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Framingham Construction Company to Pay Over $540,000 for Failing to Pay Prevailing Wages to Workers During Middleborough and Westport Projects 

12/20/2021 Office of the Attorney General

AG’s Office Also Sues Contractor for Allegedly Submitting False Documents to Cover up Noncompliance

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Drug Company Ends Face-to-Face Marketing For Its Opioid Product to Massachusetts Doctors in AG Settlement 

12/16/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Investigation of Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. Alleges Sales Representatives Promoted Xtampza to Massachusetts Prescribers Face to Face More Than 5,000 Times

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AG's Office Files Notice of Appeal in Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Case 

12/14/2021 Office of the Attorney General

AG’s Office Seeks Reversal of Court Decision Dismissing Charges Against Former Superintendent Bennett Walsh and Former Medical Director David Clinton

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Asbestos Abatement and Consulting Companies Settle Claims of Illegal Asbestos Work at Boston, Malden, Arlington, and Waltham Homes  

12/10/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Companies’ Practices Put the Health of Workers and Residents at Risk

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AG Healey Sues Aspen Dental Over Deceptive Advertising Scheme That Harmed Thousands of Massachusetts Consumers 

12/09/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Lawsuit Alleges Company Used Deceptive Bait-and-Switch Advertising, Seeks Restitution for Harmed Consumers

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AG Healey Secures Nearly $51 Million From National E-cigarette Retailer and Owners for Marketing and Selling Vaping Products to Young People 

12/09/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Settlement With Now-defunct Eonsmoke Includes Significant Payment From Co-owners and Agreement to No Longer Sell Tobacco Products to Consumers in Massachusetts

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Cotton Bleaching Company to Pay Nearly $1.5 Million for Acid Spill That Killed More Than 270,000 Fish in the North River 

12/07/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Company will Compensate Massachusetts for Harms to Natural Resources and Cold Water Fishery; Ensure Safe Operation of Colrain Bleaching Facility

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AG Healey, YW Boston Host Convening on Achieving Gender Parity and Racial Diversity on Public Boards and Commissions 

12/01/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Virtual Convening With Massachusetts Appointing Authorities and Elected Officials Featured Keynote Presentations by Treasurer Deborah Goldberg and Eos Foundation’s Andrea Silbert

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AG Healey Sues Distributor for Falsely Marketing and Selling Fake Hand Sanitizer to Local Schools  

11/30/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Company Sold Over $100K of Theraworx Protect; AG’s Office Previously Settled with Separate Company for Selling Product to the MBTA Claiming it Killed the COVID-19 Virus

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AG’s Office Offers Guidance on Donating to Charities Ahead of Giving Tuesday and Holiday Season 

11/29/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Releases Bulletin About Professional Solicitation in Massachusetts

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Former Accountant Charged in Connection With Scheme to Hide Wareham Company’s Taxable Sales From the State 

11/24/2021 Office of the Attorney General

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

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AG Healey Appoints New First Assistant Attorney General As Mary Strother Becomes General Counsel to Northeastern  

11/22/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Kate Cook Named New First Assistant; AG’s Chief of Staff Gabrielle Viator Named Chief Deputy Attorney General