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AG Campbell Urges Trump Administration To Oppose Changes To New Passport Application Rule Harming Transgender Individuals
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today co-led a coalition of 12 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter to the U.S. Department of State opposing proposed changes to the passport application process that would prevent transgender individuals from obtaining a passport that matches their gender identity. -
AG Campbell Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful Efforts To Dismantle Department Of Education
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell co-led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, the U.S. Department of Education (Department), and President Trump over their unlawful attempt to dismantle the Department. -
Home Health Agencies, Laboratory, And Physician Indicted For MassHealth Fraud And Kickback Schemes Involving Over $7.8 Million In False Claims
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced that the Suffolk County Statewide Grand Jury has returned indictments against several MassHealth providers and their respective owners in connection with alleged fraud and kickback arrangements that collectively resulted in the submission of over $7.8 million in false claims to MassHealth, including for urine drug tests and home health services that were not provided, not medically necessary, and/or not properly authorized. -
AG Campbell Files Brief Defending Temporary Protected Status For Venezuelans
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in National TPS Alliance v. Noem in support of a challenge to the early termination of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Venezuela. -
AG Campbell Calls On U.S. Court Of Appeals To Defend Integrity Of Labor Board
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief opposing a legal challenge that, if successful, would severely limit the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) ability to carry out its responsibility to protect American workers’ rights to unionize. -
AG Campbell Joins Multistate Coalition To Defend Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined a coalition of 23 state attorneys general to warn against efforts by the Trump Administration and Elon Musk to defund and disband the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an independent agency that ensures companies follow federal consumer protection laws, overseeing big banks, lenders, credit card companies, and mortgage servicers. -
AG's Office Defends Pennsylvania Law Prohibiting Concealed Carry By Individuals Under 21
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Lara v. Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police, urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit to revisit an opinion striking down a Pennsylvania law prohibiting individuals under the age of 21 from carrying concealed weapons in public during a state of emergency. -
AG Campbell Files Nation-Leading State Enforcement Action Against Home Equity Investment Company, Alleging Violations Of Consumer Protections, Mortgage Laws
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has filed a lawsuit in Suffolk County Superior Court against Hometap Equity Partners, LLC and HomeTap Management Holdings, LLC (collectively, “Hometap”), a Boston-based home equity investment (HEI) company founded in 2018. -
AG Campbell Issues Joint Statement On Lawsuit To Protect Americans From DOGE
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in releasing the following statement ahead of a court hearing in their case against the Trump administration for illegally granting Elon Musk and members of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to Americans’ private information: -
AG Campbell Stands With Transgender Military Members In Challenge To President Trump's Discriminatory Executive Order
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and 19 other attorneys general today filed a “friend of the court,” or amicus brief, to support a lawsuit aiming to block the implementation of President Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military. -
AG Campbell Files New Motions To Stop Trump Administration From Unlawfully Withholding Essential Federal Funding
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell co-led 22 other attorneys general in filing a preliminary injunction motion in their ongoing lawsuit against the Trump Administration for actions that froze nearly $3 trillion in federal funding for critical programs and services that benefit the American people. -
AG Campbell Leads 14 AGs In Issuing Statement On Protecting Access To Gender-Affirming Care
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell led a coalition of 14 other attorneys general to reaffirm their commitment to protecting access to gender-affirming care in the face of the Trump Administration’s recent Executive Order. -
AG Campbell Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration From Freezing Essential Federal Funding
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell released the following statement after a federal judge in Rhode Island granted a motion filed by her office and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general to halt the implementation of a new Trump administration policy that would block federal agency grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs. -
AG Campbell Issues Joint Statement On President Trump's Executive Orders Dismantling DEIA Initiatives
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, along with the attorneys general of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Washington, and Rhode Island, issued a joint statement addressing President Trump’s recent executive orders purporting to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) policies and programs – collectively referred to below as “DEIA”. -
AG Campbell Helps Secure $7.4 Billion, Up To $108 Million For Massachusetts, From Purdue Pharma And The Sackler Family For Fueling The Opioid Crisis
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced that she, along with a bipartisan coalition of states and other parties, has reached a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with members of the Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma (Purdue), for their instrumental role in creating the opioid crisis. Up to $108 million of the settlement funds will be distributed to Massachusetts. -
Joint Statement From Thirteen State Attorneys General: State And Local Law Enforcement Cannot Be Commandeered For Federal Immigration Enforcement
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, along with the attorneys general of California, New York, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont, Minnesota, and Washington, issued a joint statement addressing a memorandum from a Trump political appointee at the U.S. Department of Justice addressing state and local involvement in federal immigration enforcement. -
AG Campbell Introduces "The STUDY Act" To Promote Safe Technology Use and Distraction-Free Education For Youth
As part of her legislative agenda, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, alongside Senator Julian Cyr, Representative Alice Hanlon Peisch and Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian have introduced the STUDY Act, SD654/HD3070 An Act promoting Safe Technology Use and Distraction-free education for Youth. -
AG Campbell Calls On Congress To Preserve Inflation Reduction Act
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is leading a coalition of 17 attorneys general in urging Congress to safeguard the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), landmark legislation that provides historic investments in towns and cities across the nation. -
Attorney General's Office Announces Settlements With Facilities In North Grafton, West Bridgewater, And Salisbury Over Clean Water Act Violations
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced two separate settlements today with All Steel Fabricating, Inc. (All Steel) and Williams Scotsman, Inc. (WSI) to resolve allegations that each company, in separate instances, violated the Federal Clean Water Act. -
AG Campbell Urges Walmart To Continue Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Practices
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has joined a coalition of 13 attorneys general in sending a letter to Walmart today, voicing concerns about the company’s recent announcement of its plans to step away from its commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion.