Other LanguagesThe Attorney General’s Office this week filed suit in King County Superior Court against Mandatory Poster Agency (MPA), doing business as Corporate Records Service, and its top corporate officers, for unfair and deceptive business practices in violation of Washington’s Consumer Protection Act after the company duped more than 2,900 Washington businesses into paying $125 each to comply with a phony government requirement.
The Attorney General’s Office will recover roughly $36,200 from a
Snohomish couple who claimed to be collecting funds for charity but
instead pocketed more than half of the money.
OLYMPIA, WA — A Cowlitz County jury has decided that repeat sex offender Ivan Walkowski is a dangerous predator and must remain confined to the State’s Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island. In the interest of public safety, prosecutors from the Attorney General’s Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Unit have been fighting since late 2012 to prevent Walkowski from being released into the community.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson has secured full restitution for consumers
who lost money doing business with the now defunct Gill’s Furniture, a
retail store formerly located in Tacoma, Washington.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that Washington homeowners will share in $550 million secured for homeowners nationwide through a legal action against SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. by 49 states, the District of Columbia and the federal government.
Thurston County Superior Court Judge Christine Schaller today ruled the state’s case against the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) could move forward, rejecting the GMA’s motion to dismiss the case in its entirety on constitutional grounds.
Negotiators from Washington state and the federal government have
agreed to extend the 40-day dispute resolution period triggered under a
2010 court order to clean up high-level radioactive and chemically
hazardous waste at Hanford.
“My sympathies go out to the victims of the SPU shooting, their friends, families
and classmates. On behalf of our community, we appreciate the efforts of
those who apprehended the suspect and saved lives.”
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler and Human Rights Commission Executive Director Sharon Ortiz today released a joint letter to Washington state employers, insurance companies and benefit plan administrators regarding healthcare benefits.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that legal action by Washington along with 44 other states has resulted in drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, LLC (GSK) paying the states $105 million to resolve claims of deceptive marketing and promotion of non-approved uses of certain drugs.