FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 29, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson won a case against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for withholding state funds for emergency management, disaster relief, and homeland security operations. The court rejected the federal government’s unlawful conditions on […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 29, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson is opposing a rollback of data collection and reporting about PFAS forever chemicals. Just months away from receiving data from PFAS manufacturers about the type and amount of PFAS chemicals in their products, EPA is now trying to hide […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 23, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson is suing to protect Congressionally-mandated funding for federal consumer protection efforts after the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) threatened to unlawfully and unconstitutionally refuse to fund the agency’s operations. The CFPB has returned more than […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 22, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a coalition of 50 attorneys general reached a $149,673,750 settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA for unlawfully marketing and selling vehicles with devices designed to dodge emissions standards. Customers will also get more than $200 million in potential relief. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 22, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 Attorney General Jeff Jackson is warning North Carolinians to watch out for porch pirates during this holiday season. Porch pirates are targeting unattended deliveries, making it important for shoppers to take steps to protect their packages. “As holiday deliveries increase, so does porch theft,” said Attorney General […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 19, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson convicted Mark Mathis of 50 counts of obtaining property by false pretense in Wake County Superior Court. Mathis, as owner of Ry-Con Service Dogs, claimed to sell specially trained service dogs to families with medical or developmental needs. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, December 18, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH — Attorney General Jeff Jackson released the following statement in response to Governor Jim Hunt’s passing. Governor Hunt served as North Carolina’s governor from 1977 to 1985 and 1993 to 2001. “The first time I met Governor Jim Hunt, I made a joke about […]
Advertisers are Using the Holiday Season to Push Weight Loss Products on Instagram and Facebook FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson led a bipartisan coalition of 35 attorneys general calling on Meta to better enforce its own policies about pharmaceutical and wellness ads on […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson and 35 other bipartisan attorneys general reached a settlement with Hyundai and Kia for selling millions of vehicles across the country that didn’t have industry-standard, anti-theft technology, leading to a 10-fold jump in car thefts between 2020 and 2023. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Contact: nahmed@ncdoj.gov 919-538-2809 RALEIGH – Today, Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that Giselle Alexandria Farrell was sentenced to 24 months of supervised probation and ordered to pay $12,916.56 in restitution after pleading guilty to Medicaid provider fraud. “North Carolinians rely on Medicaid for essential health care,” said Attorney General Jeff […]