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Attorney General Michelle Henry announced the reinforcement of a partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to review and resolve consumer complaints against airlines and ticket agents.
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Attorney General Michelle Henry announced the first significant investigation and arrest from the recently-launched Allegheny County Gun Violence Task Force — a Pittsburgh man charged with the attempted murder of three police officers.
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Attorney General Michelle Henry announced that a Delaware woman will serve 5 to 10 years in state prison for a worker’s compensation scam that spanned 2½ years, two states, and cost a Pennsylvania employer more than $170,000.
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State Attorney General Michelle Henry (D-Pennsylvania) sent a letter to U.S. Congressional leadership this week saying Congress should “act to ensure fulsome regulation of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).
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Attorney General Michelle Henry is warning Pennsylvania Kia and Hyundai vehicle owners of a social media-fueled trend that has resulted in numerous thefts, and encourages owners to take steps to protect themselves if they are vulnerable. A recent TikTok challenge encourages viewers to steal a Kia or Hyundai vehicle using household items.
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HARRISBURG – After a unanimous recommendation from the Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee and subsequent Senate confirmation vote on Wednesday, Pennsylvania has a new Attorney General in Michelle A. Henry.
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Attorney General Josh Shapiro, in a comment letter filed today, urged swift action on a new federal proposal aimed at better protecting workers and ensuring greater accountability in the workplace.
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HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office has announced a $38.8 million settlement with JUUL Labs, Inc. in association with claims the company violated Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law and jeopardized the health of Pennsylvanians, specifically youth that JUUL targeted with their high nicotine-content products.
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HARRISBURG – After a major fiasco involving ticket sales for pop star and Pennsylvania native Taylor Swift’s next concert tour, the office of Attorney General and Governor-elect Josh Shapiro has received thousands of consumer complaints from state residents against live event giant Ticketmaster.
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice has handed down a fine in excess of $28 million to a Pennsylvania mortgage company owned by billionaire Warren Buffet, which it says engaged in discriminatory lending practices to prospective homeowners who are Black and Latino.
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Ag Shapiro Leads Coalition Seeking Relief for Student Loan Borrowers.
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NORRISTOWN – A planning, engineering and architecture firm has denied allegations made by Cheltenham Township that it overbilled the municipality by hundreds of thousands of dollars in a Montgomery County court.
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AG Shapiro Announces 75% Of Pennsylvania’s Counties, Including Allegheny and Montgomery, Sign On To Billion Dollar Opioid Settlement So Far.
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PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia federal court has remanded Cheltenham Township’s lawsuit to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars it says it paid to a planning, engineering and architecture firm, one which allegedly overbilled its clients, to the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas.
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PHILADELPHIA – Per a state Attorney General’s Office investigation, Cheltenham Township is seeking to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars it says it paid to a planning, engineering and architecture firm, one which allegedly overbilled its clients.
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PHILADELPHIA – A proposed $26 billion settlement with opioid distributors and manufacturers which would benefit a group of states including Pennsylvania, has come under fire from Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner – who feels the City’s compensation would be undervalued in the agreement, wants to continue litigating and has filed his own lawsuit seeking to preserve that right.
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HARRISBURG – A letter released by former President Donald Trump shows that an ex-federal prosecutor with future gubernatorial aspirations in Pennsylvania, expressed disagreement with former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr over how the Justice Department oversaw investigation claims of voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election.
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Attorney General Josh Shapiro led a coalition of 18 states in issuing a letter calling on U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to close the loophole in the ATF’s interpretation of the federal Gun Control Act that allows criminals, domestic abusers, and other prohibited purchasers of firearms to evade common-sense gun laws and purchase 80 percent receivers, which can be easily assembled into unserialized and untraceable ghost guns.
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ALLENTOWN – Numerous counts have been dismissed against municipal and state authorities in the false arrest case of a New Jersey man apprehended through a sting operation for allegedly soliciting sex with who he believed was a 14-year-old girl.
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Pond Lehocky named Melissa Chandy, Frank Ciprero, Kevin Harchar, Andrew Ruder and Keld Wenge as partners effective January 1, 2021.