Other LanguagesOLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today he and a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general have won more than $49 million so far in their case against major drug manufacturers that conspired to illegally raise prices on hundreds of generic drugs. The conspiracy caused consumers to pay more than 10 times as much for some drugs, ranging from antibiotic ointment to cancer treatments.
TACOMA — A federal judge upheld Washington’s ban on selling and distributing at-home sexual assault kits today, dismissing a lawsuit brought by a Pennsylvania company that sells the self-administered kits for profit.
TACOMA — ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ, Pierce ਕਾਉਂਟੀ ਦੇ ਇੱਕ ਜੱਜ ਨੇ ਅੰਡਰਗਰਾਉਂਡ ਤੇਲ ਸਟੋਰੇਜ ਟੈਂਕਾਂ ਲਈ ਕੀਤੇ ਅਧੂਰੇ, ਬੇਲੋੜੇ ਜਾਂ ਘਟੀਆ ਕੰਮ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਗੈਸ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਦੇ ਮਾਲਕਾਂ ਕੋਲੋਂ ਗੈਰ-ਕਾਨੂੰਨੀ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਨਾਲ ਭੁਗਤਾਨ ਲੈਣ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਸਥਾਨਕ ਕਾਰੋਬਾਰ ਦੇ ਮਾਲਕ ਨੂੰ $360,000 ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਦਾ ਜੁਰਮਾਨਾ ਲਗਾਇਆ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਭੁਗਤਾਨ ਵਾਪਸ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਹੁਕਮ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਹੁਕਮ ਅਟਾਰਨੀ ਜਨਰਲ Bob Ferguson ਦੇ ਵਿੰਗ ਲਿਊਕ ਸਿਵਲ ਰਾਈਟਸ ਡਿਵੀਜ਼ਨ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਦਾਇਰ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ ਖਪਤਕਾਰ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਆ ਮੁਕੱਦਮੇ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਜਾਰੀ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ।
TACOMA — 금요일, Pierce 카운티 판사는 지하 연료 저장 탱크에 대한 작업을 완료하지 않았거나, 불필요하거나 부실한 작업을 해놓고 주유소 소유주들에게 불법적으로 비용을 청구한 현지 사업주에게 36만 달러가 넘는 벌금과 배상금을 지불하라고 명령했습니다. 해당 명령은 법무장관 Bob Ferguson의 Wing Luke Civil Rights Division(민권담당과)이 제기한 소비자 보호 소송의 결과로 내려지게 되었습니다.
TACOMA — On Friday, a Pierce County judge ordered a local business owner to pay more than $360,000 in penalties and restitution for unlawfully charging gas station owners for unfinished, unnecessary, or shoddy work on underground fuel storage tanks. The order is the result of a consumer protection lawsuit filed by Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Wing Luke Civil Rights Division.
SEATTLE — A King County Superior Court judge agreed with Attorney General Bob Ferguson and ruled that the Michigan-based owner of Labor Law Poster Service broke the law nearly 600,000 times sending scam solicitations targeting Washington businesses.
SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following statement today after a federal court rejected Meta’s attempt to dismiss his lawsuit accusing the company of knowingly harming youth mental health.
SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that his lawfully owed DNA project has helped law enforcement collect and log 3,000 DNA profiles of serious criminal offenders to the national database. State law requires many offenders to provide DNA samples as a condition of their conviction, but over the years thousands of serious violent and sexual offenders have neglected to do so.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson is urging a federal judge in Spokane to rule that the Food & Drug Administration’s severe restrictions on the abortion medication mifepristone are unlawful, and order the federal agency to go back to the drawing board on regulating the drug.
SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that he is suing TikTok for putting profits before the well-being of millions of its most vulnerable users by creating a platform that is addictive to youth. Ferguson’s lawsuit is part of a nationwide bipartisan effort, with 14 other attorneys general filing their own similar lawsuits.