Thursday, November 10, 2022 Twitter’s recent change to their account verification policy has inundated users with tweets from fake accounts impersonating famous people, government entities, and brands. Twitter’s blue check feature previously indicated verified accounts, but the change allows any user to purchase a blue check through Twitter Blue for a subscription fee. Scammers are […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, November 10, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein called on the U.S. Senate to pass a Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with needed protections to combat exposures to poly- and perfluoroalkyl (PFAS) “forever” chemicals—a class of highly toxic chemicals that persist in the environment […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Hakeem Hubbard pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit first degree murder in Durham County Superior Court and was sentenced to 19 to 24 years. The North Carolina Department of Justice’s Special Prosecutions Section’s Special Deputy Attorney […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced a $1 million settlement with Experian Data Corp for failing to warn affected consumers after it learned that an identity thief was posing as a private investigator and retrieving sensitive personal information from Court Ventures Inc., a […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina to allow a case filed by western North Carolina municipalities to go forward. Specifically, the cities of Asheville and Brevard and counties of Buncombe and […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, November 4, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 If approved, the pill would be available to buy without a prescription, removing barriers to accessing safe and timely reproductive care (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve over-the-counter birth control pills that meet applicable […]
(RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court of North Carolina’s opinion in the PFAS/Fayetteville Works matter concerning personal jurisdiction. The Court affirmed that the Business Court has personal jurisdiction over Corteva and New Dupont and remanded the case to the Business Court. “People have to be able […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, November 4, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court of North Carolina’s decision in Leandro v. State of NC. “I have long said that we need a good teacher in every classroom and a strong principal in […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force, which he co-leads, is seeking to enforce formal requests for documents and information issued to two voice service providers about their alleged role in accepting and routing illegal robocalls to people […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed 919-716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today joined students at Ira B. Jones Elementary School in Asheville to share the North Carolina Department of Justice’s tech safety agreement, a new resource to help parents and caregivers keep their kids safe online. The agreement is intended […]