Release date: 8/16/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Stein today urged Congress to clarify a law to ensure that all law enforcement agencies have the authority to fight sex trafficking. In a letter, Attorney General Stein and 49 other attorneys general ask Congress to amend the Communications Decency Act (CDA) to affirm that states, localities and territories […]
Release date: 8/8/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to maintain its rule prohibiting pre-dispute arbitration clauses in nursing home and other long-term care contracts. “The decision to move yourself or a family member into a nursing home or long-term care facility can be challenging and emotional,” […]
Release date: 7/31/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether email service providers can shield evidence of a crime from law enforcement by storing data outside the United States. Stein took this action along with 33 other state attorneys general in support of a U.S. Department of Justice’s […]
Release date: 7/21/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today voiced his opposition of seismic surveys off the coast of North Carolina. Five applicants have proposed conducting seismic activity in the Atlantic Ocean. “North Carolina’s coast is among our most valuable resources,” said Attorney General Stein. “Fishing and tourism are vital to our economy. We must […]
Release date: 7/20/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein this week urged Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to keep in place important protections for survivors of sexual assault on college campuses. Attorney General Stein also called on Secretary DeVos to work collaboratively with state attorneys general to take action to end the scourge of sexual violence on […]
Release date: 7/6/2017 Lawsuit Filed Against Education Secretary DeVos for Delaying Rules That Protect Students and Taxpayers from Abuse by Predatory For-Profit Schools (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he will sue the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary Betsy DeVos for abandoning critical student protections that were set to go into effect […]
Release date: 7/5/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein wrote the federal government this week, urging the FCC to adopt rules that would allow telephone providers to block illegal robocalls. Attorney General Stein wrote the FCC in response to proposed rules that would allow providers to block several types of “spoofed” calls, in which a call […]
Release date: 6/20/2017 Stein Reacts to Last-Minute Gut to Department of Justice Budget (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein released the below statement in response to the General Assembly’s last-minute inclusion of a nearly 40 percent cut to the North Carolina Department of Justice’s (NCDOJ) General Fund budget. The cut, which was not included in either […]
Release date: 6/16/2017 (RALEIGH) This week, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it will delay important new rules that protect student loan borrowers from predatory and deceptive practices. Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement in response: “Education is one of the best reasons I can think of to borrow money. But unfortunately, […]
Release date: 6/15/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein is working with a bipartisan coalition of a majority of the state Attorneys General across the country in an ongoing investigation to evaluate whether manufacturers have engaged in unlawful practices in the marketing and sale of opioids. “Confronting the opioid crisis is one of my top priorities,” […]