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AG Healey Issues Advisory on Minimum Wage Increase, Information to Be Available in 14 Languages

12/28/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Minimum Wage Set to Increase to $11 on Jan. 1, 2017

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Owner of Multiple Businesses in Stoughton Indicted for Workers’ Compensation Fraud

12/27/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Misled Auditors to Evade $40,000 in Workers’ Compensation Premiums

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Brockton Drywall Company Cited More Than $20,000 for Failing to Pay Workers

12/25/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Citation Includes Restitution to Employees and Penalties

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North Attleboro Restaurant Cited More than $20,000 for Failing to Pay Employees, Insufficient Recordkeeping

12/22/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Citations Include Restitution to Employees and Penalties

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AG Healey Calls on the DPU to Investigate Increase in Allowed Profits for Utilities in Massachusetts

12/21/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Seeks More Transparency in the Department of Public Utilities’ Decision-Making Process; A Decrease in Shareholder Profits Would Save Customers Millions

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Ludlow Contractor Agrees to Pay More Than $27,000 for Violating State Prevailing Wage Law

12/20/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Four Employees to Receive Restitution

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Burlington Woman Sentenced to Jail, Ordered to Pay Up to $570,000 for Billing Public Agencies for Unlicensed Mental Health Services

12/20/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Defendant and Her Twin Sister Stole from Medicaid, Medicare and Lawrence Public Schools

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AG Healey Announces Agreement with Six Major Retailers to Stop On-Call Shift Scheduling

12/20/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Disney, Aeropostale, David’s Tea and Other Retailers Agree to Cease Burdensome Scheduling Practice Following Multistate Investigation

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North Attleboro Pesticide Company to Change Advertising Practices After Deceptive Marketing Allegations

12/19/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Follows Recent Enforcement Action against Bayer CropScience for Deceptive Marketing of Neonicotinoid-Containing Pesticide Products

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Malden Construction Company Cited More Than $27,000 for Failing to Pay Employees

12/19/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Citation Includes Restitution to Employees and Penalties for Failing to Pay Proper Wages and Overtime

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Former Group Insurance Commission Finance Director Pleads Guilty, Sentenced for Stealing More Than $122,000

12/19/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Also Ordered to Pay Full Restitution

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In Major Antitrust Lawsuit, AG Healey Sues Generic Drug Makers for Conspiring to Raise Prices

12/15/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Six Pharmaceutical Companies Coordinated to Fix Drug Pricing Among Competitors and Maintain Market Share

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Two Extensive Human Trafficking Operations Dismantled in Major Multistate Takedown

12/14/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Victims were Allegedly Transported from New York and Trafficked in Multiple Communities Including Northampton, Hadley, Framingham, East Longmeadow, and Agawam

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Dorchester Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty, Sentenced in Connection with Illegally Prescribing Painkillers

12/09/2016 Office of the Attorney General

Defendant Illegally Prescribed Thousands of Oxycodone, Lorazepam and Clonazepam Pills to Family and Friends