WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced a lawsuit against Starkoda C. Plummer, the owner of Ward 7 apartment building, for endangering the health and safety of District residents by exposing them to toxic lead-based paint. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) filed suit against the owner of a property located at 3911 R St.

Washington, DC – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today lamented an attempt by some members of Congress to completely upend the District’s gun laws and severely curtail District elected officials’ ability to pass future gun laws. The Attorney General further said that the District has acted responsibly in ensuring that its current gun laws are constitutional.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a lawsuit brought by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), a D.C. Superior Court judge has ordered the owners and operators of a notorious Dupont Circle brothel and the owner of the property where the business operated to pay the District nearly $3.3 million, depriving them of the profits they received from the illegal activity. The order by Superior Court Associate Judge Jeanette J. Clark was entered against VIP Therapy, Inc.; the organization’s manager, Deborah Y. Poindexter; and George S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today joined a bipartisan coalition of 38 attorneys general in suing Google LLC for use of anticompetitive exclusionary contracts and conduct to maintain its monopoly power over online search engines and related advertising markets. The coalition alleges that this illegal conduct deprives consumers of competition that could lead to greater choice, innovation, and better privacy protections in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine and New York Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in opposing Georgia’s discriminatory law that would make it more difficult for millions of Georgians–especially Black Georgians–to vote. They specifically pushed back against misguided efforts to dismiss the suit against Georgia at this threshold stage.

Statement of Jennifer L. Berger, Chief, Social Justice Section - Public Advocacy Division, Office of the Attorney General  

Before the Committee on Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization, Councilmember Anita Bonds, Chairwoman

Public Roundtable On Tenant Protection and Eviction Prevention
September 14, 2020