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Attorney General Schwalb Announces That DC-Based Consulting Firm Will Pay $168K+ to Resolve Wage Theft Investigation

Attorney General Schwalb today announced that 20/20 Vision, a District-based economic policy research and advocacy firm, will pay over $168,000 in restitution to 21 current and former employees and in penalties to the District as part of a wage theft settlement with the Office of the Attorney…

Topics: Worker Rights
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Attorney General Schwalb Urges District Residents To Report Hate Crimes And Unite Against Antisemitism and Islamophobia

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today released the below statement urging District residents to report incidents of hate crimes or bias-motivated violence to the Office of the Attorney General and to unite against antisemitism and Islamophobia:

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Attorney General Schwalb Resolves Workers’ Rights Investigation Into DC Gyms, Secures $450K for Fitness Trainers and the District

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Ultimate Performance Fitness (UP Fitness), a personal training company, will pay $450,000 to trainers and the District to resolve allegations that the company failed to pay wages owed to trainers and improperly used a commission payment…

Topics: Worker Rights
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Attorney General Schwalb Sues RealPage & Residential Landlords for Rental Price-Fixing, Illegally Raising Thousands of District Residents’ Rents

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced a lawsuit against RealPage, Inc. (RealPage) and 14 of the largest residential landlords in the District for colluding to illegally raise rents for tens of thousands of DC residents by collectively delegating price-setting authority to RealPage,…

Topics: Antitrust

The LARGEST Environmental Settlement in DC History

All District residents have the right to enjoy the natural treasures of our great city while living in safe and healthy neighborhoods. OAG will continue to work hard, everyday, to ensure that the law protects that right for everyone.

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Attorney General Brian Schwalb Sues Meta for Endangering Youth Through Addictive Social Media Platforms

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) alleging that the company knowingly designed Instagram and its other social media platforms with features that lure in and addict children and cause harm to their mental, emotional, and physical…

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​​​​​​​Attorney General Schwalb Resolves Two Wage Theft Investigations, Securing $338K in Worker Restitution & Penalties

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that two companies – cleaning business Commercial Real Estate Consulting Group and drywall contractor T&A Construction – will cumulatively pay more than $193,000 to misclassified DC workers who were deprived of wages and benefits. As part of…

Topics: Worker Rights
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Attorney General Schwalb Secures Over $350,000 From Software Firm Servicing Charities and Schools for Data Breach

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that, along with 49 other Attorneys General, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) reached a settlement with software company Blackbaud, which provides software to nonprofits (primarily charities and schools), for its deficient data security…

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 Attorney General Schwalb Secures $57 Million from Pepco for Anacostia River Contamination and Cleanup, Largest Environmental Settlement in DC History

Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) will pay over $57 million to resolve allegations that it discharged toxic chemicals into the District’s land and waterways for decades, resulting in the persistent toxic pollution of the Anacostia River…

Highlighting the Incredible Talents of District Youth

There are so many young people in the District doing extraordinary things, often against extraordinary odds, and they aren’t celebrated nearly enough. Far too frequently, discussions about young people are overshadowed by negative stereotypes or misconceptions. That’s why, at the Office of the…