September 27, 2017 – Pennsylvania’s attorney general is leading a charge against the U.S. secretary of education for the second time in two months. AG Josh Shapiro is asking Secretary Betsy DeVos to halt a “systematic rollback of critical student loan protections for student borrowers.” “With a rising number of students burdened by college loan… Read more »
September 20, 2017 – A coalition of 41 states’ attorneys general have served five major opioid manufacturers with subpoenas seeking information about how these companies marketed and sold prescription opioids. The coalition is also demanding documents and information related to distribution practices from three drug distributors. The development was announced at a news conference by… Read more »
September 16, 2017 – Equifax is scrambling to contain the fallout from the disclosure that a massive data breach compromised the sensitive personal data of as many as 143 million consumers, leaving them at risk of identity theft. In the days since Equifax announced the hack, outraged consumers reported struggling to determine whether they’d been… Read more »
September 6, 2017 – A group of attorneys general from 15 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Wednesday to stop the administration from winding down the DACA program, which granted a reprieve from deportation to undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children. The suit, filed in federal court in… Read more »
August 31, 2017 – A federal judge in Texas on Thursday struck down an Obama administration rule that would have extended mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million U.S. workers, siding with business groups and 21 states that had challenged it. The decision came after the same judge last year blocked the rule from… Read more »
August 23, 2017 – Massachusetts’ attorney general on Wednesday sued one of the largest federal student loan servicers in the United States, accusing it of undermining a program that forgives borrowers’ debts if they work in public service for 10 years. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed the lawsuit against Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, which… Read more »
August 17, 2017 – An investigation into EpiPen manufacturer Mylan Inc. will see that New York gets $38.5 million returned to its coffers. That’s according to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who announced Thursday that New York — which led a coalition of states in an investigation against the Canonsburg, Pennsylvania-based drug company — has agreed… Read more »
August 9, 2017 – Nationwide Mutual Insurance company will pay a $5.5 million settlement for the 2012 data breach that exposed personal information for an estimated 1.27 million consumers, state officials said Wednesday. Carried out by computer hackers, the data breach scooped up Social Security numbers, drivers license data, credit scoring information and other personal… Read more »
August 1, 2017 – Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is fighting a lawsuit seeking to block him from investigating Backpage.com. Hawley filed a motion Tuesday against Backpage, arguing its lawsuit is frivolous and should be tossed out. Hawley launched an investigation of the company this year and in May issued civil investigative demands seeking documents… Read more »
July 27, 2017 – A debt collection law firm that allegedly used unfair and deceptive practices to collect debts from thousands of Massachusetts consumers will pay $1 million and change its practices under a court settlement, Attorney General Maura Healey announced Thursday. Lustig, Glaser & Wilson, P.C., the largest debt collection law firm in the… Read more »