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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 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’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 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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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

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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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AG Healey Secures $1.7 Million Rate Reduction for Berkshire Gas Customers 

11/02/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Agreement Also Secures $125,000 to Help Customers Pay or Lower Bills; Prevents Company from Increasing Rates for Nearly Three Years

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AG Healey Report: Current Approaches To Estimate Health Needs May Entrench Barriers To Care, Divert Funds Away From Low-Income Communities 

11/02/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Annual Report on Health Care Cost Trends Recommends Use of Social Determinants of Health in Health Status Adjustment

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Two Indvidiuals Charged in Connection With Thefts From Nursing Home Residents in Brookline and Attleboro 

11/01/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Indictments Are Part of AG’s Ongoing Efforts To Protect Vulnerable Nursing Home Residents

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Owners of Dunkin’ Stores in Lowell and Central Massachusetts Resolve Child Labor Law Violations 

10/31/2022 Office of the Attorney General

AG’s Investigation Revealed More Than 1,200 Violations Occurred Across 14 Locations

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AG Healey Joins Coalition Backing States’ Ability to Ensure Free and Fair Elections 

10/28/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Brief Supports North Carolina Voters and a Decision by the State’s Supreme Court Striking Down the State’s Gerrymandered Congressional Maps as a Violation of the State Constitution