News & Updates
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
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
AG Schwalb Protects Private Data of Consumers Using Ovulation Tracking App "Premom"
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Easy Healthcare Corporation (“Easy Healthcare”) will make significant changes to its ovulation tracking app “Premom” to ensure that users’ sensitive data is not shared with third parties without notice or consent. The Office of the Attorney…
AG Schwalb Announces Former MPD Officer Pleads Guilty to Time & Attendance Fraud Scheme
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb and United States Attorney Matthew M. Graves announced that Medgar Webster Sr., 52, of Washington, DC, pleaded guilty in Superior Court to one count of first degree felony fraud for committing time and attendance fraud on the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD…
AG Schwalb Issues Formal Legal Opinion That US Senate Disapproval Vote Cannot Overturn DC's Policing Law
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today released the following statement regarding the formal legal opinion the Office of Attorney General has issued concerning the US Senate’s upcoming vote on a disapproval resolution seeking to overturn DC’s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment…
AG Schwalb Leads Bipartisan Effort by 37 Attorneys General Urging Congress to Robustly Fund Legal Services Corporation
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today joined AGs Gentner (OK), Campbell (MA), and Skrmetti (TN) in co-sponsoring a letter appeal by the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) urging leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to allocate robust funding for the nonprofit…