News & Updates

CONSUMER ALERT: DC Water Scam

District residents should be on the lookout for scammers impersonating DC Water technicians. 

Press Release

AG Racine Leads 17-State Coalition Against Trump Effort to Deport Salvadoran, Honduran, and Haitian Nationals

Attorney General Karl A. Racine, along with his counterparts from California and Massachusetts, today led a group of 17 state attorneys general in an effort to stop the Trump Administration from withdrawing protections for hundreds of thousands of people from El Salvador, Haiti, and Honduras.

Topics: Immigration
Testimony

OAG Testimony on Bill 22-780, the "Intrafamily Offenses and Anti-Stalking Orders Amendment Act of 2018"

Statement of Mina Q. Malik Deputy Attorney General, Public Safety Division Office of the Attorney General

Topics: Public Safety
Press Release

Attorney General Racine Sues Home Contractor For Illegal, Shoddy Construction Projects and Wage Theft

Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against Xquisite Basements & Kitchens, Inc. and Newton Gaynor—a contractor and its owner-operator—for illegal or incomplete construction projects and cheating employees out of their pay. 

Press Release

AG Racine & 20 Attorneys General Demand Sessions End Illegal and Cruel Immigration Tactics Harming Children & Obstructing Crime Fighting

Today, Attorney General Karl A. Racine called on United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to end the cruel and illegal attacks on children and families lawfully seeking asylum in the United States as they seek protection from domestic, sexual…

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Attorney General Racine Appoints Gary Kohlman as Senior Counsel

Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced today that he has tapped veteran litigator Gary Kohlman to serve as Senior Counsel for Litigation.

Topics: Other
Press Release

Attorney General Racine Secures Lost Wages for Employees of Fast Food Franchises in the District

Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced a settlement today with Mitra QSR KNE, LLC, which owns and operates two KFC fast-food franchises in the District, over allegations that it failed to pay its employees in accordance with the District’s minimum-wage laws.

Topics: Worker Rights
Press Release

District Leads Coalition Defending States’ Ability to Protect Public Safety in Immigrant Communities

Attorney General Karl A. Racine is leading a coalition of nine states, including the District, in filing a friend-of-the-court brief defending California’s right to set its own public-safety policies against a challenge from United States Attorney General Jefferson B. Sessions III.

OP-ED: State AGs Must Fill The CFPB Void, But That's Not Enough

Recently, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau successfully sued a group of companies that had flagrantly violated usury laws in several states.