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AG Shapiro joins 37 colleagues in filing antitrust litigation against Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Josh Shapiro has joined a bipartisan coalition of more than three dozen AGs who have filed an antitrust action against Google, claiming the Internet search company has an illegal monopoly over the online search market that hurts consumers and advertisers. -
PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Shapiro, Kaul, Nessel Issue Statement on Texas’s Attempt to Block Election Results
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a joint statement regarding Texas’s efforts to discredit the 2020 election results in federal court. -
PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: Receive a Mail-In Ballot Without Requesting One? Check Your Status
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro joined Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar in putting out guidance for voters who say they received mail-in ballots that were not requested. -
Navient makes move against Pa. AG's lawsuit, says he lacks authority to assert federal claims
SCRANTON, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – The nation’s largest student loan servicer is asking a federal judge to throw out the “pointless” lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro. -
Close race for Pa. attorney general as 5% undecided
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – A key 5% of voters in Pennsylvania is undecided on which attorney general candidate to support, according to a new poll. -
Shippensburg threesome update: University denies firing woman because she complained
HARRISBURG – Shippensburg University denies that one of its administrators made numerous unwanted sexual advances toward a director of testing and further, denies that it both failed to accept that same director’s story and later refused to reinstate her employment. -
Pennsylvania AG, Dem colleagues will sue U.S. Post Office over changes that may affect mail-in voting
HARRISBURG – Two separate multi-state coalitions of Democratic attorneys general are suing the United States Postal Service, in order to challenge nationwide operational changes that they allege may harm the process of voting by mail prior to the Presidential election in November. -
Pa. Attorney General's Office settles with finance publisher for $150K over unfair trade practices
PITTSBURGH – The state attorney general’s office has settled with a Maryland-based publisher of financial material and subscriptions for $150,000, for alleged violations of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. -
PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Shapiro Statement on SCOTUS Decision on DACA
The Supreme Court made clear that DACA is the law of the land. -
AG Josh Shapiro and 16 colleagues oppose Department of Education's new Title IX regulations
WASHINGTON – The attorneys general of 17 states and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit against U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the U.S Department of Education, in a challenge to new regulations that dictate how primary and secondary schools respond to student sexual assault and harassment complaints under Title IX. -
Delco store to pay price-gouging settlement over Lysol wipes
MEDIA – The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office has taken action against a Delaware County retailer that allegedly sold Lysol cleaning wipes at an excessive price during the coronavirus pandemic. -
Federal agency really doesn't want former employee testifying against its Navient case
SCRANTON – The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is fighting an order that would allow one of its former staffers to testify against it in Pennsylvania federal court. -
'Battle for the soul': SCOTUS hears nuns' case against Pennsylvania over Obama's contraception mandate
WASHINGTON – A battle between religious objectors and the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey over mandates to provide contraception-inclusive health care coverage has once again reached the U.S. Supreme Court, where oral arguments took place for more than 90 minutes by telephone on Wednesday. -
Agent who arrested man allegedly trying to solicit sex with minor says he's protected from lawsuit
ALLENTOWN – A special agent from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office argues his actions in the arrest of a New Jersey man apprehended through a sting operation for allegedly soliciting sex with who he believed was a 14-year-old girl are protected by qualified immunity. -
AG's Office, Josh Shapiro dismissed from false arrest lawsuit filed by N.J. man accused of soliciting sex with minor
ALLENTOWN – Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and his office have been dismissed from a false arrest lawsuit filed by a New Jersey man, who was apprehended through a sting operation for allegedly soliciting sex with who he believed was a 14-year-old girl. -
AG's Office reaches $9K settlement with used auto dealership accused of violating consumer protection law
PITTSBURGH – In lieu of commencing legal proceedings, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office has come to terms with a used vehicle dealership which it says violated the state’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. -
AG's Office to mull new overtime compensation rule, while business group urges legislature not to support it
HARRISBURG – A regulation recently approved by a state board to adjust the overtime compensation of employees throughout Pennsylvania is now heading to the desk of Attorney General Josh Shapiro for review – while a prominent business group is persuading the state legislature not to support it and still wanting stakeholders to work with lawmakers towards a compromise. -
Pa. Attorney General's Office sues JUUL over marketing practices said to entice teens to vape
PHILADELPHIA – The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office has added itself to the growing number of governmental and education entities suing vaping products manufacturer JUUL, for allegedly breaking the law by marketing its high nicotine-content products to an impressionable teenage audience. -
Sued over child-sex sting, Bethlehem defends arrest of N.J. man
ALLENTOWN – The City of Bethlehem asserted no less than 23 affirmative defenses supporting its decision to jail a New Jersey man through a sting operation for allegedly soliciting sex with what he believed was a 14-year-old girl, in its response to the man’s false arrest and imprisonment lawsuit. -
State agency approves overtime measure that will affect 334K Pennsylvanians
HARRISBURG – A proposed regulation to reshape the overtime compensation of employees throughout Pennsylvania was approved 3-2 by the Independent Regulatory Review Commission on Friday, and now heads to the desk of Attorney General Josh Shapiro for review.