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AG Healey Sues EPA Over New Rule Undermining Mercury and Air Toxics Standards 

7/20/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Leads Multistate Lawsuit Challenging EPA’s Illegal Finding That It is No Longer “Appropriate” to Regulate Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants

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AG Healey Calls for Extension of Eviction and Foreclosure Moratorium  

7/17/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Moratorium to Expire Aug. 18; AG’s Office Monitoring Housing Market and Informing Landlords, Tenants, and Homeowners of their Rights and Obligations Under the Law

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AG Healey Intervenes in Whistleblower False Claims Act Case Against Major Drug Company 

7/16/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Mallinckrodt Allegedly Underpaid Millions in Rebates to the State’s Medicaid Program

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AG Healey Sues Disposable E-Cigarette Company “Puff Bar” for Illegally Selling Flavored Products in Massachusetts 

7/16/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Office Seeks Court Order to Prevent Illegal Sales and Delivery to Massachusetts

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AG Healey Leads Lawsuit Against Secretary DeVos for Regulations That Put Predatory Schools over Students 

7/15/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Coalition of 23 Attorneys General Sue U.S. Department of Education for Unlawfully Repealing the 2016 Borrower Defense Rule

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AG Healey: Uber and Lyft Drivers are Employees Under Massachusetts Wage and Hour Laws 

7/14/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Files Lawsuit to Ensure Drivers Have Access to Minimum Wage, Overtime, Earned Sick Time and other Benefits

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AG Healey Leads Multistate Coalition Urging U.S. Senate to Increase Childcare Funding in next Federal Stimulus Package 

7/14/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Coalition of 22 AGs Calls for At Least $50 Billion to Ensure Families Have Access to Quality, Affordable Childcare

Press Statement

AG Healey Statement on Today’s Win in Student Visa Case 

7/14/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Trump Administration Rescinds Rule Threatening to Deport International Students, One Day After AG Healey Files Lawsuit

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Massachusetts AG’s Office Leads Multistate Lawsuit Seeking Nationwide Injunction Against New Visa Rule for International Students 

7/13/2020 Office of the Attorney General

New Rule is a Dramatic and Illegal Reversal from Previous Guidance; Imposes Significant Harms on Students, Schools and Economy

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Universal Health Services to Pay Massachusetts More than $15 Million to Resolve Whistleblower False Claims Cases 

7/13/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General Maura Healey announced today that Universal Health Services (UHS) will pay over $15 million to resolve two separate sets of allegations that the company improperly billed the state’s Medicaid Program (MassHealth).

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Holbrook Man Indicted for Damaging Luxury Cars in Insurance Scheme that Collected More Than $200,000  

7/10/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Defendant Also Allegedly Misrepresented Finances to Purchase Cars

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Former Uxbridge Town Accountant Indicted for Allegedly Stealing More than $729,000 from Multiple Municipalities 

7/08/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Allegedly Stole from Towns of Uxbridge, Monterey and Millville

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AG Healey to EPA: Do Your Job to Control Methane Pollution 

7/06/2020 Office of the Attorney General

Asks Court To Find Trump Administration Disregarded Its Legal Obligation To Curb Methane Emissions From Existing Sources In The Oil And Natural Gas Sector