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AG Healey Announces $1.85 Billion Settlement With Student Loan Servicer Navient

1/13/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Co-Leads Multistate Resolution That Includes $1.7 Billion in Debt Relief and $95 Million in Restitution; Thousands of Massachusetts Borrowers to Receive $41 Million in Private Loan Cancellation and $2.2 Million in Payments

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AG Healey Secures $630,000 From Home Health Care Company to Resolve False Billing Allegations

1/06/2022 Office of the Attorney General

Settlement is Part of Ongoing Efforts in AG’s Office to Combat Fraud in Home Health Industry

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AG Healey Advises Public About 2022 Minimum Wage Increase

12/30/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Minimum Wage Set to Increase to $14.25 on Jan. 1, 2022; AG’s Wage and Hour Posters Available in Seven Languages

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National Addiction Treatment Center to Pay $4.5 Million in First-Of-Its-Kind Settlement of Laboratory Self-Referral Violations and Claims of Unnecessary Drug Tests

12/30/2021 Office of the Attorney General

State and Federal Settlements Reached With CleanSlate Centers Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Massachusetts Medicaid and Medicare

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AG Healey Urges Businesses and Organizations to Remain on Guard Against Cyberattacks This Holiday Season

12/23/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Joins Biden Administration in Emphasizing the Importance of Data Security Practices Amid Ongoing Cyber Threats

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AG Healey’s Office Opens Application Period for Grant Program to Help Residents Pay Their Heating Bills

12/22/2021 Office of the Attorney General

Grant Program to Provide $500,000 to State Agencies, Municipalities, and Nonprofits That Assist Households in Paying Their Monthly Energy Bills

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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 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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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