WASHINGTON, D.C. – District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul today led a coalition of 15 attorneys general in filing a friend of the court brief supporting nonprofit group Haitian Bridge Alliance’s challenge to the federal government’s treatment of Haitian migrants at the United States border.

WASHINGTON, D. C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today expressed his sadness at the news that former Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice Paul Quander had passed away.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today hosted a roundtable discussion with workers and advocates ahead of Labor Day to help District workers understand their rights and make sure they get the wages and fair treatment they deserve. 

With over 87,000 adults over the age of 65 in the District, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is committed to helping and protecting elders and vulnerable adults from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Unfortunately, elder abuse is all too common, with one in 10 elders experiencing some kind of abuse. Financial exploitation is the most common form, but it often goes hand-in-hand with other abuse.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Karl A. Racine, New York AG Tish James, and Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro today demanded Town Sports International, LLC (TSI) stop charging membership dues to gym members during the COVID-19 public health emergency. In the District, TSI’s Washington Sports Club (WSC) facilities are closed as part of the District’s emergency response to the pandemic. While many fitness clubs have provided automatic membership freezes at no cost, TSI has continued to charge District customers for memberships they cannot use.

WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Ultimate Performance Fitness (UP Fitness), a personal training company, will pay $450,000 to trainers and the District to resolve allegations that the company failed to pay wages owed to trainers and improperly used a commission payment structure.

Washington, DC – Today, Attorney General Karl A. Racine joined the Federal Trade Commission and state law enforcement partners in every other state in the nation in announcing that they had jointly filed a federal lawsuit against four phony cancer charities and their operators, who allegedly scammed more than $187 million from consumers throughout the country.

DC consumers will be eligible for refunds under a settlement reached with T-Mobile USA, Inc. by the District of Columbia, all 50 states, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission, Interim DC Attorney General Eugene A. Adams announced today. In addition, the District government will receive a $191,042 settlement payment.

The $90 million national settlement resolves allegations that T-Mobile placed unauthorized charges for third-party services on consumers’ mobile telephone bills, a practice known as “cramming.”

WASHINGTON,  D. C. -- A man recently convicted in Maryland of committing fraud against immigrants will be subject to a D.C. Court of Appeals Consent Order that prohibits him from describing himself as a provider of “immigration services” or providing advice on U.S. immigration law, D.C. Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan announced today.