News & Updates
AG Racine Announces Settlement with Drizly That Requires Payment of $6 Million For Soliciting Tips That Did Not Go to Delivery Drivers & Failing to Pay Sales Tax
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that Drizly, an alcohol delivery company, will be required to pay an estimated total of $6.46 million to resolve allegations that it failed to ensure delivery drivers received tips left by consumers and failed to pay required taxes.
AG Racine Announces DC High School Students' Video Contest
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today launched the first annual “Impaired? – No Time to Drive” student video contest encouraging District high school students to submit brief videos. Eligible submissions will count toward community service credit to graduate and qualify students for valuable…
AG Racine Announces New Public Safety Grant Programs to Support Survivors of Crime and Returning Residents
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced two new grant programs to improve public safety and reduce crime.
AG Racine Sues Washington Commanders, Dan Snyder, NFL & NFL Commissioner Goodell for Deceiving DC Fans for Financial Gain
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a new lawsuit against the Washington Commanders, team owner Dan Snyder, the National Football League (NFL), and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for colluding to deceive District residents—Commanders’ core fans—about an investigation into toxic…
AG Racine Statement on New Attorney General-Elect Brian Schwalb
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today issued the following statement congratulating Brian Schwalb on becoming the new Attorney General-elect.
AG Racine Sues Albertsons and Kroger in Federal Court to Halt $4 Billion Cash Handout to Shareholders
Lawsuit and Temporary Restraining Order Follow Albertsons’ & Kroger’s’ Refusal to Stop the Private Equity Cash-Grab that Would Hamstring Albertsons’ Ability to Compete & Hurt Jobs of Safeway Employees
Worker Alert: Check Whether You Are Being Charged Fees to Collect Tips
OAG Alerts Workers that Restaurants Using GratShare Tip-Distribution App Are Illegally Charging Employees Fees to Receive Tips
AG Racine Secures Emergency Relief Against Affordable Housing Non-Profit for Abandoning Mission, Attempting to Use Charitable Assets for Private Gain
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that his office succeeded in stopping the Janet Keenan Housing Corporation, which provides affordable housing to low-income DC residents, from attempting to sell their property for private purposes in violation of District non-profit law.
AG Racine Leads Coalition of 22 Attorneys General Backing States' Ability to Enforce Their Constitutions to Ensure Free and Fair Elections
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a coalition of 22 Attorneys General in filing a friend of the court brief in Moore v. Harper, a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to adopt the radical “independent state legislature theory” (ISLT) and give state legislators…
AG Racine Sues Gig Economy Company "Shipt" for Stealing Workers' Wages, Denying Employees Basic Rights Including Minimum Wage, Overtime, and Paid Sick Leave
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a new lawsuit against Shipt, a gig company that offers shopping and delivery services, for denying full-time workers basic employment rights by deploying an increasingly prevalent misclassification scheme through which employers cheat employees out…