from more than three million people, disqualify hundreds of thousands of children from free school meals, and punish working families with modest savings. In a comment letter to the […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he reached a $567,125 settlement with High Point dentist Dr. Stefan J. Simoncic and his Triad Oral Surgery practice to resolve allegations involving the submission of false claims to the North Carolina Medicaid program. This action is part of Operation […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, September 19, 2019 Legislation signed by Gov. Roy Cooper and sponsored by Sens. Warren Daniel, Danny Britt, and Floyd McKissick and Reps. Jamie Boles, Mary Belk, Billy Richardson, and Carson Smith addresses sexual assault kit backlog (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein, joined by bill sponsors Reps. Carson Smith and Billy Richardson […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the federal government to immediately comply with a court-ordered injunction blocking its attempts to strip access to cost-free contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Despite a January injunction, the federal government has not informed the public about the injunction […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a lawsuit in North Carolina Superior Court against eight members of the Sackler family: Richard Sackler, Mortimer Sackler, Jonathan Sackler, Kathe Sackler, Ilene Sackler Lefcourt, Beverly Sackler, Theresa Sackler, and David Sackler. In his lawsuit, Attorney General Stein alleges that these […]