News & Updates
Attorney General Schwalb Secures $8.25 Million from Amazon for Secretly Excluding Ward 7 & 8 ZIP Codes from Prime Delivery Services
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon) will pay $8.25 million in refunds and penalties and change its business practices to resolve the District’s lawsuit alleging that Amazon deceived tens of thousands of DC residents by failing to inform them that…
Attorney General Schwalb Sues Property Owner for Allowing Apartment Complex to Become Hotbed of Criminal Activity
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced a lawsuit against the owners of a Ward 8 apartment building for failing to implement basic security measures to address ongoing illegal drug activity at the property, endangering tenants and the surrounding community, and violating the District’s…
Attorney General Schwalb Announces Subprime Auto Lender Will Pay $380,000 for Taking Advantage of DC Car Buyers
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced that the District of Columbia, along with the attorneys general for 40 other states, has entered into a $694 million settlement with Credit Acceptance Corporation (CAC), one of the nation’s largest auto finance companies, to resolve allegations the…
Attorney General Schwalb Secures $9.3 Million from Two DC Landlords in RealPage Price-Fixing Scheme
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that JBG Associates, L.L.C. (JBG Smith) and Mid-America Apartments (MAA) will pay a total of $9.3 million and change their business practices as part of separate settlement agreements resolving the OAG’s antitrust lawsuit alleging that the…
Attorney General Schwalb Releases 2026 Labor Day Report
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today released the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) 2026 Labor Day Report, highlighting how over the last year OAG has fought for workers, enforced the District’s labor laws, and worked to ensure that all District businesses compete on a level…
Attorney General Schwalb Sues Owner and Manager of Ward 5 Affordable Apartment Building for Extreme and Pervasive Disrepair
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today sued the owner and manager of Delta Pearl, a large affordable apartment building located at 1400 Florida Ave NE, for extreme neglect at the property that is actively endangering the health and safety of tenants. An investigation by the Office of the…
Attorney General Schwalb Secures $95,000 from Online Grocery Store for Misclassifying and Underpaying Workers and Denying Them Paid Sick Leave
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Weee! Inc., Weee! Logistics LLC, and Weee! OD Foods, LLC (together, “Weee!”), an online grocery delivery company, has agreed to pay $95,000 to delivery drivers and the District to resolve allegations of worker misclassification, which…
Attorney General Schwalb Sues Nonprofit Founder Who Diverted $125,000+ of District Grant Money for Personal Use
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today sued Allyson Abrams and two nonprofit organizations she founded, Empowerment Justice Center (EJC) and Empowerment Liberation Cathedral (ELC), for misusing nonprofit funds and then failing to comply with the terms of a settlement agreement resolving their…
Attorney General Schwalb Announces That Meta Will Pay Up to $17.1 Billion for Exploiting Kids with Intentionally Addictive Social Media Platforms
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced a landmark multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta). It is the largest state consumer protection settlement in history outside of the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. The District will receive at least $90,395,940 and up to $…
Attorney General Schwalb Announces Public Corruption Charges Against 6 MPD Members For Widespread Overtime Fraud Scheme
Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that warrants were signed seeking the arrest of six members of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) for falsifying overtime claims by forging supervisory approvals and manipulating official overtime records, resulting in the District paying…