2018 law prohibits licensed health professionals from trying to change a minor’s sexual orientation, gender identity

SEATTLE — The Attorney General’s Office will appear before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today to ask its judges to uphold Washington’s law protecting children under 18 from being subjected to “conversion therapy” — a discredited and harmful practice that seeks to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

Ferguson urges medical, osteopathic and nursing commissions to disregard criminal prosecutions in anti-choice states if Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade

Attorney General wins full restitution for hundreds of Washingtonians who paid Global Grid’s hidden fee

AG’s project results in 372 new DNA profiles in the national DNA database

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that his office completed its project to collect DNA samples from registered sex offenders in Washington who are legally required to provide their DNA but from whom a sample has never been collected or submitted to a lab for testing. This phase of the project resulted in 372 new DNA profiles entered into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), a nationwide database.

More than 121,000 Washingtonians impacted by Intuit’s conduct will receive restitution payments

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that as a result of his investigation tax preparation software company Intuit will return more than $3.75 million to 121,102 Washington taxpayers. These Washingtonians paid to electronically file their returns with Intuit’s TurboTax software after the company failed to inform them that they were eligible to e-file for free through the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Ferguson’s decision to reject national settlement and take distributors to trial results in approximately $46 million in additional resources to address the opioid epidemic

USPS ignored alternatives to a gas-powered fleet, unreasonably discounted air quality and climate impacts

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today a lawsuit against Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) asserting that they violated federal environmental law when deciding in February to replace up to 165,000 vehicles with primarily gas-powered models rather than making a larger switch to electric vehicles.

Last month Gov. Inslee signed new, updated version of law

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Washington Attorney General’s Office stood up for Hanford workers at the United States Supreme Court. The Office is defending Washington’s bipartisan state law designed to make it easier for workers to access the compensation benefits they earned when they develop certain illnesses from working at a site contaminated with radioactive waste.

JUUL must check Washington stores 25 times a month with secret shoppers to keep its products away from youth

OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that JUUL must pay $22.5 million to resolve Ferguson’s lawsuit against the e-cigarette company. The lawsuit asserts that JUUL violated the law when it designed and marketed its products to appeal to underage consumers and deceived consumers about the addictiveness of its product.

New agreement establishes data sharing, investigative partnerships

SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced a new partnership with the Federal Communications Commission, establishing critical information sharing and structures for cooperation in investigating robocall scams.