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North Carolina Department of Justice- Attorney General Josh Stein Sues Over Trump Administration’s Rollback of Endangered Species Protections
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 [...]
- Stein Sues Sacklers
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, [...]
- Attorney General Josh Stein Wins More than $150,000 in Consumer Relief in Price Gouging Settlement
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 • (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein obtained a consent judgment against Ohio-based Scotts Tree Service and defendants Scott Lacey and Randy Shannon to resolve [...]
- WRAL: Former softball player uses own experience to help those with opioid addiction
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- WLOS: Buncombe Register of Deeds warns of fake invoice scam
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Consumer News & Newsletter
Attorney General Stein’s Column: What I’m Grateful for this Thanksgiving
Consumer Alert: Avoid paying unnecessary fees for official property documents
Attorney General Stein’s Column: Saving Lives from Intimate Partner Violence
Sick of Robocalls? Who isn’t!
BREAKING: Attorney General @JoshStein_ collected $6,000 from a price gouger that will go back to a Wilmington homeowner who was scammed after Hurricane Florence, and $20,000 in civil penalties that will go to local schools. https://ncdoj.gov/attorney-general-josh-stein-collects-26000-in-penalties-and-full-restitution-for-homeowner-scammed-after-hurricane-florence/
Attorney General @JoshStein_: “Tipped employees work hard for their wages and deserve to be paid fairly. The Department of Labor’s proposal would make it harder for restaurant servers, bartenders and other workers to be paid what they have earned.” https://www.wect.com/2019/12/11/nc-attorney-general-fights-proposed-rule-that-could-hurt-tipped-workers/
More than 10,000 North Carolinians attended the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges. It's unacceptable that the Dept. of Education continued to collect on Corinthian loans when it had information that those loans were fraudulent.
Students deserve better.
@BetsyDeVosED In defiance of a Court order, the Education Department unlawfully collected student loan payments from 45,000 student borrowers defrauded by predatory, for-profit institutions.
This is unacceptable.
#StudentsDeserveAnswers
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