WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) won a precedent-setting victory in a long-running lawsuit against well-connected slumlords and developers who conspired to displace long-time African American tenants from homes they lived in for decades. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today issued the following statement after the DC Council passed emergency legislation—introduced by Chairman Mendelson earlier this week, and written in collaboration with the Office of the Attorney General (OAG)—that will protect DC consumers from abusive and unfair debt collection practices after the District’s temporary COVID-19 protections end and debt collection activity resumes.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal district court has ruled in favor of the District of Columbia Health Benefit Exchange Authority, finding  that the method used by the District to fund the exchange is constitutional and consistent with  federal legislation, D.C. Attorney General Irvin B.

Accountability for the Insurrection, One Year Later: How We’re Standing Up for DC Residents

WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today commended the DC Council for delivering on the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) Fiscal Year 2025 budget priorities, including provisions which will provide critical resources to support OAG’s efforts to improve public safety and support District residents.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that a Columbia Heights landlord will be required to pay nearly $680,000 in restitution and penalties after being found liable for failing to maintain an apartment building where tenants were forced to live in deplorable conditions that jeopardized their health, safety, and security.  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a coalition of 23 Attorneys General voicing concern with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) repeal of rules designed to promote diversity and local ownership in broadcast media. In an amicus brief filed in FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project before the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a 19-state coalition challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to undermine asylum protections. Under an interim final rule, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) are requiring asylum-seekers to undergo a “threshold screening” before determining if they can seek asylum in the United States. In a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the plaintiffs in U.T. v.