Arkansas State Executive - Attorney General
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Recent News About Arkansas State Executive - Attorney General
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Attorney General Griffin Secures $183,000 Judgment against Pool Company Owner Who Defrauded Arkansans
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing a summary judgment in his office’s case against David Tyler, owner of Tyler Pools. -
Attorney General Griffin Announces 6 Medicaid Fraud Convictions and 1 Civil Settlement
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing six Medicaid fraud convictions and one civil settlement. -
Consumer Alert: Attorney General Griffin Warns Against Home Solicitation Scams
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement warning Arkansans about scams related to door-to-door sales. -
Attorney General Griffin Joins 37 AGs in Letter Asking FDA to Fight Distribution of Counterfeit Weight-Loss Drugs
Attorney General Tim Griffin released the following statement after he joined a bipartisan coalition of state and territory attorneys general calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take swift action against bad actors who are endangering consumers with counterfeit forms of weight-loss and diabetes drugs. -
Coalition Suing Against Unlawful Biden Administration Rule Files Report with Court Clarifying That Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is Not Being Challenged
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after he and the coalition of 16 other attorneys general who last year sued the Biden administration over an unlawful federal rule clarified their position with a filing in court. -
Attorney General Griffin Secures More Than $11 Million in Civil Penalties against Former Owners of Big Country Chateau
Attorney General Tim Griffin released the following statement announcing a Pulaski County Circuit Court order requiring the former owners of Big Country Chateau to pay the State of Arkansas $11,236,000. -
Attorney General Griffin Announces Arrest of Sherwood Man on 75 Counts of Child Pornography Charges
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the arrest of a Sherwood man on charges relating to child pornography. -
Attorney General Griffin Launches Operation Obscured Vision to Fight Human Trafficking Statewide
Griffin: ‘January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and the best way to prevent human trafficking and rescue its victims is to combat it on one of its key fronts: illicit massage parlors’. -
Attorney General Griffin Announces Arrest of Rector Man on Child Pornography Charges
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the arrest of Joseph M. Parrish, 36, of Rector on 200 counts related to child sexual abuse materials. -
Attorney General Griffin Praises United States Supreme Court Decision Upholding TikTok Divestment Law
Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after the United States Supreme Court unanimously upheld a federal law requiring the Chinese-owned company ByteDance Ltd. to divest its ownership of the social media platform TikTok. -
Attorney General Griffin Announces Conviction of North Little Rock Woman for Elder Abuse
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the conviction of Ja’Layia McClendon, 28, of North Little Rock after she pleaded guilty in Pulaski County Circuit Court to the charge of Abuse of an Endangered or Impaired Adult, a Class D Felony. -
Attorney General Griffin Announces Hiring of Jeff Chandler as Deputy AG to Lead Special Prosecutions Division
Griffin: ‘As a longtime prosecutor, Deputy AG Chandler understands the unique needs and challenges of prosecuting attorneys’. -
Attorney General Griffin’s Family Dollar Rat Infestation Lawsuit to Proceed
Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after a Pulaski County Circuit judge denied a motion to dismiss Griffin’s lawsuit against Family Dollar for violating the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (ADTPA). -
Attorney General Griffin Announces Series of Organized Retail Crime Arrests Resulting from Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force Cooperation
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing several arrests in central Arkansas as a result of coordinated operations between his office, local and federal law enforcement agencies, and private-industry partners. -
Attorney General Office’s Investigation Results in Oklahoma Arrest on Federal Child Pornography Charges
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement regarding the arrest of Austin Norris, 28, of Watts, Oklahoma, on a federal count of receiving or distributing material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor. -
Seven-ag Coalition Secures Temporary Restraining Order Against Biden-harris Administration’s Latest Attempt to Unlawfully Cancel Student Loans
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia granted a request by a seven-state coalition of attorneys general for a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of Education’s latest unlawful attempt to cancel student loans. -
Attorney General Griffin Leads 26-state Amicus Supporting West Virginia Title Ix Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after filing an amicus brief on behalf of himself and 25 other state attorneys general calling on the United States Supreme Court to take up West Virginia’s appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down the state’s law protecting girls’ sports. -
Attorney General Griffin Clears Owners of Fort Smith Property Near Ebbing Air National Guard Base
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement regarding the results of his investigation into the ownership of property near Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith. -
Attorney General Griffin Leads 14-state Amicus in Support of Texas Suit Against Biden-harris Overtime Rule
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after filing an amicus brief on behalf of himself and 13 other state attorneys general in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas supporting Texas’s motion for summary judgment in its suit against the U.S. Department of Labor and its rule regulating overtime pay for exempt employees: -
Attorney General Griffin Praises ‘win for Arkansans’ in Lawsuit Against Google
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after a federal judge ruled yesterday that Google had broken the law when it tried to ensure its market dominance in a lawsuit that Arkansas, the U.S. Department of Justice, and 13 other state attorneys general brought against the tech giant.