WASHINGTON, DC – 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 scheme to block generic competition for Suboxone.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today submitted a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that the District of Columbia’s Human Rights Act (DCHRA) prohibits discrimination by all businesses and institutions that operate in the District, including those that operate online or otherwise without physical locations. The brief, filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, does not support either party in the case. Rather, it argues for a proper interpretation of District law.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a bipartisan coalition of 23 state and territory attorneys general in a bipartisan letter urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prohibit use of the FDA Orange Book to block competition. The Orange Book lists patents of drug products and provides an automatic trigger that prevents approval of competing products.

WASHINGTON, D. C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine announced today that two respected community leaders and veterans of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) were recently appointed to leadership positions within the agency. Elizabeth Sarah “Sally” Gere will now serve as Deputy Attorney General for the Public Interest Division, and James “Tony” Towns will serve as Community Outreach Director.

WASHINGTON, D. C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today filed a second friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of the District and 17 other states in a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s decision to appoint Mick Mulvaney as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The brief, in Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union v. Trump, argues that maintaining CFPB’s independence is crucial to protecting consumers, and that Congress ensured this independence by creating a specific plan for succession.

WASHINGTON, D. C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of the District and 17 other states in English v. Mulvaney, a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s decision to appoint Mick Mulvaney as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The brief argues that maintaining CFPB’s independence is crucial to protecting consumers in the District and nationally, and that Congress ensured this independence by creating a specific plan for succession.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced the District and eight other states reached a landmark settlement agreement that requires the Sackler family to pay a total of up to $6 billion – an additional $1.7 billion more than the initial agreement – to resolve the family’s and Purdue Pharma’s liability for creating, exacerbating, and profiting from the opioid crisis with the addictive painkiller, OxyContin.  

Washington, DC – Attorney General Karl A. Racine has joined colleagues from around the country in expressing his strong opposition to pre-dispute arbitration clauses in contracts for long-term-care facilities, saying their use erodes the rights of families at a sensitive time and gives consumers little bargaining power when disputes occur. Such clauses typically require that claims against a business – even for cases of abuse or neglect – must be brought before a private arbitration provider chosen by the facility, prohibiting consumers from filing suit.

The Office of Attorney General reached a settlement with Express Homebuyers to resolve our lawsuit against the company for its deceptive letters claiming that homeowners were at risk of foreclosure and owed back taxes. The company will pay $70,000 in penalties to the District.