News and Announcements

Guidance Follows Series of Consumer Protection Workshops That the AG’s Office Held with the Solar Industry

Amicus Brief Filed in New York Lawsuit Following Alleged Retaliation From Amazon Against Workers

Multistate Comments Argue for Greater Disclosure to Meet Growing Investor Demands and Protect Residents’ Retirement Savings and Other Investments

Massachusetts Secures Nearly $2.7 Million as a Result of Opioid Manufacturer’s Allegedly False Claims to MassHealth; Mallinckrodt Allegedly Underpaid Rebates for its Multiple Sclerosis Drug

Nursing Home and its Owner Allegedly Failed to Implement COVID-19 Control and Prevention Procedures and Isolate Infected Residents

Coalition Highlights Dangers of Unregulated Nicotine Products and Their Appeal to Youth

Defendant Caused MassHealth to Pay Over $100,000 for Personal Care Attendant Services That Were Not Provided

Child With Asthma Exposed to Secondhand Smoke and Rodent Infestation; Case Is Part of AG’s Ongoing Efforts To Combat Housing Discrimination in Massachusetts, Including New Guidance for Landlords and Tenants

Defendants Allegedly Billed MassHealth for Medically Unnecessary Urine Drug Tests and Engaged in Kickback Relationships with Marketing Firms and Another Lab

Joint State and Federal Settlement Requires Dr. Hooshang Poor to Pay $100,000 and Enter into a Compliance Monitoring Program; Dr. Poor Previously Resolved Claims of Overbilling MassHealth in 2019

Defendant Stole from the Towns of Uxbridge, Monterey, Wenham, and Millville and Used Funds to Pay Rent for Separate Business He Ran

New Bedford Laboratory and Owner Billed MassHealth Over $4.6 Million for Medically Unnecessary Urine Drug Tests at Sober Homes; Referred Screens to Other Labs for Percentage of Insurance Reimbursement

Defendants Allegedly Submitted False Records of the Company’s Sales to the Department of Revenue in Order to Obstruct an Audit of Taxable Sales