WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Prestige Drywall, a construction company that operates in the District of Columbia, will pay over $600,000 in restitution to harmed workers and penalties to the District as part of a wage theft settlement with the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).

WASHINGTON, D. C. – Expressing grave concern about the role “bump stocks” played in the recent Las Vegas tragedy, Attorney General Karl A. Racine today joined a bipartisan letter to Congressional leaders urging them to close a loophole in current federal gun laws.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) will begin enforcing an additional slate of emergency protections for District residents in the “COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency and Temporary Amendment Act of 2020,” passed unanimously this afternoon by the Council of the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine and New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 24 Attorneys General and the Corporation Counsel of the City of New York in urging Congress to block the Trump administration’s attempts to cut vital food assistance for millions of Americans, including tens of thousands of District residents. In a letter to Congress, the coalition expressed support for provisions in the House-passed HEROES Act that would prohibit the use of appropriation funds for three U.S.

Washington, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against Power Design, Inc., a national electrical contractor, for failing to classify hundreds of its workers as employees and cheating them out of wages and benefits. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is also suing JVA Services, LLC and DDK Electric, Inc., two “labor brokers” hired to staff Power Design worksites.

WASHINGTON, D. C. – Following an investigation into the District’s funeral industry that included a price survey and a “secret shop,” Attorney General Karl A. Racine has sent warning letters to nine District funeral homes whose practices raised concerns that they may be in violation of local and federal consumer protection laws.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced several legislative victories, including new bills that strengthen the Office of the Attorney General’s ability to bring civil rights cases, increase the Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) ability to recruit officers who understand community needs, and help the District distribute tens of millions of dollars secured by OAG from settlements to address the opioid epidemic in the District.