Other LanguagesAttorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that his office’s civil law enforcement division won more than $2.6 billion in the last decade as a result of lawsuits and its handling of consumer complaints. That includes nearly $800 million for Washingtonians in the form of direct payments, debt relief and consumer credits. The office won another $1.8 billion for increased government and non-profit services, including $1.1 billion to combat the fentanyl epidemic.
TACOMA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a civil rights lawsuit today against a University Place apartment complex for illegal housing discrimination against applicants with disabilities.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following statement after a federal judge in Washington, D.C., agreed with his lawsuit that technology giant Google unlawfully leverages its dominance in the online search and related text advertising markets through exclusionary contracts, harming both consumers and advertisers.
SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced his partnership with a bipartisan group of six attorneys general in a federal lawsuit asserting New York-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals inflated the price it charged Medicaid for an important eye medication. The scheme resulted in the submission of tens of thousands of false claims to Medicaid and millions of dollars in losses to the states.
SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced a legally binding resolution requiring Dollar Tree to pay $190,000 and more thoroughly test children’s products. The resolution follows an Attorney General investigation finding school supplies sold by the national retailer had illegal levels of toxic heavy metals lead and cadmium.
OLYMPIA — The public is invited to participate in the first meeting of Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force on Friday, July 26, from 9 a.m. to noon.
SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Organized Retail Crime Unit filed two new felony criminal cases today. This marks five prosecutions since Ferguson established the new unit last year.
SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson offers the following statement in response to the King County Superior Court denying a request to enforce his office’s subpoena against the Seattle Archdiocese in his Catholic Church investigation:
Case closed: Ferguson resolves lawsuit against chicken conspirators, bringing total to $37.7 million
SEATTLE — Attorney General Ferguson announced today he resolved his antitrust lawsuit against the final defendants in a sweeping conspiracy to artificially raise the price of chicken on Washington families. The remaining three defendants — House of Raeford Farms, Wayne-Sanderson Farms and Foster Farms — will pay $2.2 million, pending court approval. As a final tally, Ferguson’s broiler chicken price-fixing case involving a total of 19 defendants recovered $37.7 million.
SEATTLE — Allure Esthetic and Dr. Javad Sajan must pay $5 million as a result of Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s consumer protection lawsuit. Allure and Sajan threatened patients with illegal non-disclosure agreements and falsified online reviews to inflate the plastic surgeon’s reputation.