AG Racine Announces Cuba Libre Restaurant to Institute Company Policies to Protect Transgender Residents from Discrimination

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a settlement with Cuba Libre Rum Bar and Restaurant for discriminating against a transgender District resident and also introduced legislation to clarify the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) ability to protect District residents from discrimination.

AG Racine Takes Action to Preserve Affordable Housing, Protect Tenants' Rights

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced four recent actions by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) to ensure that tenants across the District, regardless of their income level or neighborhood, can live in safe, habitable housing.

AG Racine Announces Neiman Marcus To Pay $1.5 Million For 2013 Data Breach

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that The Neiman Marcus Group LLC will pay $1.5 million and implement several policies to resolve a multistate investigation into a 2013 data breach that exposed its customers’ personal financial information.

AG Racine Sues Washington Sports Club for Misleading District Consumers About Membership Cancellation Policies, Billing Practices, and Fees

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today filed a lawsuit against Town Sports International (TSI), LLC, the operators of Washington Sports Clubs, over its deceptive cancellation and billing practices.

AG Racine Announces Career Education Corp. Will Provide $2 Million in Debt Relief to District Student Borrowers Over Deceptive Recruiting

Attorney General Karl A. Racine and the attorneys general of 48 states announced a settlement with Career Education Corporation (CEC) – a for-profit college company – resolving allegations over deceptive recruiting and other illegal practices.

AG Racine Announces Wells Fargo to Pay the District $1.1 Million for Opening Unauthorized Accounts, Other Deceptive Practices

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that Wells Fargo Bank N.A. will pay $575 million in a 50-state settlement for, among other unfair and deceptive trade practices, opening millions of unauthorized accounts and enrolling customers into online banking services without their knowledge or consent.

AG Racine Leads 15-State Coalition Opposing Payday Loan Industry Attempts to Skirt State Usury Laws

Attorney General Karl A. Racine is leading a group of 15 state attorneys general in opposing payday lenders’ use of Indian tribes to skirt state laws protecting consumers from exorbitant interest rates and other predatory practices.

AG Racine Announces $68 Million Multistate Settlement With UBS For Artificially Manipulating Interest Rates

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a $68 million, 40-state settlement, with UBS for fraudulent conduct involving the manipulation of a critical benchmark interest rate during and after the 2007-2008 financial crisis.

Prepared Remarks: Facebook Enforcement Action Press Call

Today, we are filing a lawsuit against Facebook, Inc., because the company failed to protect its users’ personal information. We conducted an investigation and found evidence that Facebook’s lax oversight of its privacy protocols and confusing privacy settings put the personal information of millions of Americans at risk.

AG Racine Sues Facebook for Failing to Protect Millions of Users' Data

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today sued Facebook, Inc. for failing to protect its users’ data, enabling abuses like one that exposed nearly half of all District residents’ data to manipulation for political purposes during the 2016 election.