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Ag Campbell Reaches Nation-leading Settlement With Uber and Lyft, Secures Landmark Wages, Benefits and Protections for Drivers
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced that her Office has secured a historic settlement in its case against Uber and Lyft that requires a minimum pay standard of $32.50 per hour and a suite of benefits and protections for drivers. -
AG Campbell Issues Statement On Supreme Court Decision In Moyle V. United States
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following statement in response to today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Moyle v. United States dismissing the case as improvidently granted and lifting its stay of an order by the U.S. District Court of the District of Idaho. -
Worcester-Based Dentist And Practice Indicted In $2 Million Medicaid Fraud And Larceny Scheme
The Attorney General’s Office (“AGO”) announced 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. -
Attorney General's Office Announces Charges Against Lawrence Man For Drug Trafficking, Gun Possession
The Office of Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced charges today against Jose Manuel Ortiz Lopez, 38, of Lawrence, for 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. -
AG Campbell's Office Enters Agreement To Help Remediate And Revitalize Former Oil Tank Site In Everett; Expected To Create Jobs, Housing
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has entered into an agreement that will allow for the environmental remediation and redevelopment of a contaminated property in Everett formerly owned by Exxon Mobil at 52 Beachman Street, 51 Robin Street, 0 South Tank Farm Road and 211 Wharf Area. -
AG Campbell Releases Updated Guide To Manufactured Housing Community Law
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has issued an updated Guide to Manufactured Housing Community Law (“Guide”), which provides guidance to owners, operators, and residents of manufactured housing communities regarding state laws and regulations governing manufactured housing, including the Manufactured Housing Act (“Act”) and the Attorney General’s Manufactured Housing Community Regulations (“AG’s Regulations”). -
Attorney General Campbell Joins Federal Antitrust Lawsuit Against Live Nation
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and a bipartisan coalition of 29 other state attorneys general in suing Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., which owns Ticketmaster. -
Attorney General's Office Announces Settlements With Development Company In Weymouth And Concrete Manufacturer In Middleborough Over Clean Water Act Violations
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced two separate settlements with Hanover R.S. Limited Partnership (Hanover) and Pavestone, LLC (Pavestone), over allegations that each entity, in separate instances, violated the Federal Clean Water Act. -
AG's Office Reaches Settlement With Merrimack Valley Driving School That Failed To Refund Students After Sudden Closure
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has entered into a settlement, via a Consent Judgment, with North Andover Auto School, LLC (NAAS) and its owner, Michael J. Larocque. -
Attorney General's Office Distributes $1.1 Million To Community Programs That Help Residents Pay Heating Bills
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell’s Office has distributed $1.1 million to 12 organizations as part of the Office’s Residential Energy Assistance Grant (REAG) program. REAG is funded through settlement agreements the AGO reached with National Grid and the Berkshire Gas Company. -
AG Campbell Co-Leads Bipartisan Multistate Effort Urging U.S. House And Senate Leaders To Appropriate Robust Funding For Legal Services Corporation
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, in partnership with D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, and Georgia Attorney General Christopher Carr, co-sponsored a multistate letter sent by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general calling on leaders of the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees to allocate maximum funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in the FY2025 budget. -
Attorney General's Office Announces Charges Against Suffolk County Man On Identity Theft And Insurance Fraud-Related Larceny
The Attorney General’s Office announced charges against Richard N. Martell, of Boston, for one count of Identity Theft and one count of Larceny over $1,200 related to an insurance fraud scheme he perpetrated while working as an insurance agent for American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (Aflac). -
AG Campbell Issues Advisory Providing Guidance On How State Consumer Protection And Other Laws Apply To Artificial Intelligence
Amidst a widespread increase in businesses’ use of artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-making systems (“AI”), including in consumer-facing contexts, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued an advisory to provide guidance to developers, suppliers, and users of AI regarding their obligations under state consumer protection, anti-discrimination, and data security laws. -
AG Campbell Joins Supreme Court Brief Opposing The Criminalization Of Involuntary Homelessness
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced that she has joined a coalition of attorneys general in filing a Supreme Court amicus brief supporting the respondents, two homeless individuals, in City of Grants Pass v. Gloria Johnson and John Logan. -
Massachusetts Residents Lost Over $577 Million Through Competitive Electric Supply Contracts In The Last 8 Years
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell released a new competitive electric supply report, which found that in the last eight years, individual residential customers who switched to and received their electric supply from competitive suppliers paid over $577 million more on their electric bills than they would have paid if they stayed with their utility company’s basic service. -
AG Campbell's Office, Sandy Hook Promise Announce $1Million Grant To Expand Youth Violence Prevention Training In Schools Across The Commonwealth
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced today that her office, in partnership with Sandy Hook Promise (SHP), a national non-profit organization founded and led by family members whose loved ones were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. -
Attorney General's Office Files Preliminary Injunction Against Debt Buyers, Debt Collection Agencies, And Owner To Halt Unfair And Deceptive Practices
The Attorney General’s Office has filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction against Champion Funding, Inc., Champion Funding LLC, Judgment Acquisitions Unlimited, Inc., Andrew Metcalf, d/b/a Judgment Acquisitions Unlimited, Inc., and Andrew Metcalf, individually, to halt harmful debt collection practices. Metcalf is the owner of the above-named corporate entities, both of which are debt collection agencies. -
Ag Campbell Files Lawsuit Against Town of Milton for Failure to Comply With Mbta Communities Law
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell filed suit today against the Town of Milton for failure to comply with the MBTA Communities Law, a bipartisan law that addresses the Commonwealth’s housing affordability crisis by requiring municipalities served by the MBTA to have at least one reasonably sized district where multi-family housing can be built. -
AG Campbell Joins Coalition To Protect Access To Medication Abortion Nationwide
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined a multistate coalition of 24 attorneys general to protect access to mifepristone nationwide. -
AG Campbell Announces $350 Million Settlement With Multinational Marketing Firm Publicis Health Over Role In Opioid Epidemic
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health that would resolve the Commonwealth’s litigation against the marketing and communications firm for its role in the opioid crisis, including its work for opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma.