Release date: 1/29/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today made the following statement on President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration: “America is a nation of immigrants. Throughout our history, we have welcomed people from foreign lands who seek a better life and in the process enrich the quality of ours. While some Americans were […]

Release date: 1/18/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced members of his senior leadership team. Biographical information about each staff member is below. “Pulling this team together has been one of my most important early tasks as Attorney General,” said AG Stein. “I am excited by their talent, energy and commitment to serving the […]

Release date: 11/9/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that his office has entered a final multistate settlement agreement that resolves a decade-old payment dispute under the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, the historic agreement with the tobacco industry. “It is critical that we resolve this dispute completely,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. “This […]

Release date: 10/31/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein moved to expand his existing antitrust investigation of the generic drug industry to include an additional 12 pharmaceutical company defendants. This new filing will increase the number of generic drug manufacturer defendants from six to 18 in the case and the number of drugs at issue in […]

Release date: 10/24/2017 (RALEIGH, NC) – Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he has taken retailer eRummagers to court to stop the company’s alleged unlawful conduct including deceptive business practices. The North Carolina Department of Justice brought the suit against eRummagers after receiving consumer complaints of unfair and dishonest conduct. Attorney General Stein won […]

Release date: 7/26/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced today that North Carolina has settled with Alere Inc., a medical device maker that an investigation determined had knowingly sold unreliable diagnostic testing devices to hospitals. The settlement is joined by the federal government and all 50 states. The total settlement is $33.2 million, of which […]

Release date: 2/20/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today opposed the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) application to regain its status as a nationally-recognized accreditor. Attorney General Stein noted ACICS’ “extreme and far-reaching oversight failures” and the serious harm it caused students and taxpayers across the country by enabling fraud and abuse […]

Release date: 2/19/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to provide his office with information related to election security and possible tampering in North Carolina. “In our democracy, the right to vote, to have one’s vote be counted accurately, and to have one’s vote mean something is […]

Release date: 2/15/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today sent civil investigative demands (CIDs) to Atrium, formerly known as Carolinas Healthcare System, and UNC Health Care. Attorney General Stein is requesting information about the proposed combination of these entities and its impacts on health care prices, choices for patients and insurers, and other information that […]

Release date: 2/12/2018 Victims of Sexual Harassment Should Have Right to their Day in Court (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi today led a sweeping bipartisan coalition of 56 attorneys general to urge U.S. House of Representatives and Senate leaders to enact legislation that protects victims of sexual harassment in […]