Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell
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Recent News About Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell
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Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued a statement on July 19, 2024, regarding the passage of a significant gun control bill in Massachusetts. "As our country faces a culture of pervasive gun violence, Massachusetts is taking enormous strides to protect public health and safety," said Campbell.
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The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging a federal court to reject a challenge to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Discriminatory Effects Rule. Under the Fair Housing Act, the rule holds insurers and other parties liable for housing practices that may appear neutral but are discriminatory or have a “disparate impact” on certain populations. The rule is being challenged by the homeowners insurance industry.
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Boston — The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced today that it is taking action to inform consumers who may have had their personal information breached in Change Healthcare’s unprecedented cyberattack this past February. Change Healthcare is owned by UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest health insurer.
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BOSTON — The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced today that in fiscal year 2023, Massachusetts hospitals and Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) contributed $1.2 billion in total Community Benefits expenditures, according to reports submitted by the hospitals and HMOs and published by the AGO.
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BOSTON — The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO), in collaboration with the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and the Seattle Office of Labor Standards, has led a coalition of 27 labor enforcement agencies in urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to extend the protection period of the Deferred Action Program for noncitizen victims and witnesses of labor violations from two years to a minimum of four years.
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Boston — Today, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a historic settlement with Uber and Lyft, establishing a minimum pay standard of $32.50 per hour along with various benefits and protections for drivers. The companies will also pay a combined total of $175 million to the state to resolve allegations of violating Massachusetts wage and hour laws, with the majority of this amount being distributed to current and former drivers.
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Boston — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued a statement in response to the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., reversing the decision of the Second Circuit and effectively vacating the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan.
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Boston — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued a statement in response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Moyle v. United States, which dismissed the case as improvidently granted and lifted its stay of an order by the U.S. District Court of the District of Idaho. The decision temporarily allows pregnant individuals in Idaho to receive emergency abortion care while the case proceeds in lower courts. The District Court’s order, now reinstated by the Supreme Court, prohibits Idaho from enforcing its near-total criminal abortion ban when the federal Emergency Medical...
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Fall River — The Attorney General’s Office announced today that Robert G. Kfoury, age 65, of Fall River, has been charged with 58 counts of violating the Massachusetts Clean Air Act and one count of violating the Massachusetts Solid Waste Management Act by allegedly illegally demolishing, handling, storing, and disposing of asbestos-containing material, asbestos-containing waste material, and solid waste at 386 Kilburn Street, the site of the former King Philip Mill in Fall River. The Bristol County Grand Jury indicted Kfoury on Wednesday, May 29 and he was arraigned before...
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Worcester — The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced today that an administrator of Donna Kay Rest Home, located in Worcester, was indicted last week in connection with a scheme to steal more than $220,000 from the rest home and its elderly residents.
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Attorney General Campbell Hosts Drag Story Hour at More Than Words in Boston
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Springfield — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and her Reproductive Justice Unit convened over 120 experts in the reproductive justice field, including community organizations, healthcare providers, legal advocates, and academics, at Western New England University School of Law in Springfield. The event aimed to facilitate discussions between the AG’s Office and legal and reproductive care experts to inform how the Office can better champion reproductive justice locally, statewide, and nationally amid national efforts to roll back these rights.
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Boston — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has released an updated “Protections Against Discrimination in Places of Public Accommodation” guide to ensure compliance with existing law and educate the public about their rights in public spaces, including gender-specific spaces like men’s and women’s restrooms. The guide now includes information on how the law protects those who identify as nonbinary and/or transgender.
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Worcester — The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced today that a Worcester-based dentist and her dental practice were indicted last week in connection with a scheme to defraud the state’s Medicaid program, MassHealth, of more than $2 million.
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Boston — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued a statement in response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, which upheld access to mifepristone, an FDA-approved medication used for abortion.
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Boston — The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO), along with the attorneys general of Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, has led a multistate coalition of 14 attorneys general advocating for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to reduce barriers to HUD-assisted housing for people with criminal records.
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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, along with 42 other attorneys general, has reached a $700 million nationwide settlement with Johnson & Johnson. The proposed consent judgment, filed in Suffolk Superior Court, aims to resolve allegations related to the marketing of the company's talc-containing baby powder and body powder products. Massachusetts is expected to receive approximately $14.5 million through 2027 as part of this multistate agreement, pending judicial approval.
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BOSTON — Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $4 million settlement with Next Step Healthcare, LLC, a Woburn-based long-term care management company operating sixteen nursing homes in Massachusetts. The settlement resolves allegations that Next Step failed to properly staff its facilities, resulting in resident harm and neglect. Most of Next Step's facilities will now be overseen by an independent compliance monitor at the company's expense.
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The Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced charges today against Jose Manuel Ortiz Lopez, 38, of Lawrence. The charges include trafficking fentanyl (200 grams or more), trafficking cocaine (200 grams or more), possession of a firearm without a Firearm Identification (FID) Card, possession of ammunition without an FID Card, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Lopez is scheduled to be arraigned on June 25 in Essex Superior Court.
