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AG’s office defends workers’ right to moonlight in settlement with Kiddie Academy

The Attorney General’s Office entered a consent decree today with seven Kiddie Academy childcare centers resolving claims they illegally prevented employees from working other jobs in their off hours.
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WA-led coalition opposes DOJ’s frivolous challenge to California elections

Attorney General Nick Brown is leading a multistate coalition opposing the federal government’s baseless lawsuit against California as part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to sow doubt ...
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AG Brown seeks consumer protections in Character.AI bankruptcy

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown and a bipartisan group of states have filed a notice in the bankruptcy proceedings of Character.AI raising concerns about harms to children who engage with the ...
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Washington settles generic drug cases with Ascend Laboratories, Citron Pharma, and Mayne Pharma

Washington, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 45 states and territories, has reached settlements with Ascend Laboratories, Citron Pharma and Mayne Pharma to resolve allegations the generic drug ...
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AG Brown multistate letter supports internet for schools and libraries as FCC considers cuts

The FCC’s E-Rate program was approved by Congress in 1996 and ever since has ensured that schools and libraries have access to internet and other telecommunications services at discounted rates. On ...
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AG Brown encourages Washingtonians to dispose of unused medications

Dozens of local law enforcement agencies around Washington will accept old, unwanted, or expired medications from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and its partners will ...
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Identity Theft

Identity theft is when another person uses your personal information. Often they use it to obtain credit or make purchases without your permission or knowledge. Although we all like to think, “It ...
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Sex Trafficking

Domestic minor sex trafficking victims are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents under the age of 18 who have been recruited, harbored, transported, provided or obtained to perform commercial ...
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WA and other states win lawsuit protecting the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

Washington and other plaintiff states have won their lawsuit to protect the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program for those working in public service careers, following the U.S.
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WA, bipartisan coalition oppose merger that would drive up playground costs

A bipartisan coalition of 12 attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), including Attorney General Nick Brown, today filed a lawsuit to block the merger of two of the largest makers of ...
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AG’s office intervenes in case to ensure eligible Washingtonians receive Medicaid coverage

Attorney General Nick Brown has asked a court to let his office intervene in a Washington nonprofit’s lawsuit against the federal government seeking to protect Medicaid coverage for refugees and ...
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Open Government Ombuds Function

1. How the Attorney General's Office Assistant Attorney General for Open Government assists the public The Attorney General has appointed an Assistant Attorney General for Open Government who can ...