September 13, 2019 - The opioid crisis has hit virtually every pocket of the U.S., from rural towns in deeply conservative states to big cities in liberal-leaning ones. But a curious divide has opened up. The nation’s Republican state attorneys general have, for the most part, lined up in support of a tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with OxyContin...
September 4, 2019 - Google agreed on Wednesday to pay a record $170 million fine and make changes to protect children’s privacy on YouTube, as regulators said the video site had knowingly and illegally harvested personal information from children and used it to profit by targeting them with ads. Critics denounced the agreement, dismissing the fine as...
August 27, 2019 - NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter about his state's winning case against Johnson & Johnson over the company's role in the opioid crisis. AILSA CHANG, HOST: The landmark decision in Oklahoma state court yesterday has huge implications for who should be held financially responsible for the nation's opioid...
August 22, 2019 - Twelve of the nation's largest telecommunications companies and attorneys general from all 50 states plus DC announced a voluntary agreement Thursday to prevent and punish illegal robocallers. It's the latest move by regulators and law enforcement to push back against the growing tide of unwanted and even illegal calls from telemarketers...
August 6, 2019 - When tobacco companies agreed to pay states $206 billion two decades ago to settle litigation over the public-health costs of smoking, cities and counties eagerly awaited their share of the money. For the most part, it never came. Now, in similar litigation seeking to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable for the opioid crisis,...
July 30, 2019 - Calling on Congress to reduce toxic chemicals in drinking water, Attorney General Maura Healey joined her counterparts in 21 states Tuesday in urging federal lawmakers to pass legislation to help states address their threat to public health. The manmade chemicals, known as PFAS, are widespread and have been used for decades in products such...
July 26, 2019 - The U.S. Justice Department on Friday announced it had reached a settlement to approve a merger between T-Mobile (TMUS) and Sprint (S), the country’s third and fourth largest wireless mobile providers. But an unresolved lawsuit filed by 14 states attorney general seeking a permanent injunction to stop the merger could keep the $26 billion...
July 18, 2019 - Attorneys general for North Dakota and Montana asked the Trump administration on Wednesday to overrule a Washington state law that imposed new restrictions on oil trains from the Northern Plains to guard against explosive derailments. In a legal petition to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Montana Attorney General Tim Fox and North...
July 12, 2019 - Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford and 29 other attorneys general announced a filed settlement that requires a health insurance company to pay $10 million to resolve claims about its failure to secure consumer date. According to a statement from Ford's office, Premera Blue Cross, based in the pacific northwest, had insufficient data...
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