“Grant, vacate, remand” orders common when court issues ruling in similar case
 
OLYMPIA — The United States Supreme Court today sent the Arlene’s Flowers case back to the Washington State Supreme Court to review the case in light of the recent ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
 

TACOMA — The Washington Attorney General’s Office filed a petition today in Pierce County Superior Court seeking to civilly commit a sex offender and prevent his release into the community.

Kelvin Palfrey, 32, was convicted of first-degree child molestation in 2003. He has also been convicted of second-degree assault of child in 2012.

Executive order does not fix unlawful policy

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced he will lead a coalition of states in challenging the Trump Administration’s policy of forced family separation on the U.S. southern border. The lawsuit will be filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

When the lawsuit is filed, it will be Ferguson’s 27th against the Trump Administration. Ferguson has nine legal victories thus far and has not lost a case against the Administration.

WATraffickingHelp.Org provides a centralized hub for services and resources for labor and sex trafficking victims

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that his office is launching a new online resource to connect human trafficking survivors with resources and support.

Many Washingtonians who purchased TVs and computer monitors between 1995 and 2007 will receive restitution through a claims process

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that Philips, a multinational electronics company, will pay $7 million as part of the Attorney General’s price-fixing lawsuit against manufacturers of cathode ray tubes, or CRTs, a technology once ubiquitous in television screens and computer monitors.

OLYMPIA: La Oficina del Procurador General solicita información de los residentes de Washington sobre los efectos que están experimentando, o que esperan experimentar, como resultado de la política de separación familiar del gobierno de Trump. 

OLYMPIA — The Office of the Attorney General is requesting information from Washington residents regarding the impacts that they are experiencing – or expect to experience – as a result of the Trump Administration’s family separation policy. 

Judge orders owner to cooperate with cleanup effort

Affected Washington entities eligible for restitution

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that Citibank, a Wall Street financial institution, will pay a total of $100 million to 42 states for manipulating a key interest rate before and during the Great Recession, costing investors millions of dollars.

These manipulations may have led     investors to make riskier investments than they realized, or impacted the profits from or costs of various investments throughout the financial system.

OLYMPIA — The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 4-4 decision in the culverts case today, which means the lower court decision will remain in place. That ruling forces the state to pay 100 percent of the cost of replacing barrier culverts, even though the federal government provided the design for those culverts, and regardless of whether other barrier culverts block salmon from getting to the state culverts. Attorney General Bob Ferguson offers the following statement: