WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today led a group of 18 state Attorneys General to defend California’s ban on large-capacity magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, AG Racine and his counterparts support California’s petition for en banc review in Duncan v. Becerra, a case in which a divided three-judge panel struck down California’s ban.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced the District of Columbia’s lawsuit against Donald Trump’s 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC), the Trump International Hotel, and the Trump Organization for misusing $1.1 million of nonprofit funds will go to trial in September 2022.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is investigating numerous District restaurants that use GratShare, a tip-distribution and administration app, for unlawfully charging employees fees to receive tips they have earned.
Washington, DC – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today marked the 50th anniversary of the Selma Marches with a call for all Americans – and particularly for District residents – to bring renewed urgency to the cause of voting rights.
The Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG) is one of two prosecutorial entities in the District, the other being the United States Attorney’s Office. The Criminal Section of the Public Safety Division (PSD) of OAG prosecutes adults who commit certain criminal offenses within the District. Specifically, the Criminal Section prosecutes five primary categories of criminal offenses:
CLD’s four General Litigation Sections represent the District of Columbia in civil lawsuits that seek monetary damages from the District. The Sections:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl A. Racine today announced that the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) secured a court order against a Ward 4 landlord—76 M Inc. and Peter Odagbodo—requiring the cleanup of toxic lead hazards at three residential buildings on Kansas Ave NE.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Karl Racine today announced a settlement requiring three real estate firms—DARO Management Services, DARO Realty, and Infinity Real Estate—and several individual defendants to pay a landmark $10 million in penalties for illegally discriminating against renters in the District who use Section 8 housing vouchers and other forms of housing assistance. This is the largest civil penalty in a housing discrimination case in U.S. history.