News & Updates
AG Racine Cracks Down On District Slumlords For Health And Safety Hazards
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced multiple lawsuits against the owners and managers of six residential apartment buildings in Wards 7 and 8 for neglecting their properties and forcing hundreds of tenants to live in conditions that threaten their health and safety.
Overwhelmed by robocalls? Here are 5 tips to help!
4.2 billion. That’s how many robocalls (a call that uses an automated dialer to deliver a pre-recorded message) were made to U.S. households in August 2018 alone.
AG Racine Sues Personal Care Aides for D.C. Medicaid Billing Fraud
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has filed lawsuits against three personal care aides alleging that they cheated the District’s Medicaid program out of more than $85,000 by filing false timesheets.
AG Racine Fines Aetna for Violating Consumer Privacy and Disclosing HIV Status
Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that the District of Columbia has reached a settlement with Aetna, Inc., resolving a multi-state investigation into the company’s mishandling of protected health information and improper disclosures of patients’ HIV status.
AG Racine Urges Department of Education to Immediately Address Serious Deficiencies With the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Attorney General Karl A. Racine has joined 10 states to urge the U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Federal Student Aid Acting Chief Operating Officer Jim Manning to address the severe shortage of applicants to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program who have had…
6 Tips to Make Sure You Qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
If you are a student borrower working to qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, here are six tips that can help.
Testimony on Financial Services Consumer Protection Act of 2017
Statement of Benjamin M. Wiseman Office of Consumer Protection
Testimony on Protection of Seniors and Vulnerable Adults from Financial Exploitation Act of 2017
Statement of Deputy Attorney General Toni Michelle Jackson Public Interest Division
AG Racine Reaches $148 Million Nationwide Settlement Over Uber Data Breach
Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced that the District of Columbia and all 50 states have reached a nationwide settlement with Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) for hiding a data breach in 2016.
AG Racine Wins Court Ruling Against Education Department for Stalling Student Borrower Protections
Attorney General Karl A. Racine has won a victory in federal court against United States Education Secretary Betsy DeVos after challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) plan to abandon federal protections for students cheated by predatory, for-profit schools.