News & Updates
Attorney General Schwalb Requires Ivy City Hotel to Improve Security After Multiple Violent Incidents
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that the owners of the Ivy City Hotel in Ward 5 will be required to improve security following a series of violent incidents at the property. From February 2023 to February 2024, the Ivy City Hotel was the site of two homicides, two armed…
Attorney General Schwalb Announces Home Renovation Company Curbio Will Pay $7.5 Million to Consumers & DC
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that home renovation company Curbio, Inc. (Curbio) will pay $7.5 million to harmed consumers and the District and will overhaul how it does business in the District and across the country, in order to resolve a 2023 consumer protection…
Attorney General Schwalb Announces Recipients of the 2024 “Right Direction Awards”
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced the 31 awardees who will be recognized at the 2024 Right Direction Awards this evening, awards that celebrate the resiliency, leadership, and achievements of District youth and emerging adults, as well as exceptional adults who support and…
Attorney General Schwalb Sues District Slumlord for Egregious Housing Code Violations, Disregarding Stop Work Orders & Defrauding Rapid Re-Housing Program
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced two separate lawsuits against Ali “Sam” Razjooyan and his related property entities and managers for (a) extreme housing code violations that pose serious health and safety threats to tenants at apartment complexes in Wards 7 and 8, (b)…
Attorney General Schwalb Sues Three Maryland Gun Stores for Facilitating Illegal Gun Trafficking into District
District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb, Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, and Everytown Law today announced a lawsuit against three federally licensed gun dealers for illegally selling dozens of firearms to a straw purchaser who then trafficked the weapons, mainly…
Attorney General Schwalb Releases 2024 Labor Day Report Highlighting $9.5 Million Secured for Workers & District Over Past Year
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today released the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) 2024 Labor Day Report, detailing the office’s continuing efforts to stand up for workers, enforce the District’s labor laws, and ensure all businesses in the District compete on a level playing field…
Attorney General Schwalb Secures Over $3.2 Million in Industry Sweep of Title Insurance Kickback Schemes
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Allied Title & Escrow, LLC (Allied), KVS Title, LLC (KVS), Modern Settlements, LLC (Modern), and Union Settlements, LLC (Union) will pay a combined $3,290,000 after an investigation by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) revealed…
Attorney General Schwalb Announces Additions to Senior Legal Team
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced three new appointments within the Office of the Attorney General.
Attorney General Schwalb Secures $186,000+ for Hotel Restaurant Workers & DC
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that IHG Management LLC (IHG) must pay more than $186,000 to resolve allegations that it failed to provide accurate, honest, timely, and transparent compensation policies to workers at Moon Rabbit when it was owned and operated by IHG at the…
Attorney General Schwalb Holds Pest Control Company Accountable for Polluting District with Toxic Chemicals
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Kenmore Pest Control & Termite Services LLC (Kenmore) will pay $137,000 in penalties and environmental clean-up costs to resolve allegations that it repeatedly and illegally applied pesticides, endangering District residents and damaging…