SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson has appointed Senior Counsel Karin Nyrop as the new chief of his office’s University of Washington (UW) Division.  The division provides legal services to the university, which includes campuses in Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma as well as the UW Medical Center. 

“The University of Washington will be well served by Karin’s impressive combination of legal expertise, leadership experience, personal achievements and demonstrated commitment to public service,” said Ferguson. 

Scientific report boosts AG-request legislation to keep tobacco out of the hands of Washington youth

Legal position, upheld by multiple courts, eliminates federal threat to initiative

SEATTLE — The Attorney General’s Office filed a response brief yesterday in the Washington State Supreme Court defending the will of the voters in enacting Initiative 502.

UPDATE: The amended complaint can be found here.

SEATTLE — For some Seahawks fans, the Super Bowl heartbreak started before the interception.

Just hours before the Super Bowl, customers of SBTickets.com, LLC received an email announcing the company would not fulfill all its ticket orders. The company did not have the tickets it promised when it made sales to many consumers.

PORT ANGELES — A Clallam Bay Corrections Center inmate convicted of stabbing a guard was sentenced today to another five years, 10 months in prison in a case prosecuted by Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office.

Carlos Avalos was convicted Feb. 17 in Clallam County Superior Court of second-degree assault for repeatedly stabbing a corrections officer with a 4- to 5-inch metal shank. His sentence represents the top of the standard sentencing range, which was four years, five months to five years, 10 months.

OLYMPIA — Today, Attorney General Bob Ferguson joined a coalition of states in filing an amicus, or “friend of the court,” brief with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that the Constitution requires marriage equality nationwide.

OLYMPIA — Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed a motion asking a federal court in Tacoma to dismiss Northwest School of Safety v. Ferguson, a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Initiative 594.

Approved by Washington voters 59% to 41% in November 2014, I-594 expands the range of gun sales and transfers subject to background checks in Washington.

OLYMPIA — Today, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s legislation strengthening the state’s data breach notification law passed the House of Representatives, 97 to 0, with strong bipartisan support.

“Nearly every day, we hear of another troubling compromise of sensitive personal information,” Ferguson said. “Repairing the damage caused by identity theft costs consumers billions of dollars every year. Protecting consumers is one of my top priorities, and the sooner they know their data has been compromised, the more they can do to minimize that damage.”

This release is compliments of the Washington State Dept. of Labor & Industries

SPOKANE — A Spokane Valley man has been charged with faking on-the-job injuries and using the last names of Seahawks players to obtain narcotics and other prescription drugs.

Jeffory Leonard Mock Jr., 34, faces 12 felony charges alleging he obtained controlled substances and prescription drugs by fraud. He’s scheduled to be arraigned in Spokane County Superior Court on Wednesday, March 4.