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National Company Pays $1.4 Million, Strengthens Policies over Abusive Debt Collection Practices 

9/28/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Conduct Allegedly Affected More than 5,000 Accounts in Massachusetts; Allegations Include Making High Volume Collection Calls, Failure to Provide Debt Validation Notices

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National Company Pays $1.4 Million, Strengthens Policies over Abusive Debt Collection Practices  

9/28/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Conduct Allegedly Affected More than 5,000 Accounts in Massachusetts; Allegations Include Making High Volume Collection Calls, Failure to Provide Debt Validation Notices

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AG Healey Selects High Schools Across the State to Receive Violence Prevention Training for Second Phase of Game Change Program 

9/27/2016 Office of the Attorney General

1,000 Students from 34 High Schools Across the State will be Trained on Preventing Relationship Violence and Intervening as Bystanders

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Owners of a Contracting Company Indicted for Workers’ Compensation Fraud  

9/27/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Intentionally Misclassified Workers to Evade More than $71,000 in Workers’ Compensation Premiums

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Two Medical Companies to Write off $1 Million in Consumer Debt, Cease Collection Activities to Resolve Alleged Unlawful Billing and Collection Practices 

9/27/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Companies Operated Unlicensed Dermatology Clinics in West Roxbury and Brookline

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AG Healey to Award $500,000 in Grants to Allow for Redevelopment of Severely Blighted Properties  

9/23/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Funding Through the AG’s Abandoned Housing Initiative Targets Demolition of Dangerous Properties Across Massachusetts

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AG Healey Raises Concerns About New England Institute of Art’s Treatment of Students and Planned Outsourcing of Instruction  

9/23/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Urges Board of Higher Education to Ensure Proper Education for Students During Teach-Out, Cites Diminished Quality and Increasing Debt Burden at Closing For-Profit School

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Haverhill Woman Arraigned in Connection with Trafficking Cocaine Through the Mail 

9/22/2016 Office of the Attorney General

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AG Healey Sues Maker of Suboxone for Conspiring to Keep Monopoly Profits 

9/22/2016 Office of the Attorney General

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Waltham Man Ordered to Pay More Than $150,000 for Unauthorized Practice of Immigration Law  

9/21/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Defendant Held Himself Out as an Immigration Attorney and Unlawfully Charged Massachusetts Residents for Legal Advice

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Westport Used Auto Dealership and Owner Ordered to Stop Selling Unsafe Vehicles to Consumers  

9/20/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Order Comes After AG’s Office Sued Company After Receiving More Than 100 Consumer Complaints

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Town Halls to be Held this Fall to Discuss Impact of Opioid Epidemic on Caregivers Raising Children  

9/19/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General Maura Healey Joins with the Commission on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren to Provide Resources and Support for Families

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AG Healey Kicks Off Her Office’s Advisory Council on New Americans 

9/19/2016 Office of the Attorney General

26-Member Council Will Strengthen the Office’s Connections to Immigrant Communities and Communities of Color