News & Updates
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.
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.
AG Racine Sues Six Maryland Parents for Residency Fraud At D.C. Schools, Seeks Nearly $700K in Unpaid Tuition and Damages
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced lawsuits against six Maryland parents for falsifying District residency to send their children to District schools for free.
Fiscal General Racine combate propuesta de ley sobre “carga pública” de la Administración Trump que ataca a inmigrantes legales y sus familias
El Fiscal General Karl A. Racine presentó ayer comentarios oponiéndose firmemente a una ley propuesta por la Administración Trump que podría forzar a miles de inmigrantes legales del Distrito y millones a nivel nacional a arriesgar su futuro estatus migratorio legal si acceden a servicios…
AG Racine Fights Trump Administration "Public Charge" Rule Proposal Attacking Legal Immigrants and Their Families
Attorney General Karl A. Racine yesterday filed comments strongly opposing a proposed Trump Administration rule that could force thousands of legal immigrants in the District and millions nationwide to risk their future legal immigration status if they access basic services for themselves and…
AG Racine Announces Midland to Pay $6 Million for Illegal Debt Collection Practices
Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced today that the District of Columbia has joined 42 states in a $6 million settlement with Encore Capital Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, Midland Credit Management, Inc. and Midland Funding, LLC (Midland) for using illegal tactics to collect unverified…
AG Racine Sues Landlord to Stop Illegal Discrimination Against Low-Income Renters
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against Evolve, LLC and Evolve Property Management, LLC, local real estate companies, for violating consumer protection law through illegal housing discrimination.
AG Racine Leads 15-State Coalition Seeking to Block Illegal Appointment of Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a 15-state coalition of attorneys general challenging President Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General of the United States.
AG Racine Leads 13-State Coalition Fighting Trump's Attempt to Block State Law That Protects All Residents, Regardless of Immigration Status
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a group of 13 state attorneys general to defend a California law that limits when and how local law enforcement can cooperate with federal immigration authorities.