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AG Schwalb Announces SmileDirectClub Must Release Consumers Nationwide From Restrictive Nondisclosure Agreements

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that SmileDirectClub, an online orthodontics company, will be required to release more than 17,000 consumers across the United States from onerous provisions in its nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) and change its refund policy for US consumers as…

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AG Schwalb Requires up to $500,000 in Unpaid Overtime Wages to Be Paid to Georgetown University Employees

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Georgetown University (Georgetown) will pay up to $550,000 to resolve allegations that it required staff working in research settings to work unpaid overtime, in violation of District law. Under the agreement, Georgetown will establish a…

Topics: Worker Rights
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AG Schwalb Secures Refunds for DC Consumers Improperly Charged Subscription Fees by Online Underwear Retailer "Adore Me"

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that online underwear retailer Adore Me, Inc. (Adore Me) will be required to provide refunds to consumers who were improperly charged recurring subscription fees, reform its business practices, and pay $2.35 million as part of a settlement with…

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OAG Testimony on Bill 25-280, Workers and Restaurants Are Priorities Act of 2023

Statement of Adam Teitelbaum, Director, Office of Consumer Protection, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia

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AG Schwalb Statement Regarding U.S. House Hearing on DC Elections

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb released the following statement regarding today’s hearing held by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Accountability and the House Administration Committee on DC elections

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AG Schwalb Secures Over $2.3 Million from Suboxone Maker Accused of Monopolizing Opioid Treatment Drug

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Indivior, Inc – which makes the opioid addiction treatment medication Suboxone – will pay the District approximately $2.3 million as part of a 42-state settlement that resolves allegations that the company orchestrated an anticompetitive…

Topics: Antitrust

Owners of Four Apartment Complexes in DC Ordered to Fix Hazardous Living Conditions

The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) works tirelessly to ensure District residents are safe in their homes. When landlords and property managers violate tenants’ rights and ignore health and safety requirements, our team springs into action.

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AG Schwalb Secures Nearly $1 Million from Three Companies, Returns Wages and Benefits to District Workers

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that three companies – B&B Solutions, Levy Premium Foodservice Limited Partnership, and District Dogs – will cumulatively pay nearly $1 million to resolve separate allegations that they failed to comply with District wage-and-hour laws. Each…

Topics: Worker Rights
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AG Schwalb Sues Avid Telecom Over Illegal Robocalls

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today joined a bipartisan coalition of 49 Attorneys General in suing Michael D. Lansky, LLC, which does business under the name Avid Telecom, along with its owner Michael Lansky, and its vice president Stacey S. Reeves, for allegedly initiating and facilitating…

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AG Schwalb Statement on Ruling Blocking JetBlue/American Airlines Merger

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today issued the following statement in response to U.S. District Judge Leo T. Sorokin’s ruling in U.S. et al. v. American Airlines Group Inc. et al.

Topics: Antitrust