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AG Healey Announces $6.6 Billion Nationwide Settlement with Teva and Allergan over Claims of Illegally Marketing Opioids  

11/23/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Massachusetts Stands to Receive More Than $130 Million for Harm Reduction, Treatment, and Recovery Services

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AG Healey, Project Bread, Food Banks and Pantries Partner on Education Campaign to Help Residents With Energy Costs  

11/23/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Staff from the AG’s Office Joined La Colaborativa in Chelsea to Hand out Food Boxes and Distribute Multilingual Energy Assistance Resources for Families in Need this Winter

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AG Healey Co-Leads Bipartisan Coalition Urging the FTC To Account for Consumer Risks of Online Surveillance 

11/17/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Letter Highlights Sensitivity of Consumer Information Collected Online, Including Medical, Biometric, and Location Data; Addresses Dangers of Data Brokers

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AG Healey Announces $3 Billion Nationwide Settlement With Walmart Over Inappropriate Opioid Dispensing Practices  

11/15/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Massachusetts Stands to Receive More Than $61 Million for Harm Reduction, Treatment, and Recovery Services

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AG Healey Joins Nationwide Settlement With Google Over Location Tracking Practices  

11/14/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Coalition of 40 Attorneys General Secures the Largest Multistate Privacy Settlement in U.S. History

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On Veterans Day, AG Healey Announces New Veterans Affairs Coordinator and Highlights Efforts To Expand Services 

11/11/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Boston Resident Bill Aiello Will Serve as Mass. AG's Veterans Affairs Coordinator

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AG Healey’s Medicaid Fraud Chief Named President of National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units 

11/10/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Needham’s Toby Unger Elected by Colleagues From Across the Country

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AG Healey Calls on U.S. Senate to Pass Legislation to Protect the Public From Highly Toxic ‘Forever’ Chemicals 

11/09/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Coalition Urges Senate Leadership to Adopt Strong Public Health Protections Against PFAS in This Year’s National Defense Authorization Act

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AG’s Office Reaches Settlement with Payment Processing Company Over Claims of Unlawful Fee Practices 

11/07/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Global Client Solutions Will Pay $600,000 and Change its Business Practices Following Allegations of Assisting Debt Settlement Company in Collecting Premature and Inflated Fees

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Pharmacy Benefits Manager To Pay $3.2 Million for Alleged Failure To Follow Pricing Procedures for Workers’ Compensation Prescriptions 

11/07/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Various Injured Worker Prescriptions Filled In Springfield, Boston, and Worcester at Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid Locations

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AG Healey Secures $16 Million From Multistate Settlements With Experian and T-Mobile Over Data Breaches 

11/07/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Allegations Include Nationwide Compromise of Personal Data

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AG Healey Urges FDA to Approve Country’s First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill 

11/04/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Approval of Pill Would Remove Barriers to Accessing Safe and Timely Contraception

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AG Healey Reaches Settlement With Rowley Nursing Home Over Pandemic Response Failures 

11/03/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Agreement Permanently Bars Owner From Operating Long-Term Care Facilities in Massachusetts, Requires Defendants To Pay $175,000 to the Commonwealth

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Home Health Care Company To Pay $425,000 Following Data Breach Impacting Thousands of Massachusetts Residents 

11/03/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Georgia-Based Company Failed To Implement Proper Security Measures Necessary To Prevent Series of Phishing Attacks That Affected More Than 4,000 Massachusetts Residents in 2019